10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

Form 10-Q

(Mark One)

x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2016

OR

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                      to                     

Commission File No. 001-34521

HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware	20-1480589
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
71 South Wacker Drive 12th Floor, Chicago, Illinois	60606
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

(312) 750-1234

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).  Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check One):

Large accelerated filer	x	Accelerated filer	¨
Non-accelerated filer	¨	Smaller reporting company	¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes  ¨    No  x

As of October 28, 2016, there were 23,611,575 shares of the registrant’s Class A common stock, $0.01 par value, outstanding and 107,247,326 shares of the registrant’s Class B common stock, $0.01 par value, outstanding.

HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION

QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q

FOR THE PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.	Financial Statements	1
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	28
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	50
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	51
	PART II – OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	52
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	52
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	52
Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	53
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	53
Item 5.	Other Information	53
Item 6.	Exhibits	54
Signatures		55

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.    Financial Statements.

HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(In millions of dollars, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2016			September 30, 2015			September 30, 2016			September 30, 2015
REVENUES:
Owned and leased hotels	$	519		$	500		$	1,594		$	1,549
Management and franchise fees	110			103			332			320
Other revenues	11			10			31			26
Other revenues from managed properties	448			440			1,385			1,324
Total revenues	1,088			1,053			3,342			3,219
DIRECT AND SELLING, GENERAL, AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES:
Owned and leased hotels	402			385			1,204			1,160
Depreciation and amortization	87			78			254			233
Other direct costs	8			8			23			20
Selling, general, and administrative	74			54			237			221
Other costs from managed properties	448			440			1,385			1,324
Direct and selling, general, and administrative expenses	1,019			965			3,103			2,958
Net gains (losses) and interest income from marketable securities held to fund operating programs	12			(15		)	20			(6		)
Equity earnings (losses) from unconsolidated hospitality ventures	25			(17		)	46			(46		)
Interest expense	(20		)	(17		)	(57		)	(51		)
Asset impairments	—			(5		)	—			(5		)
Gains (losses) on sales of real estate	—			—			(21		)	9
Other income (loss), net	4			11			1			(3		)
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES	90			45			228			159
PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES	(28		)	(20		)	(65		)	(72		)
NET INCOME	62			25			163			87
NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS	—			—			—			—
NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION	$	62		$	25		$	163		$	87
EARNINGS PER SHARE—Basic
Net income	$	0.48		$	0.18		$	1.22		$	0.60
Net income attributable to Hyatt Hotels Corporation	$	0.48		$	0.18		$	1.22		$	0.60
EARNINGS PER SHARE—Diluted
Net income	$	0.47		$	0.18		$	1.21		$	0.60
Net income attributable to Hyatt Hotels Corporation	$	0.47		$	0.18		$	1.21		$	0.60

See accompanying Notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(In millions of dollars)

(Unaudited)

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2016			September 30, 2015			September 30, 2016		September 30, 2015
Net income	$	62		$	25		$	163	$	87
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes:
Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of tax (benefit) expense of $- for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and $- and $(2) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015, respectively	(12		)	(35		)	3		(82		)
Unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities, net of tax (benefit) expense of $(5) and $- for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively, and $6 and $10 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015, respectively	(8		)	9			—		15
Unrealized gains on derivative activity, net of tax expense of $- for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and $- for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015	—			1			—		1
Other comprehensive income (loss)	(20		)	(25		)	3		(66		)
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME	42			—			166		21
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS	—			—			—		—
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION	$	42		$	—		$	166	$	21

See accompanying Notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In millions of dollars, except share and per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

	September 30, 2016			December 31, 2015
ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	544		$	457
Restricted cash	66			96
Short-term investments	46			46
Receivables, net of allowances of $17 and $15 at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively	318			298
Inventories	16			12
Prepaids and other assets	180			152
Prepaid income taxes	49			63
Total current assets	1,219			1,124
Investments	306			327
Property and equipment, net	3,971			4,031
Financing receivables, net of allowances	21			20
Goodwill	127			129
Intangibles, net	591			547
Deferred tax assets	318			301
Other assets	1,094			1,112
TOTAL ASSETS	$	7,647		$	7,591
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
Current maturities of long-term debt	$	19		$	328
Accounts payable	127			141
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	565			516
Accrued compensation and benefits	121			122
Total current liabilities	832			1,107
Long-term debt	1,447			1,042
Other long-term liabilities	1,451			1,447
Total liabilities	3,730			3,596
Commitments and contingencies (see Note 11)
EQUITY:
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share, 10,000,000 shares authorized and none outstanding as of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015	—			—
Class A common stock, $0.01 par value per share, 1,000,000,000 shares authorized, 23,592,340 issued and outstanding at September 30, 2016, and Class B common stock, $0.01 par value per share, 439,741,738 shares authorized, 107,247,326 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2016. Class A common stock, $0.01 par value per share, 1,000,000,000 shares authorized, 26,604,687 issued and outstanding at December 31, 2015, and Class B common stock, $0.01 par value per share, 441,623,374 shares authorized, 109,628,962 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2015	1			1
Additional paid-in capital	1,687			1,931
Retained earnings	2,452			2,289
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(227		)	(230		)
Total stockholders’ equity	3,913			3,991
Noncontrolling interests in consolidated subsidiaries	4			4
Total equity	3,917			3,995
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY	$	7,647		$	7,591

See accompanying Notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In millions of dollars)

(Unaudited)

	Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2016			September 30, 2015
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net income	$	163		$	87
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	254			233
Deferred income taxes	(16		)	(43		)
Equity (earnings) losses from unconsolidated hospitality ventures and distributions received	(21		)	70
(Gains) losses on sales of real estate	21			(9		)
Working capital changes and other	(50		)	58
Net cash provided by operating activities	351			396
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Purchases of marketable securities and short-term investments	(365		)	(450		)
Proceeds from marketable securities and short-term investments	373			422
Contributions to investments	(31		)	(29		)
Return of investments	78			4
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired	(331		)	—
Capital expenditures	(140		)	(185		)
Proceeds from sales of real estate, net of cash disposed	289			86
Sales proceeds transferred from escrow to cash and cash equivalents	29			143
Proceeds from financing receivables	1			28
(Increase) decrease in restricted cash	(1		)	19
Other investing activities	4			(14		)
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities	(94		)	24
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from long-term debt, net of issuance costs of $4 and $- as of September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, respectively	520			12
Repayments of long-term debt	(435		)	(5		)
Repurchase of common stock	(268		)	(539		)
Other financing activities	(2		)	(2		)
Net cash used in financing activities	(185		)	(534		)
EFFECT OF EXCHANGE RATE CHANGES ON CASH	15			(2		)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS	87			(116		)
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS—BEGINNING OF YEAR	457			685
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS—END OF PERIOD	$	544		$	569
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
Cash paid during the period for interest	$	73		$	66
Cash paid during the period for income taxes	$	74		$	121
Non-cash investing and financing activities are as follows:
Non-cash management and franchise agreement intangibles	$	38		$	—
Change in accrued capital expenditures	$	5		$	(1	)

See accompanying Notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(amounts in millions of dollars, unless otherwise indicated)

(Unaudited)

1.    ORGANIZATION

Hyatt Hotels Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and its consolidated subsidiaries (collectively "Hyatt Hotels Corporation") provide hospitality services on a worldwide basis through the development, ownership, operation, management, franchising and licensing of hospitality related businesses. We develop, own, operate, manage, franchise, license or provide services to a portfolio of properties consisting of full service hotels, select service hotels, resorts and other properties, including timeshare, fractional and other forms of residential or vacation properties. As of September 30, 2016, (i) we operated or franchised 307 full service hotels, comprising 120,528 rooms throughout the world, (ii) we operated or franchised 332 select service hotels, comprising 46,203 rooms, of which 307 hotels are located in the United States, and (iii) our portfolio of properties included 6 franchised all inclusive Hyatt-branded resorts, comprising 2,401 rooms. As of September 30, 2016, our portfolio of properties operated in 54 countries around the world.

As used in these Notes and throughout this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, (i) the terms "Company," "we," "us," or "our" mean Hyatt Hotels Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries and (ii) the term "portfolio of properties" refers to hotels and other properties or residential ownership units that we develop, own, operate, manage, franchise, license or provide services to, including under our Park Hyatt, Grand Hyatt, Hyatt Regency, Hyatt, Andaz, Hyatt Centric, The Unbound Collection by Hyatt, Hyatt Place, Hyatt House, Hyatt Ziva, Hyatt Zilara and Hyatt Residence Club brands.

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP") for interim financial information, the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all information or footnotes required by GAAP for complete annual financial statements. As a result, this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying Notes in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015 (the "2015 Form 10-K").

We have eliminated all intercompany accounts and transactions in our condensed consolidated financial statements. We consolidate entities under our control, including entities where we are deemed to be the primary beneficiary.

Management believes the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments, which are all of a normal recurring nature, considered necessary for a fair presentation of the interim periods.

2.    RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

Adopted Accounting Standards—In April 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") released Accounting Standards Update No. 2015-03 ("ASU 2015-03"), Interest - Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30): Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs. ASU 2015-03 requires debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of the debt liability, consistent with debt discounts. The provisions of ASU 2015-03 are effective for interim periods and fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015. We adopted the standard on January 1, 2016, and as a result we reclassified $5 million of debt issuance costs previously included in other assets to long-term debt on our condensed consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2015.

Future Adoption of Accounting Standards—In May 2014, the FASB released Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09 ("ASU 2014-09"), Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606). ASU 2014-09 supersedes the revenue recognition requirements in Topic 605, Revenue Recognition, and provides a single, comprehensive revenue recognition model for contracts with customers. In August 2015, the FASB released Accounting Standards Update No. 2015-14 ("ASU 2015-14"), Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Deferral of the Effective Date. ASU 2015-14 delays the effective date of ASU 2014-09 by one year, making it effective for interim periods and fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, with early adoption permitted as of the original effective date under ASU 2014-09. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2014-09.

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In January 2016, the FASB released Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-01 ("ASU 2016-01"), Financial Instruments - Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities. ASU 2016-01 revises the accounting for equity investments and financial liabilities under the fair value option and the presentation and disclosure requirements for financial instruments. The provisions of ASU 2016-01 are effective for interim periods and fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2016-01.

In February 2016, the FASB released Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-02 ("ASU 2016-02"), Leases (Topic 842). ASU 2016-02 requires lessees to record lease contracts on the balance sheet by recognizing a right-of-use asset and lease liability. The provisions of ASU 2016-02 are effective for interim periods and fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, with early adoption permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2016-02.

In June 2016, the FASB released Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-13 ("ASU 2016-13"), Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments. ASU 2016-13 replaces the existing impairment model for most financial assets from an incurred loss impairment model to a current expected credit loss model, which requires an entity to recognize an impairment allowance equal to its current estimate of all contractual cash flows the entity does not expect to collect. ASU 2016-13 also requires credit losses relating to available-for-sale ("AFS") debt securities to be recorded through an allowance for credit losses. The provisions of ASU 2016-13 are effective for interim periods and fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, with early adoption permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2016-13.

3.    EQUITY AND COST METHOD INVESTMENTS

We have investments recorded under both the equity and cost methods. These investments are an integral part of our business and are strategically and operationally important to our overall results. Our equity and cost method investment balances recorded at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 were as follows:

	September 30, 2016		December 31, 2015
Equity method investments	$	299	$	304
Cost method investments	7		23
Total investments	$	306	$	327

During the threemonths ended September 30, 2016, two unconsolidated hospitality ventures in which we hold or held an ownership interest and which are classified as equity method investments within our owned and leased hotels segment, each sold a Hyatt Place hotel, for which we received combined proceeds of $7 million. We recorded gains of $5 million in equity earnings (losses) from unconsolidated hospitality ventures on our condensed consolidated statements of income.

During the three months ended September 30, 2015, we sold an entity which held an interest in one of our foreign currency denominated equity method investments within our owned and leased hotels segment, for which we received proceeds of $3 million. In connection with the sale, we released $21 million of accumulated foreign currency translation losses, which were recorded to equity earnings (losses) from unconsolidated hospitality ventures on our condensed consolidated statements of income.

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, we recorded $0 and $2 million of net losses from our cost method investments, respectively. Gains or losses from cost method investments are recorded within other income (loss), net on our condensed consolidated statements of income.

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, we recorded $2 million and $4 million of impairment charges, respectively, in equity earnings (losses) from unconsolidated hospitality ventures on our condensed consolidated statements of income.

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The following table presents summarized financial information for all unconsolidated hospitality ventures in which we hold an investment accounted for under the equity method:

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2016		2015		2016		2015
Total revenues	$	326	$	280	$	952	$	825
Gross operating profit	110		88		312		236
Income from continuing operations	40		42		118		26
Net income	40		42		118		26

4.    MARKETABLE SECURITIES

We hold marketable securities to fund certain operating programs and for investment purposes. We periodically transfer cash and cash equivalents to time deposits, highly liquid and transparent commercial paper, corporate notes and bonds, and U.S. government obligations and obligations of other government agencies for investment purposes.

Marketable Securities Held to Fund Operating Programs—At September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, our total marketable securities held to fund operating programs, which are recorded at fair value and included on the condensed consolidated balance sheets, were as follows:

	September 30, 2016			December 31, 2015
Marketable securities held by Hyatt Gold Passport Fund	$	401		$	384
Marketable securities held to fund deferred compensation plans held in rabbi trusts (Note 9)	353			333
Marketable securities held to fund our captive insurance companies	65			82
Total marketable securities held to fund operating programs	819			799
Less current portion of marketable securities held to fund operating programs included in cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, and prepaids and other assets	(158		)	(121		)
Marketable securities held to fund operating programs included in other assets	$	661		$	678

Net gains (losses) and interest income from marketable securities held to fund operating programs on the condensed consolidated statements of income included realized and unrealized gains and losses and interest income related to the following:

	Three Months Ended September 30,					Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2016		2015			2016		2015
Hyatt Gold Passport Fund	$	—	$	—		$	3	$	1
Deferred compensation plans held in rabbi trusts	12		(15		)	17		(7		)
Total net gains (losses) and interest income from marketable securities held to fund operating programs	$	12	$	(15	)	$	20	$	(6	)

Our captive insurance companies hold marketable securities which are classified as AFS and are invested in U.S. government agencies, time deposits and corporate debt securities. We classify these investments as current or long-term, based on their contractual maturity dates, which range from 2016 through 2021. During the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2016, we recorded an insignificant unrealized loss and $1 million of unrealized gains, respectively, related to these AFS securities on the condensed consolidated balance sheets through other comprehensive income (loss).

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Marketable Securities Held for Investment Purposes—At September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, our total marketable securities held for investment purposes, which are recorded at fair value and included on the condensed consolidated balance sheets, were as follows:

	September 30, 2016			December 31, 2015
Interest bearing money market funds	$	62		$	5
Time deposits	30			30
Preferred shares	334			335
Total marketable securities held for investment purposes	$	426		$	370
Less current portion of marketable securities held for investment purposes included in cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments	(92		)	(35		)
Marketable securities held for investment purposes included in other assets	$	334		$	335

Fair Value—As of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, we measured the following financial assets at fair value on a recurring basis:

	September 30, 2016		Cash and Cash Equivalents		Short-term Investments		Prepaids and Other Assets		Other Assets
Level One - Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets
Interest bearing money market funds	$	69	$	69	$	—	$	—	$	—
Mutual funds	353		—		—		—		353
Level Two - Significant Other Observable Inputs
Time deposits	43		—		32		—		11
U.S. government obligations	140		—		—		48		92
U.S. government agencies	61		—		13		12		36
Corporate debt securities	185		—		1		54		130
Mortgage-backed securities	26		—		—		9		17
Asset-backed securities	31		—		—		11		20
Municipal and provincial notes and bonds	3		—		—		1		2
Level Three - Significant Unobservable Inputs
Preferred shares	334		—		—		—		334
Total	$	1,245	$	69	$	46	$	135	$	995

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	December 31, 2015		Cash and Cash Equivalents		Short-term Investments		Prepaids and Other Assets		Other Assets
Level One - Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets
Interest bearing money market funds	$	18	$	18	$	—	$	—	$	—
Mutual funds	333		—		—		—		333
Level Two - Significant Other Observable Inputs
Time deposits	45		—		38		—		7
U.S. government obligations	131		—		—		32		99
U.S. government agencies	83		—		6		10		67
Corporate debt securities	168		—		2		36		130
Mortgage-backed securities	26		—		—		6		20
Asset-backed securities	27		—		—		7		20
Municipal and provincial notes and bonds	3		—		—		1		2
Level Three - Significant Unobservable Inputs
Preferred shares	335		—		—		—		335
Total	$	1,169	$	18	$	46	$	92	$	1,013

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, there were no transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy. Our policy is to recognize transfers in and transfers out as of the end of each quarterly reporting period. We currently do not have non-financial assets or non-financial liabilities required to be measured at fair value on a recurring basis.

We invest a portion of our cash into short-term interest bearing money market funds that have a maturity of less than ninety days. Consequently, the balances are recorded in cash and cash equivalents. The funds are held with open-ended registered investment companies, and the fair value of the funds is classified as Level One as we are able to obtain market available pricing information on an ongoing basis. The fair value of our mutual funds is classified as Level One as they trade with sufficient frequency and volume to enable us to obtain pricing information on an ongoing basis. Time deposits are recorded at par value, which approximates fair value and are classified as Level Two. The remaining securities, other than our investment in preferred shares, are classified as Level Two due to the use and weighting of multiple market inputs being considered in the final price of the security. Market inputs include quoted market prices from active markets for identical securities, quoted market prices for identical securities in inactive markets, and quoted market prices in active and inactive markets for similar securities.

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Preferred shares—During the year ended December 31, 2013, we invested $271 millionin Playa Hotels & Resorts B.V. ("Playa") for redeemable, convertible preferred shares. We have the option to convert our preferred shares and any accrued and unpaid paid in kind ("PIK") dividends thereon into shares of common stock at any time through the later of the second anniversary of the closing of our investment or an initial public offering by Playa ("Playa IPO"). The preferred investment is redeemable at our option in August 2021. In the event of a Playa IPO or other equity issuance by Playa, we have the option to request that Playa redeem up to $125 million of preferred shares at par plus any accrued and unpaid PIK dividends thereon. As a result, we have classified the preferred investment as an AFS debt security, which is re-measured quarterly at fair value on the condensed consolidated balance sheets through other comprehensive income (loss). The fair value of the preferred shares was: 

	2016			2015
Fair value at January 1	$	335		$	280
Gross unrealized gains	19			10
Gross unrealized losses	(7		)	—
Fair value at June 30	$	347		$	290
Gross unrealized gains	—			15
Gross unrealized losses	(13		)	—
Fair value at September 30	$	334		$	305

On September 27, 2016, Playa publicly filed a Registration Statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), in conjunction with its proposed initial public offering ("IPO") of common shares. In connection with the potential Playa IPO, we have committed to convert up to $50 million of our preferred shares at par plus any accrued and unpaid PIK dividends thereon at a conversion price equal to the lower of $8.40 per share or the IPO price. The remaining preferred shares and any accrued and unpaid PIK dividends thereon are expected to be redeemed by Playa with IPO proceeds. The conversion and redemption are expected to close simultaneously with the Playa IPO. There is no assurance that Playa will complete its proposed IPO. In a transaction separate from their IPO, Playa redeemed 3,458,530 of our preferred shares plus accrued and unpaid PIK dividends thereon for $41 million in October 2016.

Due to the lack of availability of market data, the preferred shares are classified as Level Three. Historically, we estimated the fair value of the Playa preferred shares using an option-pricing model. As a result of the potential Playa IPO, we revised our valuation approach at September 30, 2016 and utilized a hybrid of the option-pricing model and the probability-weighted expected return method, to estimate the fair value of our preferred shares. The hybrid model includes various scenarios, such as the successful completion of the Playa IPO and assumptions around conversion and redemption, as well as scenarios where we continue to use the option-pricing model. We assigned a probability to each scenario to arrive at our estimated fair value as of September 30, 2016. Our scenarios include assumptions regarding (i) a potential range of IPO prices and size of the offering, (ii) conversion of up to $50 million of our preferred shares into common shares of Playa and (iii) the redemption of 3,458,530 shares, which closed in October 2016. These option-pricing model scenarios include assumptions regarding the expected term, risk-free interest rate over the expected term, volatility, dividend yield and enterprise value. Financial forecasts were used in the computation of the enterprise value using the income approach, based on assumed revenue growth rates and operating margin levels. The risks associated with achieving these forecasts were assessed in selecting the appropriate weighted-average cost of capital.

The option-pricing scenarios include variations of the expected term, risk-free interest rate, volatility, and dividend yield assumptions as follows:

	September 30, 2016		December 31, 2015
Expected term	0.50 to 1.25 years		0.75 years
Risk-free Interest Rate	0.45% to 0.64%		0.57	%
Volatility	47.6% to 47.9%		46.0	%
Dividend Yield	12.0	%	12.0	%

There is inherent uncertainty in our assumptions and fluctuations in these assumptions or the probabilities assigned to each scenario may result in different estimates of fair value. At September 30, 2016, the assumption which most significantly impacted the fair value of the preferred shares is the assignment of probabilities to each

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potential scenario. A change to the assigned probabilities may cause the fair value to decrease up to $15 million and increase up to $60 million, representing the difference between the low and high end of the range of fair values based on each scenario.

Held-to-Maturity Debt Securities—At September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, we had investments in held-to-maturity ("HTM") debt securities of $25 million, which are investments in third-party entities that own certain of our hotels. The amortized cost of our investments approximates fair value. The securities are mandatorily redeemable between 2020 and 2025.

5.    FINANCING RECEIVABLES

Our financing receivables at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 were as follows:

	September 30, 2016			December 31, 2015
Unsecured financing to hotel owners	$	127		$	120
Less allowance for losses	(106		)	(98		)
Less current portion included in receivables, net	—			(2		)
Total long-term financing receivables, net	$	21		$	20

During the three months endedSeptember 30, 2015, all of our outstanding secured financing receivables to hotel owners were settled. We received net cash proceeds of $26 million, an unsecured financing receivable of $6 million, and preferred equity investments of $7 million. The settlements of the secured financing receivables resulted in a net recovery of $8 million, which was recognized in other income (loss), net on our condensed consolidated statements of income during the three months endedSeptember 30, 2015.

Allowance for Losses and Impairments—For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, the activity in our financing receivables allowance was as follows:

	Secured Financing		Unsecured Financing		Total
Allowance at January 1, 2016	$	—	$	98	$	98
Provisions	—		4		4
Other Adjustments	—		1		1
Allowance at June 30, 2016	—		103		103
Provisions	—		3		3
Allowance at September 30, 2016	$	—	$	106	$	106

	Secured Financing			Unsecured Financing			Total
Allowance at January 1, 2015	$	13		$	87		$	100
Provisions	2			4			6
Other Adjustments	—			(1		)	(1		)
Allowance at June 30, 2015	15			90			105
Provisions	1			1			2
Write-offs	(1		)	—			(1		)
Recoveries	(9		)	—			(9		)
Other Adjustments	(6		)	4			(2		)
Allowance at September 30, 2015	$	—		$	95		$	95

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Credit Monitoring—Our unsecured financing receivables were as follows:

	September 30, 2016
	Gross Loan Balance (Principal and Interest)		Allowance			Net Financing Receivables		Gross Receivables on Non-Accrual Status
Loans	$	14	$	—		$	14	$	—
Impaired loans (1)	63		(63		)	—		63
Total loans	77		(63		)	14		63
Other financing arrangements	50		(43		)	7		43
Total unsecured financing receivables	$	127	$	(106	)	$	21	$	106

(1) The unpaid principal balance was $45 million and the average recorded loan balance was $61 million at September 30, 2016.

	December 31, 2015
	Gross Loan Balance (Principal and Interest)		Allowance			Net Financing Receivables		Gross Receivables on Non-Accrual Status
Loans	$	15	$	—		$	15	$	—
Impaired loans (2)	58		(58		)	—		58
Total loans	73		(58		)	15		58
Other financing arrangements	47		(40		)	7		40
Total unsecured financing receivables	$	120	$	(98	)	$	22	$	98

(2) The unpaid principal balance was $42 million and the average recorded loan balance was $55 million at December 31, 2015.

Fair Value—We estimated the fair value of financing receivables which are classified as Level Three in the fair value hierarchy to be approximately $22 million at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015. During the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, there were no transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy.

6.    ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITIONS

Acquisitions

Royal Palms Resort and Spa—During the three months ended September 30, 2016, we acquired Royal Palms Resort and Spa from an unrelated third party for a net purchase price of approximately $86 million, net of $2 million of proration adjustments. Due to the iconic nature of the hotel, we retained the Royal Palms Resort and Spa name and added the hotel to The Unbound Collection by Hyatt. Of the $88 million purchase price, assets acquired and recorded in our owned and leased hotels segment consist of $75 million of property and equipment, $9 million of indefinite-lived brand intangibles, and $1 million of advanced bookings intangibles. We also recorded $3 million of management agreement intangibles in our Americas management and franchising segment, which are being amortized over a useful life of 20 years. The purchase of Royal Palms Resort and Spa was structured and identified as a replacement property in a potential reverse like-kind exchange agreement.

The Confidante Miami Beach—During the ninemonths ended September 30, 2016, we acquired Thompson Miami Beach for a purchase price of approximately $238 million, from a seller indirectly owned by a limited partnership affiliated with the brother of our Executive Chairman. Of the $238 million purchase price, assets acquired consist of $228 million of property and equipment, which was recorded in our owned and leased hotels segment, and $10 million of management agreement intangibles, which were recorded in our Americas management and franchising segment and are being amortized over a useful life of 20 years. We rebranded this hotel as The Confidante Miami Beach, and added the hotel to The Unbound Collection by Hyatt. The purchase of

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The Confidante Miami Beach was structured and identified as a replacement property in a potential reverse like-kind exchange agreement.

Dispositions

Hyatt Regency Birmingham (U.K.)—During the three months ended September 30, 2016, we sold the shares of the company that owns Hyatt Regency Birmingham (U.K.) to an unrelated third party for approximately $49 million, net of closing costs and proration adjustments and entered into a long-term management agreement with the owner of the property. The sale resulted in a $17 million pre-tax gain which has been deferred and is being recognized in management and franchise fees over the term of the management agreement, within our EAME/SW Asia management segment. The operating results and financial position of this hotel prior to the sale remain within our owned and leased hotels segment.

Andaz 5th Avenue—During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, we sold Andaz 5th Avenue to an unrelated third party for $240 million, net of $10 million of closing costs and proration adjustments and entered into a long-term management agreement with the owner of the property. The sale resulted in a $21 million pre-tax loss which was recognized in gains (losses) on sales of real estate on our condensed consolidated statements of income during the nine months ended September 30, 2016. The operating results and financial position of this hotel prior to the sale remain within our owned and leased hotels segment.

Hyatt Regency Indianapolis—During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, we sold Hyatt Regency Indianapolis to an unrelated third party for $69 million, net of closing costs and entered into a long-term franchise agreement with the owner of the property. The sale resulted in a pre-tax gain of $8 million, which was recognized in gains (losses) on sales of real estate on our condensed consolidated statements of income during the nine months ended September 30, 2015. The operating results and financial position of this hotel prior to the sale remain within our owned and leased hotels segment.

Land Held for Development—During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, we sold land and construction in progress for $14 million to an unconsolidated hospitality venture in which we have a 40% ownership interest, for which we received $12 million in cash proceeds as of September 30, 2015.

A Hyatt House Hotel— During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, we sold a select service property to an unrelated third party for $5 million, net of closing costs, resulting in a $1 million pre-tax gain which was recognized in gains (losses) on sales of real estate on our condensed consolidated statements of income during the nine months ended September 30, 2015. The operating results and financial position of this hotel prior to the sale remain within our owned and leased hotels segment.

As a result of certain dispositions, we have agreed to provide customary indemnifications to third-party purchasers for certain liabilities incurred prior to sale and for breach of certain representations and warranties made during the sales process, such as representations of valid title, authority, and environmental issues that may not be limited by a contractual monetary amount. These indemnification agreements survive until the applicable statutes of limitation expire, or until the agreed upon contract terms expire.

Like-Kind Exchange Agreements

Periodically, we enter into like-kind exchange agreements upon the disposition of certain hotels. Pursuant to the terms of these agreements, the proceeds from the sales are placed into an escrow account administered by a qualified intermediary. The proceeds are recorded to restricted cash on our condensed consolidated balance sheets and released once they are utilized as part of a like-kind exchange agreement or when a like-kind exchange agreement is not completed within the allowable time period.

In conjunction with the sale of five Hyatt Place properties during the year ended December 31, 2014, we entered into like-kind exchange agreements with a qualified intermediary. Pursuant to the like-kind exchange agreements, the combined net proceeds of $51 million from the sales of these hotels were placed into an escrow account administered by a qualified intermediary. During the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2015, we released the net proceeds because the identified replacement property was not acquired in order to complete the exchange.

In conjunction with the sale of thirty-eight select service properties during the year ended December 31, 2014, we entered into like-kind exchange agreements with a qualified intermediary for twenty-seven of the select service hotels. In the fourth quarter of 2014, we utilized the net proceeds from twenty-one of the twenty-seven hotels as part of the like-kind exchange agreement to acquire Park Hyatt New York. During the nine months ended

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September 30, 2015, we released $92 million of net proceeds related to the remaining six hotels from restricted cash, as the intermediary distributed these funds from escrow to complete the reverse like-kind exchange transaction in connection with the acquisition of Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort and Spa.

7.    INTANGIBLE ASSETS

The following is a summary of intangible assets at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015:

	September 30, 2016			Weighted- Average Useful Lives in Years	December 31, 2015
Management and franchise agreement intangibles	$	572		25	$	535
Lease related intangibles	121			112	136
Brand intangibles	16			—	7
Advanced booking intangibles	10			6	12
Other	6			14	8
	725				698
Accumulated amortization	(134		)		(151		)
Intangibles, net	$	591			$	547

Amortization expense relating to intangible assets for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015 was as follows:

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2016		2015		2016		2015
Amortization expense	$	7	$	8	$	20	$	23

8.DEBT

Long-term debt, net of current maturities, at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, was $1,447 million and $1,042 million, respectively.

Senior Notes—During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, we issued $400 million of 4.850% senior notes due 2026, at an issue price of 99.920% (the "2026 Notes"). We received net proceeds of $396 million from the sale of the 2026 Notes, after deducting discounts and offering expenses of approximately $4 million. We used a portion of the net proceeds to pay for the redemption of the 2016 Notes (as described below), with the remaining proceeds intended to be used for general corporate purposes. Interest on the 2026 Notes is payable semi-annually on March 15 and September 15 of each year, beginning on September 15, 2016.

The 2026 Notes, together with our $250 million of 3.875% senior notes repaid in 2016 (the "2016 Notes"), $196 million of 6.875% senior notes due 2019 (the "2019 Notes"), $250 million of 5.375% senior notes due 2021 (the "2021 Notes"), and $350 million of 3.375% senior notes due 2023 (the "2023 Notes"), are collectively referred to as the "Senior Notes."

Debt Redemption—During the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2016, we redeemed all of our outstanding 2016 Notes, of which an aggregate principal amount of $250 million was outstanding. The redemption price, which was calculated in accordance with the terms of the 2016 Notes and included principal and accrued interest plus a make-whole premium, was $254 million. The make-whole premium was recorded within other income (loss), net on our condensed consolidated statements of income, see Note 17.

Senior Secured Term Loan—During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, we repaid the senior secured term loan related to Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort and Spa of $64 million.

Fair Value—We estimated the fair value of debt, excluding capital leases, which consists of our Senior Notes, bonds and other long-term debt. Our Senior Notes and bonds are classified as Level Two due to the use and weighting of multiple market inputs in the final price of the security. Market inputs include quoted market prices from active markets for identical securities, quoted market prices for identical securities in inactive markets, and quoted market prices in active and inactive markets for similar securities. We estimated the fair value of our other long-term

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debt instruments using a discounted cash flow analysis based on current market inputs for similar types of arrangements. Based upon the lack of availability of market data, we have classified our other long-term debt as Level Three. The primary sensitivity in these calculations is based on the selection of appropriate discount rates. Fluctuations in these assumptions will result in different estimates of fair value.

At September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, we had the following debt balances, excluding capital lease obligations, as described above:

	September 30, 2016
	Carrying Value			Fair Value			Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level One)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level Two)			Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level Three)
Debt, excluding capital lease obligations	$	(1,451	)	$	(1,604	)	$	—	$	(1,506	)	$	(98	)

	December 31, 2015
	Carrying Value			Fair Value			Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level One)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level Two)			Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level Three)
Debt, excluding capital lease obligations	$	(1,354	)	$	(1,421	)	$	—	$	(1,277	)	$	(144	)

During the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, there were no transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy.

9.    LIABILITIES

Other long-term liabilities at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 consisted of the following:

	September 30, 2016		December 31, 2015
Deferred gains on sales of hotel properties	$	368	$	367
Deferred compensation plans	353		333
Hyatt Gold Passport Fund	259		280
Guarantee liabilities (see Note 11)	129		120
Other	342		347
Total	$	1,451	$	1,447

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities included $176 million and $166 million of liabilities related to the Hyatt Gold Passport Fund at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively.

10.    INCOME TAXES

The effective income tax rates for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, were 30.2% and 44.6%, respectively. The effective income tax rates for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, were 28.4% and 45.3%, respectively. Our effective tax rates decreased for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 compared to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015, primarily due to the 2016 tax impact of global transfer pricing changes implemented during the fourth quarter of 2015 and a reversal of uncertain tax positions for certain filing positions in foreign jurisdictions recorded in the third quarter. In addition to the aforementioned items, the 2015 effective tax rates were higher compared to 2016 due to the effect of certain unconsolidated hospitality venture losses that were not fully benefited in 2015.

Unrecognized tax benefits were $100 million and $110 million at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively, of which $13 million and $21 million, respectively, would impact the effective tax rates if recognized.

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11.    COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

In the ordinary course of business, we enter into various commitments, guarantees, surety bonds, and letter of credit agreements, which are discussed below:

Commitments—At September 30, 2016, we committed, under certain conditions, to lend or invest up to $366 million, net of any related letters of credit, in various business ventures.

During the three months ended September 30, 2016, we entered into a commitment to fund up to $50 million of preferred equity in a third-party entity which is developing a hotel in Seattle, Washington, for which we also provided a debt repayment guarantee. During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, we also entered into a commitment to purchase land and a to-be-constructed hotel located in Portland, Oregon from the developer upon substantial completion of construction for a purchase price of approximately $160 million.

Performance Guarantees—Certain of our contractual agreements with third-party owners require us to guarantee payments to the owners if specified levels of operating profit are not achieved by their hotels.

Our most significant performance guarantee relates to four managed hotels in France that we began managing in the second quarter of 2013 ("the four managed hotels in France"), which has a term of 7 years, with approximately 3.75 years remaining, and does not have an annual cap. The remaining maximum exposure related to our performance guarantees at September 30, 2016 was $416 million, of which €344 million ($387 million using exchange rates as of September 30, 2016) related to the four managed hotels in France.

We had total net performance guarantee liabilities of $73 million and $97 million at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, which included $59 million and $81 million recorded in other long-term liabilities and $14 million and $16 million in accrued expenses and other current liabilities on our condensed consolidated balance sheets, respectively. Our total performance guarantee liabilities are comprised of the fair value of the guarantee obligation liabilities recorded upon inception, net of amortization and any separate contingent liabilities, net of cash payments. Performance guarantee expense or income and income from amortization of the guarantee obligation liabilities are recorded in other income (loss), net on the condensed consolidated statements of income, see Note 17.

The following table details the total performance guarantee liability:

	The Four Managed Hotels in France						Other Performance Guarantees						All Performance Guarantees
	2016			2015			2016			2015			2016			2015
Beginning balance, January 1	$	93		$	106		$	4		$	5		$	97		$	111
Amortization of initial guarantee obligation liability into income	(17		)	(5		)	—			—			(17		)	(5		)
Performance guarantee (income) expense, net	29			15			(2		)	(1		)	27			14
Net payments during the period	(34		)	(22		)	—			—			(34		)	(22		)
Foreign currency exchange, net	3			(9		)	—			—			3			(9		)
Ending balance, June 30	74			85			2			4			76			89
Amortization of initial guarantee obligation liability into income	(8		)	(2		)	—			(1		)	(8		)	(3		)
Performance guarantee (income) expense, net	13			(1		)	—			(1		)	13			(2		)
Net (payments) receipts during the period	(10		)	—			1			1			(9		)	1
Foreign currency exchange, net	1			—			—			—			1			—
Ending balance, September 30	$	70		$	82		$	3		$	3		$	73		$	85

Additionally, we enter into certain management contracts where we have the right, but not an obligation, to make payments to certain hotel owners if their hotels do not achieve specified levels of operating profit. If we choose not to fund the shortfall, the hotel owner has the option to terminate the management contract. At September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, there were no amounts recorded on our condensed consolidated balance sheets related to these performance test clauses.

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Debt Repayment Guarantees—We enter into various debt repayment guarantees primarily related to our unconsolidated hospitality ventures and certain managed hotels. Typically, we enter into debt repayment guarantees in order to assist hotel owners in obtaining third party financing or to obtain more favorable borrowing terms. Included within debt repayment guarantees are the following:

Property Description	Maximum Potential Future Payments		Maximum Exposure Net of Recoverability from Third Parties		Other Long-term Liabilities recorded at September 30, 2016		Other Long-term Liabilities recorded at December 31, 2015		Year of Guarantee Expiration
Hotel property in Washington(1), (3), (4), (5)	$	215	$	—	$	38	$	—	2020
Hotel properties in India (2), (3)	180		180		23		27		2020
Hotel property in Brazil (1)	80		40		3		4		2020
Hotel property in Minnesota	25		25		2		2		2021
Hotel property in Arizona (1), (4)	25		—		2		3		2019
Vacation ownership property (1)	17		—		—		—		2016
Hotel property in Hawaii (1)	15		8		2		3		2017
Hotel property in Colorado	13		13		—		—		2016
Other (1)	17		1		—		—		various, through 2017
Total	$	587	$	267	$	70	$	39

(1) We have agreements with either our unconsolidated hospitality venture partner, the respective hotel owners or other third parties to recover certain amounts funded under the debt repayment guarantee; the recoverability mechanism may be in the form of cash, notes receivable, or HTM debt securities.

(2) We have the contractual right to recover amounts funded from the unconsolidated hospitality venture, which is a related party. We expect our maximum exposure to be $90 million, taking into account our partner’s 50% ownership interest in the unconsolidated hospitality venture.

(3) Under certain events or conditions, we have the right to force the sale of the property(ies) in order to recover amounts funded.

(4) If certain funding thresholds are met or if certain events occur, we have the ability to assume control of the property.

(5) We are subject to a completion guarantee whereby the parties agree to substantially complete the construction of the project by a specified date. In the event of default, we are obligated to complete construction using the funds available from the outstanding loan. Any additional funds paid by us are subject to recovery through a HTM debt security.

As of September 30, 2016, the hotel owners are current on their debt service obligations.

Insurance—We obtain commercial insurance for potential losses for general liability, workers' compensation, automobile liability, employment practices, crime, property and other miscellaneous coverages. A portion of the risk is retained on a self-insurance basis primarily through U.S. based and licensed captive insurance companies that are wholly owned subsidiaries of Hyatt and generally insure our deductibles and retentions. Reserve requirements are established based on actuarial projections of ultimate losses. Losses estimated to be paid within twelve months are $40 million and $35 million at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively, and are classified within accrued expenses and other current liabilities on our condensed consolidated balance sheets, while losses expected to be payable in future periods are $55 million and $57 million as of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively, and are included in other long-term liabilities on our condensed consolidated balance sheets. At September 30, 2016, standby letters of credit of $7 million were issued to provide collateral for the estimated claims, which are guaranteed by us. For further discussion, see the "—Letters of Credit" section of this footnote.

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Collective Bargaining Agreements—At September 30, 2016, approximately 26% of our U.S. based employees were covered by various collective bargaining agreements, generally providing for basic pay rates, working hours, other conditions of employment and orderly settlement of labor disputes. Generally, labor relations have been maintained in a normal and satisfactory manner, and we believe our employee relations are good.

Surety Bonds—Surety bonds issued on our behalf were $24 million at September 30, 2016 and primarily relate to workers’ compensation, taxes, licenses and utilities related to our lodging operations.

Letters of Credit—Letters of credit outstanding on our behalf as of September 30, 2016 were $238 million, which relate to our ongoing operations and securitization of our performance under our debt repayment guarantee associated with the hotel properties in India, which is only called upon if we default on our guarantee. The letters of credit outstanding do not reduce the available capacity under our revolving credit facility.

Capital Expenditures—As part of our ongoing business operations, significant expenditures are required to complete renovation projects that were approved.

Other—We act as general partner of various partnerships owning hotel properties subject to mortgage indebtedness. These mortgage agreements generally limit the lender’s recourse to security interests in the assets financed and/or other assets of the partnership(s) and/or the general partner(s) thereof.

In conjunction with financing obtained for our unconsolidated hospitality ventures and certain managed hotels, we may provide standard indemnifications to the lender for loss, liability or damage occurring as a result of our actions or actions of the other hospitality venture owners.

We are subject, from time to time, to various claims and contingencies related to lawsuits, taxes and environmental matters, as well as commitments under contractual obligations. Many of these claims are covered under current insurance programs, subject to deductibles. We recognize a liability associated with commitments and contingencies when a loss is probable and reasonably estimable. Although the ultimate liability for these matters cannot be determined at this point, based on information currently available, we do not expect the ultimate resolution of such claims and litigation will have a material effect on our condensed consolidated financial statements.

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12.    EQUITY

Stockholders’ Equity and Noncontrolling Interests—The following tables detail the equity activity for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, respectively.

	Stockholders’ equity			Noncontrolling interests in consolidated subsidiaries		Total equity
Balance at January 1, 2016	$	3,991		$	4	$	3,995
Net income	163			—		163
Other comprehensive income (loss)	3			—		3
Repurchase of common stock	(268		)	—		(268		)
Directors compensation	2			—		2
Employee stock plan issuance	3			—		3
Share-based payment activity	19			—		19
Balance at September 30, 2016	$	3,913		$	4	$	3,917
	Stockholders’ equity			Noncontrolling interests in consolidated subsidiaries		Total equity
Balance at January 1, 2015	$	4,627		$	4	$	4,631
Net income	87			—		87
Other comprehensive income (loss)	(66		)	—		(66		)
Repurchase of common stock	(539		)	—		(539		)
Directors compensation	2			—		2
Employee stock plan issuance	3			—		3
Share-based payment activity	16			—		16
Balance at September 30, 2015	$	4,130		$	4	$	4,134

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss—The following tables detail the accumulated other comprehensive loss activity, net of tax, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, respectively.

	Balance at July 1, 2016			Current period other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassification			Amount reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss (a)		Balance at September 30, 2016
Foreign currency translation adjustments	$	(242	)	$	(15	)	$	3	$	(254	)
Unrealized gains (losses) on AFS securities	47			(8		)	—		39
Unrecognized pension cost	(7		)	—			—		(7		)
Unrealized losses on derivative instruments	(5		)	—			—		(5		)
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	$	(207	)	$	(23	)	$	3	$	(227	)
(a) The amount reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss related to the sale of the shares of the company that owns Hyatt Regency Birmingham (U.K.) and was recorded within other long-term liabilities on our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

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	Balance at January 1, 2016			Current period other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassification			Amount reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss (a)		Balance at September 30, 2016
Foreign currency translation adjustments	$	(257	)	$	—		$	3	$	(254	)
Unrealized gains on AFS securities	39			—			—		39
Unrecognized pension cost	(7		)	—			—		(7		)
Unrealized losses on derivative instruments	(5		)	—			—		(5		)
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	$	(230	)	$	—		$	3	$	(227	)
(a) The amount reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss related to the sale of the shares of the company that owns Hyatt Regency Birmingham (U.K.) and was recorded within other long-term liabilities on our condensed consolidated balance sheets.
	Balance at July 1, 2015			Current period other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassification			Amount reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss (b)		Balance at September 30, 2015
Foreign currency translation adjustments	$	(202	)	$	(56	)	$	21	$	(237	)
Unrealized gains on AFS securities	12			9			—		21
Unrecognized pension cost	(5		)	—			—		(5		)
Unrealized gains (losses) on derivative instruments	(6		)	1			—		(5		)
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	$	(201	)	$	(46	)	$	21	$	(226	)
(b) The amount reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss was recognized within equity earnings (losses) from unconsolidated hospitality ventures on our condensed consolidated statements of income.
	Balance at January 1, 2015			Current period other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassification			Amount reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss (b)		Balance at September 30, 2015
Foreign currency translation adjustments	$	(155	)	$	(103	)	$	21	$	(237	)
Unrealized gains on AFS securities	6			15			—		21
Unrecognized pension cost	(5		)	—			—		(5		)
Unrealized gains (losses) on derivative instruments	(6		)	1			—		(5		)
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	$	(160	)	$	(87	)	$	21	$	(226	)

(b) The amount reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss was recognized within equity earnings (losses) from unconsolidated hospitality ventures on our condensed consolidated statements of income.

Share Repurchase—During 2016, 2015, and 2014, our board of directors authorized the repurchase of up to $250 million, $400 million and $700 million, respectively, of our common stock. These repurchases may be made from time to time in the open market, in privately negotiated transactions, or otherwise, including pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 plan, at prices we deem appropriate and subject to market conditions, applicable law and other factors deemed relevant in our sole discretion. The common stock repurchase program applies to our Class A common stock and/or our Class B common stock. The common stock repurchase program does not obligate us to repurchase any dollar amount or number of shares of common stock and the program may be suspended or discontinued at any time.

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During the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, we repurchased 5,556,424 and 9,614,463 shares of common stock, respectively. These shares of common stock were repurchased at a weighted-average price of $48.25 and $56.05 per share, respectively, for an aggregate purchase price of $268 million and $539 million, respectively, excluding related insignificant expenses in both periods. The shares repurchased during the nine months ended September 30, 2016 represented approximately 4% of our total shares of common stock outstanding as of December 31, 2015. The shares repurchased during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 represented approximately 6% of our total shares of common stock outstanding as of December 31, 2014. The shares of Class A common stock repurchased on the open market were retired and returned to the status of authorized and unissued shares while the shares of Class B common stock repurchased were retired and the total number of authorized Class B shares was reduced by the number of shares repurchased. As of September 30, 2016, we had $111 million remaining under the share repurchase authorization.

Treasury Stock Retirement—During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, we retired 195,423 shares of treasury stock. These shares were retired at a weighted-average price of $43.41 per share resulting in an $8 million reduction in treasury stock. The retired shares of treasury stock were returned to the status of authorized and unissued.

13.    STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

As part of our Long-Term Incentive Plan, we award Stock Appreciation Rights ("SARs"), Restricted Stock Units ("RSUs"), Performance Share Units ("PSUs") and Performance Vesting Restricted Stock ("PSSs") to certain employees. Stock-based compensation expense and unearned compensation presented below exclude amounts related to employees of our managed hotels and other employees whose payroll is reimbursed, as this expense has been and will continue to be reimbursed by our third-party hotel owners and is recorded in other revenues from managed properties and other costs from managed properties on our condensed consolidated statements of income. Stock-based compensation expense included in selling, general, and administrative expense on our condensed consolidated statements of income related to these awards for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015 were as follows:

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2016			2015			2016			2015
SARs	$	1		$	1		$	9		$	9
RSUs	2			3			13			14
PSUs and PSSs	(2		)	(5		)	(1		)	(3		)
Total stock-based compensation recorded within selling, general, and administrative expenses	$	1		$	(1	)	$	21		$	20

SARs—Each vested SAR gives the holder the right to the difference between the value of one share of our Class A common stock at the exercise date and the value of one share of our Class A common stock at the grant date. Vested SARs can be exercised over their life in accordance with the plan. All outstanding SARs have a 10-year contractual term, are settled in shares of our Class A common stock and are accounted for as equity instruments.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, we granted 924,424 SARs to employees with a weighted-average grant date fair value of $14.52. The fair value of each SAR was estimated on the grant date using the Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing model.

RSUs—Each vested RSU represents the right to receive a single share of our Class A common stock (or, in the case of an insignificant portion of total RSUs granted, its cash equivalent value). The value of the stock-settled RSUs is based on the fair value of our Class A common stock as of the grant date. We record compensation expense for RSUs over the vesting period of the individual award. Vesting is dependent upon continuous service by the employee, but will accelerate due to death or disability or in the event of a change in control. Compensation expense for retirement eligible grantees is recorded in full once the grantee becomes retirement eligible. In certain limited situations we also grant cash-settled RSUs which are recorded as liability instruments. During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, we granted a total of 444,629 RSUs (an insignificant portion of which are cash-settled RSUs) to employees which, with respect to stock-settled RSUs, had a weighted-average grant date fair value of $47.36.

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PSUs and PSSs—We granted both PSUs and PSSs to certain executive officers.

PSUs vest and are paid out in Class A common stock based upon the performance of the Company through the end of the applicable three year performance period relative to the applicable performance target. During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, we granted to our executive officers a total of 111,620 PSUs, with a weighted-average grant date fair value of $47.36. The performance period applicable to such PSUs is a three year period beginning January 1, 2016 and ending December 31, 2018. The PSUs will vest at the end of the performance period only if the performance threshold is met and continued service requirements are satisfied; there is no interim performance metric except in the case of certain change in control transactions.

PSSs vest and restrictions on transfer thereon lapse based upon the performance of the Company through the end of the applicable three year performance period relative to the applicable performance target. The PSSs vest in full if the maximum performance metric is achieved. At the end of the performance period, the PSSs that do not vest will be forfeited. The PSSs will vest at the end of the performance period only if the performance threshold is met and applicable continued service requirements are met; there is no interim performance metric except in the case of certain change in control transactions.

Our total unearned compensation for our stock-based compensation programs as of September 30, 2016 was $7 million for SARs, $15 million for RSUs and $2 million for PSUs and PSSs, which will be recorded to compensation expense over the next three years with respect to SARs and RSUs, with a limited portion of the SAR and RSU awards extending to four years, and over the next two years with respect to PSUs and PSSs.

14.    RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS

In addition to those included elsewhere in the Notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements, related-party transactions entered into by us are summarized as follows:

Leases—Our corporate headquarters have been located at the Hyatt Center in Chicago, Illinois, since 2005. A subsidiary of the Company holds a master lease for a portion of the Hyatt Center and has entered into sublease agreements with certain related parties. Future expected sublease income for this space from related parties is $4 million.

Equity Method Investments—We have equity method investments in entities that own properties for which we provide management and/or franchise services and receive fees. We recorded fees of $8 million and $7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, respectively. We recorded fees of $22 million and $19 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, respectively. As of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, we had receivables due from these properties of $7 million and $6 million, respectively. In addition, in some cases we provide loans (see Note 5) or guarantees (see Note 11) to these entities. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, we recorded fees related to these guarantees of $1 million and $3 million, respectively. Our ownership interest in these unconsolidated hospitality ventures generally varies from 24% to 70%. See Note 3 for further details regarding these investments.

Class B Share Repurchase—During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, we repurchased 1,881,636 shares of Class B common stock for a weighted average price of $53.15 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $100 million. The shares repurchased represented approximately 1% of our total shares of common stock outstanding prior to the repurchase. During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, we repurchased 1,776,501 shares of Class B common stock for a weighted average price of $58.91 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $105 million. The shares repurchased represented approximately 1% of our total shares of common stock outstanding prior to the repurchase. The shares of Class B common stock were repurchased in privately negotiated transactions from trusts for the benefit of certain Pritzker family members and limited partnerships owned indirectly by trusts for the benefit of certain Pritzker family members and were retired, thereby reducing the total number of shares outstanding and reducing the shares of Class B common stock authorized and outstanding by the repurchased share amount.

Class B Share Conversion—During the three months ended September 30, 2016, 500,000 shares of Class B common stock were converted on a share-for-share basis into shares of our Class A common stock, $0.01 par value per share. The shares of Class B common stock that were converted into shares of Class A common stock have been retired, thereby reducing the shares of Class B common stock authorized and outstanding.

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15.    SEGMENT INFORMATION

Our reportable segments are components of the business which are managed discretely and for which discrete financial information is reviewed regularly by the chief operating decision maker to assess performance and make decisions regarding the allocation of resources. Our chief operating decision maker is the President and Chief Executive Officer. We define our reportable segments as follows:

• Owned and leased hotels—This segment derives its earnings from owned and leased hotel properties located predominantly in the United States but also in certain international locations and, for purposes of segment Adjusted Earnings Before Interest Expense, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization ("Adjusted EBITDA"), includes our pro rata share of the Adjusted EBITDA of our unconsolidated hospitality ventures, based on our ownership percentage of each venture.

• Americas management and franchising—This segment derives its earnings primarily from a combination of hotel management and licensing of our portfolio of brands to franchisees located in the United States, Latin America, Canada and the Caribbean. This segment’s revenues also include the reimbursement of costs incurred on behalf of managed hotel property owners and franchisees with no added margin. These costs relate primarily to payroll costs at managed properties where the Company is the employer. These revenues and costs are recorded within other revenues from managed properties and other costs from managed properties, respectively. The intersegment revenues relate to management fees collected from the Company’s owned hotels, which are eliminated in consolidation.

• ASPAC management and franchising—This segment derives its earnings primarily from a combination of hotel management and licensing of our portfolio of brands to franchisees located in Southeast Asia, as well as greater China, Australia, South Korea, Japan and Micronesia. This segment’s revenues also include the reimbursement of costs incurred on behalf of managed hotel property owners and franchisees with no added margin. These costs relate primarily to reservations, marketing and IT costs. These revenues and costs are recorded within other revenues from managed properties and other costs from managed properties, respectively. The intersegment revenues relate to management fees collected from the Company’s owned hotels, which are eliminated in consolidation.

• EAME/SW Asia management—This segment derives its earnings primarily from hotel management of our portfolio of brands located primarily in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, India, Central Asia and Nepal. This segment’s revenues also include the reimbursement of costs incurred on behalf of managed hotel property owners with no added margin. These costs relate primarily to reservations, marketing and IT costs. These revenues and costs are recorded within other revenues from managed properties and other costs from managed properties, respectively. The intersegment revenues relate to management fees collected from the Company’s owned hotels, which are eliminated in consolidation.

Our chief operating decision maker evaluates performance based on each segment’s revenue and Adjusted EBITDA. Adjusted EBITDA, as we define it, is a non-GAAP measure. We define Adjusted EBITDA as net income attributable to Hyatt Hotels Corporation plus our pro rata share of unconsolidated hospitality ventures Adjusted EBITDA based on our ownership percentage of each venture, adjusted to exclude equity earnings (losses) from unconsolidated hospitality ventures; stock-based compensation expense; asset impairments; gains (losses) on sales of real estate; other income (loss), net; depreciation and amortization; interest expense; and provision for income taxes.

Effective January 1, 2016, our definition of Adjusted EBITDA has been updated to exclude stock-based compensation expense, to facilitate comparison with our competitors. We have applied this change in the definition of Adjusted EBITDA to 2015 historical results to allow for comparability between the periods presented.

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The table below shows summarized consolidated financial information by segment. Included within corporate and other are unallocated corporate expenses, license fees related to Hyatt Residence Club, and our co-branded credit card.

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2016			2015			2016			2015
Owned and leased hotels
Owned and leased hotels revenues	$	519		$	500		$	1,594		$	1,549
Adjusted EBITDA	120			110			400			374
Depreciation and amortization	71			69			211			208
Americas management and franchising
Management and franchise fees revenues	90			85			281			269
Other revenues from managed properties	409			409			1,266			1,225
Intersegment revenues (a)	16			15			57			55
Adjusted EBITDA	77			74			242			229
Depreciation and amortization	5			5			14			14
ASPAC management and franchising
Management and franchise fees revenues	23			21			67			65
Other revenues from managed properties	24			19			72			59
Intersegment revenues (a)	1			—			1			1
Adjusted EBITDA	14			12			38			37
Depreciation and amortization	—			—			1			1
EAME/SW Asia management
Management and franchise fees revenues	15			16			47			49
Other revenues from managed properties	15			12			47			40
Intersegment revenues (a)	2			4			8			10
Adjusted EBITDA	8			7			24			23
Depreciation and amortization	1			1			4			4
Corporate and other
Revenues	12			10			34			29
Adjusted EBITDA	(27		)	(32		)	(91		)	(92		)
Depreciation and amortization	10			3			24			6
Eliminations (a)
Revenues	(19		)	(19		)	(66		)	(66		)
Adjusted EBITDA	—			—			—			—
Depreciation and amortization	—			—			—			—
TOTAL
Revenues	$	1,088		$	1,053		$	3,342		$	3,219
Adjusted EBITDA	192			171			613			571
Depreciation and amortization	87			78			254			233

(a) Intersegment revenues are included in the management and franchise fees revenues and eliminated in Eliminations.

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The table below provides a reconciliation of our consolidated Adjusted EBITDA to EBITDA and a reconciliation of EBITDA to net income attributable to Hyatt Hotels Corporation for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015.

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2016			2015			2016			2015
Adjusted EBITDA	$	192		$	171		$	613		$	571
Equity earnings (losses) from unconsolidated hospitality ventures	25			(17		)	46			(46		)
Stock-based compensation expense (see Note 13)	(1		)	1			(21		)	(20		)
Asset impairments (a)	—			(5		)	—			(5		)
Gains (losses) on sales of real estate (see Note 6)	—			—			(21		)	9
Other income (loss), net (see Note 17)	4			11			1			(3		)
Pro rata share of unconsolidated hospitality ventures Adjusted EBITDA	(23		)	(21		)	(79		)	(63		)
EBITDA	197			140			539			443
Depreciation and amortization	(87		)	(78		)	(254		)	(233		)
Interest expense	(20		)	(17		)	(57		)	(51		)
Provision for income taxes	(28		)	(20		)	(65		)	(72		)
Net income attributable to Hyatt Hotels Corporation	$	62		$	25		$	163		$	87

(a) In conjunction with our regular assessment of impairment indicators, we identified property and equipment whose carrying value exceeded its fair value and as a result recorded an impairment charge of $5 million in the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2015 to asset impairments within our owned and leased hotels segment on our condensed consolidated statements of income.

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16.    EARNINGS PER SHARE

The calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share, including a reconciliation of the numerator and denominator, were as follows:

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2016		2015		2016		2015
Numerator:
Net income	$	62	$	25	$	163	$	87
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	—		—		—		—
Net income attributable to Hyatt Hotels Corporation	$	62	$	25	$	163	$	87
Denominator:
Basic weighted average shares outstanding	131,917,434		141,876,299		133,672,570		144,457,314
Share-based compensation	1,146,718		1,131,077		933,563		1,229,860
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding	133,064,152		143,007,376		134,606,133		145,687,174
Basic Earnings Per Share:
Net income	$	0.48	$	0.18	$	1.22	$	0.60
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	—		—		—		—
Net income attributable to Hyatt Hotels Corporation	$	0.48	$	0.18	$	1.22	$	0.60
Diluted Earnings Per Share:
Net income	$	0.47	$	0.18	$	1.21	$	0.60
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	—		—		—		—
Net income attributable to Hyatt Hotels Corporation	$	0.47	$	0.18	$	1.21	$	0.60

The computations of diluted net income per share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015 do not include the following shares of Class A common stock assumed to be issued as stock-settled SARs and RSUs because they are anti-dilutive.

	Three Months Ended September 30,		Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2016	2015	2016	2015
SARs	73,300	1,700	80,400	10,100
RSUs	—	—	4,200	—

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17.    OTHER INCOME (LOSS), NET

The table below provides a reconciliation of the components in other income (loss), net, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, respectively.

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2016			2015			2016			2015
Performance guarantee liability amortization (see Note 11)	$	8		$	3		$	25		$	8
Depreciation recovery	8			2			19			2
Interest income	2			2			5			6
Foreign currency gains (losses), net	(1		)	(6		)	2			(13		)
Performance guarantee income (expense), net (see Note 11)	(13		)	2			(40		)	(12		)
Debt settlement costs (see Note 8)	—			—			(3		)	—
Recoveries (provisions) on hotel loans, net (see Note 5)	—			8			(1		)	6
Other	—			—			(6		)	—
Other income (loss), net	$	4		$	11		$	1		$	(3	)

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Item 2.Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

This quarterly report contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities

Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include statements about the Company's plans, strategies, financial performance, prospects or future events and involve known and unknown risks that are difficult to predict. As a result, our actual results, performance or achievements may differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by the use of words such as "may," "could," "expect," "intend," "plan," "seek," "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "predict," "potential," "continue," "likely," "will," "would" and variations of these terms and similar expressions, or the negative of these terms or similar expressions. Such forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by us and our management, are inherently uncertain. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include, but are not limited to: the factors discussed in our filings with the SEC, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K; general economic uncertainty in key global markets and a worsening of global economic conditions or low levels of economic growth; the rate and the pace of economic recovery following economic downturns; levels of spending in business and leisure segments as well as consumer confidence; declines in occupancy and average daily rate; limited visibility with respect to future bookings; loss of key personnel; hostilities, or fear of hostilities, including future terrorist attacks, that affect travel; travel-related accidents; natural or man-made disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, oil spills, nuclear incidents and global outbreaks of pandemics or contagious diseases or fear of such outbreaks; our ability to successfully achieve certain levels of operating profits at hotels that have performance guarantees in favor of our third party owners; the impact of hotel renovations; our ability to successfully execute our common stock repurchase program; the seasonal and cyclical nature of the real estate and hospitality businesses; changes in distribution arrangements, such as through Internet travel intermediaries; changes in the tastes and preferences of our customers, including the entry of new competitors in the lodging business; relationships with colleagues and labor unions and changes in labor laws; financial condition of, and our relationships with, third-party property owners, franchisees and hospitality venture partners; the possible inability of our third-party owners, franchisees or development partners to access capital necessary to fund current operations or implement our plans for growth; risks associated with potential acquisitions and dispositions and the introduction of new brand concepts; the timing of acquisitions and dispositions; failure to successfully complete proposed transactions (including the failure to satisfy closing conditions or obtain required approvals); unforeseen terminations of our management or franchise agreements; changes in federal, state, local or foreign tax law; increases in interest rates and operating costs; foreign exchange rate fluctuations or currency restructurings; lack of acceptance of new brands or innovation; our ability to successfully implement our new global loyalty program; general volatility of the capital markets and our ability to access such markets; changes in the competitive environment in our industry, including as a result of industry consolidation, and the markets where we operate; cyber incidents and information technology failures; outcomes of legal or administrative proceedings; and violations of regulations or laws related to our franchising business. All forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements set forth above. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and we do not undertake or assume any obligation to update publicly any of these forward-looking statements to reflect actual results, new information or future events, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting forward-looking statements, except to the extent required by applicable laws. If we update one or more forward-looking statements, no inference should be drawn that we will make additional updates with respect to those or other forward-looking statements.

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying Notes, which appear elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Executive Overview

We are a global hospitality company engaged in the development, ownership, operation, management, franchising and licensing of a portfolio of properties, including hotels, resorts and residential and vacation ownership properties around the world. As of September 30, 2016, our worldwide hotel portfolio consisted of 639 hotels (166,731 rooms), including:

• 276 managed properties (90,276 rooms), all of which we operate under management agreements with third-party property owners;

• 292 franchised properties (48,267 rooms), all of which are owned by third parties that have franchise agreements with us and are operated by third parties;

• 34 owned properties (17,714 rooms) (including 1 consolidated hospitality venture), 1 capital leased property (171 rooms), and 7 operating leased properties (2,411 rooms), all of which we manage; and

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• 20 managed properties and 9 franchised properties owned or leased by unconsolidated hospitality ventures (7,892 rooms).

Our worldwide property portfolio also included:

• 6 all inclusive resorts (2,401 rooms), all of which are owned and operated by an unconsolidated hospitality venture that has franchise agreements with us;

• 16 vacation ownership properties (1,038 units), all of which are licensed by Interval Leisure Group ("ILG") under the Hyatt Residence Club brand and operated by third parties, including ILG and its affiliates; and

• 18 residential properties (2,417 units), which consist of branded residences and serviced apartments. We manage all of the serviced apartments and those branded residential units that participate in a rental program with an adjacent Hyatt-branded hotel.

We report our consolidated operations in U.S. dollars. Constant currency disclosures throughout Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations are non-GAAP measures. See "—Segment Results" below for further discussion of constant currency disclosures. We manage our business within four reportable segments as described below:     

• Owned and leased hotels, which consists of our owned and leased full service and select service hotels and, for purposes of segment Adjusted EBITDA, our pro rata share of the Adjusted EBITDA of our unconsolidated hospitality ventures, based on our ownership percentage of each venture;

• Americas management and franchising, which consists of our management and franchising of properties located in the United States, Latin America, Canada and the Caribbean;

• ASPAC management and franchising, which consists of our management and franchising of properties located in Southeast Asia, as well as greater China, Australia, South Korea, Japan and Micronesia; and

• EAME/SW Asia management, which consists of our management of properties located primarily in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, India, Central Asia and Nepal.

The results of our unallocated corporate overhead, license fees related to Hyatt Residence Club and our co-branded credit card are reported within corporate and other. See Note 15 for further discussion of our segment structure.

During the three months ended September 30, 2016, we purchased Royal Palms Resort and Spa for approximately $88 million. The hotel is included in The Unbound Collection by Hyatt.

During the third quarter, we announced plans for the following future openings:

• Hyatt Centric Carlisle Bay, the first Hyatt-branded hotel in Barbados;

• Hyatt Regency Phnom Penh, the first Hyatt Regency in Cambodia; and

• Hyatt Regency Zadar Maraska, the first Hyatt-branded hotel in Croatia.

We opened 11 hotels in the third quarter including Andaz Ottawa Byward Market, the first Andaz hotel in Canada.

On October 27, 2016, we announced a new global loyalty program, World of Hyatt, which will launch on March 1, 2017.

Our financial performance for the quarter ended September 30, 2016 reflects an increase in net income of $37 million compared to the quarter ended September 30, 2015. Consolidated revenues increased $35 million, or 3.3% ($39 million or 3.7% excluding the impact of currency), during the quarter ended September 30, 2016 compared to the quarter ended September 30, 2015. Owned and leased hotels revenues for the quarter ended September 30, 2016increased $19 million compared to the quarter ended September 30, 2015, which included net unfavorable currency impact of $4 million. The increase in owned and leased hotels revenues resulted primarily from an increase in non-comparable owned and leased hotels revenues of $13 million, including $1 million in net unfavorable currency impact, which was primarily driven by new openings and acquisitions in 2016, partially offset by hotels sold in 2016. Additionally, comparable owned and leased hotels revenues increased $6 million, including $3 million in net unfavorable currency impact, which was primarily driven by full service hotels in the United States and Mexico as a result of improved transient and group Revenue per Available Room ("RevPAR").

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Our management and franchise fees for the quarter ended September 30, 2016increased $7 million compared to the quarter ended September 30, 2015, which included an insignificant net unfavorable currency impact. Fee increases were primarily due to increased franchise fees from new and converted hotels and improved performance at existing hotels in the Americas.

Our consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the third quarter of 2016increased $21 million compared to the third quarter of 2015, which included $1 million in net unfavorable currency impact. The increase was primarily driven by our owned and leased hotels segment which increased $10 million and a $5 millionincrease attributable to corporate and other. See "—Non-GAAP Measures" below for an explanation of how we use Adjusted EBITDA, why we present it and material limitations on its usefulness, as well as a reconciliation of our consolidated Adjusted EBITDA to EBITDA and a reconciliation of EBITDA to net income attributable to Hyatt Hotels Corporation

Hotel Chain RevPAR Statistics.

		RevPAR
		Three Months Ended September 30,
(Comparable Locations)	Number of Comparable Hotels (1)	2016		2015		Change		Change (in constant $)
Comparable systemwide hotels	539	$	140	$	137	2.6	%	2.5	%
Owned and leased hotels	39	$	171	$	171	0.3	%	1.0	%
Americas full service hotels	148	$	158	$	152	3.6	%	3.8	%
Americas select service hotels	267	$	110	$	106	4.6	%	4.6	%
ASPAC full service hotels	60	$	149	$	143	4.4	%	1.8	%
EAME/SW Asia full service hotels	58	$	121	$	134	(9.7	)%	(7.8	)%
EAME/SW Asia select service hotels	5	$	66	$	63	4.7	%	5.0	%

(1) Comparable systemwide hotels include one select service hotel in ASPAC, which is not included in the ASPAC full service hotel statistics. The number of managed and franchised hotels presented above includes owned and leased hotels.

In the Americas management and franchising segment, transient Average Daily Rate ("ADR") growth as well as group occupancy and ADR growth at our full service hotels contributed to RevPAR increases in the third quarter of 2016 compared to the third quarter of 2015, partly due to the shift of the Jewish holidays out of the third quarter of 2016 and into the fourth quarter of 2016. Our owned and leased hotels segment, which consists of hotels located primarily in the Americas, experienced transient revenue growth as a result of increased ADR in the third quarter of 2016. Group occupancy experienced moderate growth at our owned and leased hotels in the United States, due to the shift of the Jewish holidays out of the third quarter of 2016.

In the Americas management and franchising segment, short-term group bookings made in the third quarter of 2016 for stays in 2016 were lower compared to bookings made in the third quarter of 2015 for stays in 2015. Long-term bookings made in the third quarter of 2016 for stays beyond 2016 increased compared to bookings made in the third quarter of 2015 for years beyond 2015.

ASPAC management and franchising segment results for the third quarter of 2016 were relatively flat as the region continued to be negatively impacted by a shifting preference in tourism destinations. While overall demand remained strong, the region experienced decreased ADR during the third quarter of 2016. Our hotels in South Korea experienced improved results as the tourism industry has recovered after the country was negatively impacted by the MERS outbreak in 2015. Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan markets experienced lower visitor arrivals and we expect this trend to continue. Hong Kong, however, had strong group results during the third quarter despite the difficult market conditions.

The RevPAR decline in our EAME/SW Asia management segment during the third quarter of 2016 resulted from decreased ADR and occupancy in France, Switzerland and Turkey. The hotels in France and Turkey continued to experience lower demand due to security concerns and terrorism in the region. Our hotel in Switzerland experienced reduced occupancy as a result of a decline in transient demand. These decreases were partially offset by a combination of strong rate and occupancy growth across Southwest Asia as the hotels continued to benefit from an improved business environment. We expect the current trends in the EAME/SW Asia regions to continue to impact the segment's results for 2016.

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Results of Operations

Three and Nine Months EndedSeptember 30, 2016 Compared with Three and Nine Months EndedSeptember 30, 2015

Discussion on Consolidated Results

For additional information regarding our consolidated results below, please also refer to our condensed consolidated statements of income included in this quarterly filing. The impact from our investments in marketable securities held to fund operating programs, including securities held to fund our benefit programs funded through a rabbi trust and securities held to fund our Gold Passport program, were recorded on the various financial statement line items discussed below and have no impact on net income.

Owned and leased hotels revenues.    

	Three Months Ended September 30,
(in millions, except percentages)	2016		2015		Better / (Worse)				Currency Impact
Comparable owned and leased hotels revenues	$	492	$	486	$	6	1.2	%	$	(3	)
Non-comparable owned and leased hotels revenues	27		14		13		92.9	%	(1		)
Total Owned and Leased Hotels Revenues	$	519	$	500	$	19	3.8	%	$	(4	)

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
(in millions, except percentages)	2016		2015		Better / (Worse)				Currency Impact
Comparable owned and leased hotels revenues	$	1,533	$	1,505	$	28	1.9	%	$	(17	)
Non-comparable owned and leased hotels revenues	61		44		17		38.6	%	(1		)
Total Owned and Leased Hotels Revenues	$	1,594	$	1,549	$	45	2.9	%	$	(18	)

The increases in comparable owned and leased hotels revenues for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 compared to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 were primarily driven by full service hotels in the United States and Mexico, partially offset by decreases at certain international hotels primarily due to net unfavorable currency impact and market weakness. The increases in non-comparable owned and leased hotels revenues for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 compared to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 were driven by acquisitions and openings in 2016, partially offset by hotels sold in 2015 and 2016. See "—Segment Results" below for further discussion of owned and leased hotels revenues.

Management and franchise fee revenues.    

	Three Months Ended September 30,
(in millions, except percentages)	2016		2015		Better / (Worse)
Base management fees	$	49	$	47	$	2	4.3	%
Incentive management fees	25		23		2		8.7	%
Franchise fees	27		24		3		12.5	%
Other fee revenues	9		9		—		—	%
Total management and franchise fees	$	110	$	103	$	7	6.8	%

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
(in millions, except percentages)	2016		2015		Better / (Worse)
Base management fees	$	143	$	140	$	3		2.1	%
Incentive management fees	85		83		2			2.4	%
Franchise fees	77		67		10			14.9	%
Other fee revenues	27		30		(3		)	(10.0	)%
Total management and franchise fees	$	332	$	320	$	12		3.8	%

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The increase in management and franchise fees included an insignificant and $2 million net unfavorable currency impact during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively, compared to the same periods in the prior year. The increase in franchise fees for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 was primarily driven by new and converted hotels and improved performance at existing hotels in the Americas.

Other revenues from managed properties.    

	Three Months Ended September 30,
(in millions, except percentages)	2016		2015			Better / (Worse)
Other revenues from managed properties excluding rabbi trust impact	$	443	$	447		$	(4	)	(0.9	)%
Rabbi trust impact	5		(7		)	12			171.4	%
Other revenues from managed properties	$	448	$	440		$	8		1.8	%

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
(in millions, except percentages)	2016		2015			Better / (Worse)
Other revenues from managed properties excluding rabbi trust impact	$	1,378	$	1,327		$	51	3.8	%
Rabbi trust impact	7		(3		)	10		333.3	%
Other revenues from managed properties	$	1,385	$	1,324		$	61	4.6	%

Excluding the impact of rabbi trust, other revenues from managed properties decreased during the three months ended September 30, 2016, compared to the three months ended September 30, 2015, due to decreased full service hotels payroll and related costs driven by hotel conversions and a hotel that left the chain, partially offset by increased reimbursements related to our Hyatt Gold Passport program due to increased member participation. Excluding the impact of rabbi trust, other revenues from managed properties increased during the ninemonths ended September 30, 2016, compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2015, due to a higher volume of reimbursements paid to us by our managed properties for increased member participation in our Hyatt Gold Passport program and increased select service hotels payroll and related costs, partially offset by decreased full service hotels payroll and related costs driven by hotel conversions and one hotel that left the chain.

Owned and leased hotels expense.    

	Three Months Ended September 30,
(in millions, except percentages)	2016		2015			Better / (Worse)
Comparable owned and leased hotels expense	$	378	$	377		$	(1	)	(0.3	)%
Non-comparable owned and leased hotels expense	22		11			(11		)	(100.0	)%
Rabbi trust impact	2		(3		)	(5		)	(166.7	)%
Total Owned and Leased Hotels Expense	$	402	$	385		$	(17	)	(4.4	)%

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
(in millions, except percentages)	2016		2015			Better / (Worse)
Comparable owned and leased hotels expense	$	1,143	$	1,125		$	(18	)	(1.6	)%
Non-comparable owned and leased hotels expense	58		37			(21		)	(56.8	)%
Rabbi trust impact	3		(2		)	(5		)	(250.0	)%
Total Owned and Leased Hotels Expense	$	1,204	$	1,160		$	(44	)	(3.8	)%

Comparable owned and leased hotels expense included $2 million and $11 million net favorable currency impact, in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively, compared to the same periods in the prior year. The increase in the nine months ended September 30, 2016 was primarily driven by increased payroll and related costs and property taxes at certain properties. Non-comparable owned and leased hotels expense included $1 million net favorable currency impact, in both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, compared to the same periods in the prior year. The increases in both periods were primarily driven by acquisitions and openings in 2016, partially offset by hotels sold in 2016 and 2015.

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Depreciation and amortization.    Depreciation and amortization increased $9 million and $21 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively, compared to the same periods in the prior year. The increases were primarily driven by depreciation for assets placed in service in 2015 and 2016 related to IT projects, acquisitions and hotel openings, partially offset by decreased depreciation related to the sale of Andaz 5th Avenue. A portion of the depreciation related to IT assets is recovered from our managed and franchised hotels and the corresponding recovery is included in other income (loss), net.

Selling, general, and administrative expenses.

	Three Months Ended September 30,
(in millions, except percentages)	2016			2015		Better / (Worse)
Selling, general, and administrative expenses	$	74		$	54	$	(20	)	(37.0	)%
Less rabbi trust impact	(10		)	12		22			183.3	%
Less stock-based compensation expense	(1		)	1		2			200.0	%
Adjusted selling, general, and administrative expenses	$	63		$	67	$	4		6.0	%

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
(in millions, except percentages)	2016			2015			Better / (Worse)
Selling, general, and administrative expenses	$	237		$	221		$	(16	)	(7.2	)%
Less rabbi trust impact	(14		)	5			19			380.0	%
Less stock-based compensation expense	(21		)	(20		)	1			5.0	%
Adjusted selling, general, and administrative expenses	$	202		$	206		$	4		1.9	%

Adjusted selling, general, and administrative expenses excludes the impact of expenses related to benefit programs funded through rabbi trusts and stock-based compensation expense. Adjusted selling, general, and administrative expenses, as we define it, is a non-GAAP measure. See "—Non-GAAP Measures" below for further discussion of adjusted selling, general, and administrative expenses. Effective January 1, 2016 our definition of Adjusted EBITDA has been updated to exclude stock-based compensation expense, therefore, our definition of adjusted selling, general, and administrative expenses has also been updated to exclude stock-based compensation expense. We have applied this change in the definition of adjusted selling, general, and administrative expenses to 2015 historical results to allow for comparability between the periods presented.

Adjusted selling, general, and administrative expenses decreased during the three months ended September 30, 2016, compared to the same period in the prior year, driven by reductions in professional fees related to certain initiatives completed during 2015 and other taxes assessed in the prior year. The decrease during the ninemonths ended September 30, 2016 compared to the same period in the prior year, was driven by reductions in professional fees, partially offset by increases in payroll and related costs.

Net gains (losses) and interest income from marketable securities held to fund operating programs.

	Three Months Ended September 30,
(in millions, except percentages)	2016		2015			Better / (Worse)
Rabbi trust impact allocated to selling, general, and administrative expenses	$	10	$	(12	)	$	22	183.3	%
Rabbi trust impact allocated to owned and leased hotels expense	2		(3		)	5		166.7	%
Net gains and interest income from marketable securities held to fund our Gold Passport program allocated to owned and leased hotels revenues	—		—			—		—	%
Net gains (losses) and interest income from marketable securities held to fund operating programs	$	12	$	(15	)	$	27	180.0	%

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	Nine Months Ended September 30,
(in millions, except percentages)	2016		2015			Better / (Worse)
Rabbi trust impact allocated to selling, general, and administrative expenses	$	14	$	(5	)	$	19	380.0	%
Rabbi trust impact allocated to owned and leased hotels expense	3		(2		)	5		250.0	%
Net gains and interest income from marketable securities held to fund our Gold Passport program allocated to owned and leased hotels revenues	3		1			2		200.0	%
Net gains (losses) and interest income from marketable securities held to fund operating programs	$	20	$	(6	)	$	26	433.3	%

Equity earnings (losses) from unconsolidated hospitality ventures.    

	Three Months Ended September 30,
(in millions, except percentages)	2016		2015			Better / (Worse)
Equity earnings (losses) from unconsolidated hospitality ventures	$	25	$	(17	)	$	42	247.1	%

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
(in millions, except percentages)	2016		2015			Better / (Worse)
Equity earnings (losses) from unconsolidated hospitality ventures	$	46	$	(46	)	$	92	200.0	%

The three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 included $20 million of equity earnings attributable to one of our unconsolidated hospitality ventures primarily related to their debt refinancing, which resulted in a distribution during the third quarter of 2016, and $5 million related to two of our unconsolidated hospitality ventures which sold hotels during the third quarter. Equity earnings during the nine months ended September 30, 2016 also included $7 million related to a forfeited deposit on a sale of hotels that did not close. Additionally, during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, we recorded $2 million and $4 million of impairment charges, respectively.

The three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 included the sale of an entity that held an interest in one of our foreign currency denominated unconsolidated hospitality ventures which resulted in a loss of $21 million due to the release of accumulated foreign currency translation upon sale. The nine months endedSeptember 30, 2015 also included $28 million of equity losses related to two foreign unconsolidated hospitality ventures. Such losses are attributable to the following, among other items: (i) foreign currency losses recorded by one of our unconsolidated hospitality ventures which holds loans denominated in a currency other than its functional currency, resulting in losses due to currency volatility during the period, and (ii) operating and non-operating losses related to one of our unconsolidated hospitality ventures driven primarily by interest, tax, and other nonrecurring expenses recorded during the period.

Interest expense.    Interest expense increased $3 million and $6 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively, compared to the same periods in the prior year driven by interest expense related to the 2026 Notes issued in the first quarter of 2016, partially offset by decreased interest expense related to the 2016 Notes which were redeemed during the second quarter of 2016.

Asset Impairments.    During the three and ninemonths ended September 30, 2015, we recognized $5 million of asset impairment charges related to property and equipment within our owned and leased hotels segment.

Gains (losses) on sales of real estate.    During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, we sold Andaz 5th Avenue resulting in a pre-tax loss of $21 million. During the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2015, we sold Hyatt Regency Indianapolis resulting in a pre-tax gain of $8 million and a Hyatt House property resulting in a pre-tax gain of $1 million.

Other income (loss), net.Other income (loss), netdecreased $7 million and increased $4 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively, compared to the same periods in the prior year. These changes are primarily driven by performance guarantee income (expense), net related to the four managed hotels in France. See Note 11 for further details related to our performance guarantees. Other income (loss), net for

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the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 included foreign currency losses recorded by entities which hold loans denominated in a currency other than its functional currency, primarily related to the Brazilian real. Refer to Note 17 for a reconciliation of the components in other income (loss), net.

Provision for income taxes.

	Three Months Ended September 30,
(in millions, except percentages)	2016			2015			Better / (Worse)
Income before income taxes	$	90		$	45		$	45		100.0	%
Provision for income taxes	(28		)	(20		)	(8		)	(40.0	)%
Effective tax rate	30.2		%	44.6		%				14.4	%

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
(in millions, except percentages)	2016			2015			Better / (Worse)
Income before income taxes	$	228		$	159		$	69	43.4	%
Provision for income taxes	(65		)	(72		)	7		9.7	%
Effective tax rate	28.4		%	45.3		%			16.9	%

Provision for income taxes increased $8 million during the three months ended September 30, 2016 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2015 due to an increase in income in the third quarter of 2016, partially offset by benefits described below. Income tax expense decreased $7 million for the nine month period ended September 30, 2016 compared to the same period in 2015. The decrease was due to a tax benefit recognized in 2016 as a result of the global transfer pricing changes implemented during the fourth quarter of 2015 to better align the methodology with our global business operating model and the release of tax reserves in certain foreign jurisdictions. Additionally, the periods ended September 30, 2015 were unfavorably impacted by the effect of certain foreign unconsolidated hospitality venture losses that were not fully benefited in 2015.

Segment Results

We evaluate segment operating performance using segment revenue and segment Adjusted EBITDA, as described in Note 15, which includes discussion of an update to the definition of Adjusted EBITDA effective January 1, 2016.

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The charts below illustrate revenues by segment excluding other revenues from managed properties for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, which are presented before intersegment eliminations.

*Consolidated revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2016 included corporate and other revenues of $12 million, eliminations of $19 million and other revenues from managed properties of $448 million.

**Consolidated revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2015 included corporate and other revenues of $10 million, eliminations of $19 million and other revenues from managed properties of $440 million.

*Consolidated revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 included corporate and other revenues of $34 million, eliminations of $66 million and other revenues from managed properties of $1,385 million.

**Consolidated revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 included corporate and other revenues of $29 million, eliminations of $66 million and other revenues from managed properties of $1,324 million.

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Owned and leased hotels revenues.   

	Three Months Ended September 30,
(in millions, except percentages)	2016		2015		Better / (Worse)				Currency Impact
Comparable owned and leased hotels revenues	$	492	$	486	$	6	1.2	%	$	(3	)
Non-comparable owned and leased hotels revenues	27		14		13		92.9	%	(1		)
Total Owned and Leased Hotels Revenues	$	519	$	500	$	19	3.8	%	$	(4	)

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
(in millions, except percentages)	2016		2015		Better / (Worse)				Currency Impact
Comparable owned and leased hotels revenues	$	1,533	$	1,505	$	28	1.9	%	$	(17	)
Non-comparable owned and leased hotels revenues	61		44		17		38.6	%	(1		)
Total Owned and Leased Hotels Revenues	$	1,594	$	1,549	$	45	2.9	%	$	(18	)

The increases in comparable owned and leased hotels revenues during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 compared to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015, were primarily driven by increases of $12 million and $42 million in the United States, respectively, partially offset by decreases of $6 million and $14 million, respectively, at our international hotels. During the three months ended September 30, 2016 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2015, revenue growth at our United States comparable full service hotels was primarily a result of improved transient rate and food and beverage revenues. During the nine months ended September 30, 2016 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2015, revenue growth at our United States comparable full service hotels was primarily a result of increased group and transient rates as well as food and beverage revenues. The decreases in comparable international hotels during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 compared to the same periods in 2015, were primarily driven by net unfavorable currency impact of $3 million and $17 million, respectively. Unfavorable performance in EAME/SW Asia was partially offset by favorable performance in Mexico. The increases in non-comparable owned and leased hotels revenues were driven by the opening of Grand Hyatt Rio de Janeiro and the acquisitions of The Confidante Miami Beach and Royal Palms Resort and Spa, partially offset by the sale of Andaz 5th Avenue.

	Three Months Ended September 30,
	RevPAR								Occupancy						ADR
	2016		2015		Better / (Worse)		Better / (Worse) Constant $		2016		2015		Change in Occ % pts		2016		2015		Better / (Worse)		Better / (Worse) Constant $
Comparable Owned and Leased Hotels	$	171	$	171	0.3	%	1.0	%	79.4	%	78.4	%	1.0	%	$	216	$	218	(0.9	)%	(0.3	)%

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	RevPAR								Occupancy						ADR
	2016		2015		Better / (Worse)		Better / (Worse) Constant $		2016		2015		Change in Occ % pts		2016		2015		Better / (Worse)		Better / (Worse) Constant $
Comparable Owned and Leased Hotels	$	173	$	170	2.0	%	3.0	%	78.0	%	77.3	%	0.7	%	$	222	$	219	1.1	%	2.0	%

Excluding the net unfavorable currency impact, the increase in comparable RevPAR at our owned and leased hotels during the three months ended September 30, 2016 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2015 was primarily driven by improved transient ADR and group occupancy at our comparable full service hotels in the United States and Mexico, partially offset by decreased ADR at our comparable full service hotels in EAME/SW Asia. The increase during the nine months ended September 30, 2016 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2015 was primarily driven by improved ADR and occupancy at our comparable full service hotels in the United States and Mexico, partially offset by decreased ADR at our comparable full service hotels in EAME/SW Asia.

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During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, we removed one and two properties, respectively, that were sold during the periods from the comparable owned and leased hotels results.

Owned and leased hotels segment Adjusted EBITDA.    

	Three Months Ended September 30,
(in millions, except percentages)	2016		2015		Better / (Worse)
Owned and leased hotels Adjusted EBITDA	$	97	$	89	$	8	9.0	%
Pro rata share of unconsolidated hospitality ventures Adjusted EBITDA	23		21		2		9.5	%
Segment Adjusted EBITDA	$	120	$	110	$	10	9.1	%

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
(in millions, except percentages)	2016		2015		Better / (Worse)
Owned and leased hotels Adjusted EBITDA	$	321	$	311	$	10	3.2	%
Pro rata share of unconsolidated hospitality ventures Adjusted EBITDA	79		63		16		25.4	%
Segment Adjusted EBITDA	$	400	$	374	$	26	7.0	%

Owned and leased hotels Adjusted EBITDA.  Adjusted EBITDA at our comparable owned and leased hotels increased $6 million and $14 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively, compared to the same periods in 2015, which included $1 million and $5 million in net unfavorable currency impact. These increases were largely due to revenue growth in the United States and Mexico. Partially offsetting the revenue growth in the nine months ended September 30, 2016 were increased payroll and related costs and property taxes at certain properties. Adjusted EBITDA at our non-comparable hotels increased $2 million during the three months ended September 30, 2016, compared to the same period in 2015, primarily driven by the opening of Grand Hyatt Rio de Janeiro, partially offset by the sale of Andaz 5th Avenue. Adjusted EBITDA at our non-comparable hotels decreased $4 million during the ninemonths ended September 30, 2016, compared to the same period in 2015, primarily driven by the sale of Andaz 5th Avenue and the acquisition of The Confidante Miami Beach.

Pro rata share of unconsolidated hospitality ventures Adjusted EBITDA.  Our pro rata share of Adjusted EBITDA from our unconsolidated hospitality ventures included an insignificant currency impact during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively, compared to the same periods in 2015. The increases during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, compared to the same periods in 2015 were primarily driven by hotel openings and improved performance at hotels within two ventures that operate in resort markets.

In the event of successful completion of the Playa IPO, our common stock investment in Playa may be recharacterized as an investment in an equity security.  Depending on both the magnitude of the Playa IPO and the amount of our common stock ownership subsequent to the Playa IPO, we may no longer account for our investment under the equity method of accounting. In this situation, our share of Playa’s results would no longer be included in our pro rata share of unconsolidated ventures Adjusted EBITDA, which comprised approximately one third of the pro rata share of unconsolidated ventures Adjusted EBITDA for the nine months ended September 30, 2016.

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Americas management and franchising segment revenues.    

	Three Months Ended September 30,
(in millions, except percentages)	2016		2015		Better / (Worse)
Segment Revenues
Management, Franchise and Other Fees	$	90	$	85	$	5	5.9	%
Other Revenues from Managed Properties	409		409		—		—	%
Total Segment Revenues	$	499	$	494	$	5	1.0	%

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
(in millions, except percentages)	2016		2015		Better / (Worse)
Segment Revenues
Management, Franchise and Other Fees	$	281	$	269	$	12	4.5	%
Other Revenues from Managed Properties	1,266		1,225		41		3.3	%
Total Segment Revenues	$	1,547	$	1,494	$	53	3.5	%

Americas management and franchising revenues included an insignificant and $1 million net unfavorable currency impact in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively, compared to the same periods in 2015.

Management, franchise and other fees increased $5 million and $12 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively, compared to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015. Franchise fees increased $3 million and $10 million, respectively, compared to the same periods in the prior year primarily driven by converted full service hotels, new select service hotels and improved performance at existing hotels. Management fees increased $3 million and $5 million, respectively, compared to the same periods in the prior year. The increases during the three and ninemonths ended September 30, 2016 were driven by a $2 million and $3 million increase in base fees, respectively, primarily related to increased fees due to strong RevPAR growth at select service hotels and a recent full service hotel opening. The three and ninemonths ended September 30, 2016 also included increased incentive fees of $1 million and $2 million, respectively, spread across the portfolio. Other fee revenues decreased $1 million and $3 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively, compared to the same periods in the prior year as the 2015 periods included termination fees of $2 million and $3 million, respectively.

Other revenues from managed properties were flat during the three months ended September 30, 2016, compared to the three months ended September 30, 2015, due to decreased full service hotels payroll and related costs driven by hotel conversions and one hotel that left the chain, offset by increased reimbursements related to our Hyatt Gold Passport program due to increased member participation. Other revenues from managed properties increased $41 million during the ninemonths ended September 30, 2016, compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2015, due to a higher volume of reimbursements paid to us by our managed properties for increased member participation in our Hyatt Gold Passport program and increased select service hotels payroll and related costs, partially offset by decreased full service hotels payroll and related costs driven by hotel conversions and one hotel that left the chain.

	Three Months Ended September 30,
	RevPAR								Occupancy						ADR
(Comparable Systemwide Hotels)	2016		2015		Better / (Worse)		Better / (Worse) Constant $		2016		2015		Change in Occ % pts		2016		2015		Better / (Worse)		Better / (Worse) Constant $
Americas Full Service	$	158	$	152	3.6	%	3.8	%	79.5	%	78.8	%	0.7	%	$	199	$	193	2.7	%	2.9	%
Americas Select Service	$	110	$	106	4.6	%	4.6	%	81.7	%	80.9	%	0.8	%	$	135	$	131	3.5	%	3.6	%

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	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	RevPAR								Occupancy						ADR
(Comparable Systemwide Hotels)	2016		2015		Better / (Worse)		Better / (Worse) Constant $		2016		2015		Change in Occ % pts		2016		2015		Better / (Worse)		Better / (Worse) Constant $
Americas Full Service	$	154	$	150	2.6	%	3.1	%	76.9	%	77.0	%	(0.1	)%	$	200	$	195	2.7	%	3.3	%
Americas Select Service	$	107	$	101	6.0	%	6.0	%	79.7	%	77.8	%	1.9	%	$	134	$	130	3.4	%	3.5	%

Our full service hotels comparable RevPAR increased in the three months ended September 30, 2016 compared to the same periods in the prior year primarily due to transient ADR growth, as well as group occupancy and ADR growth, partly driven by the shift of the Jewish holidays out of the third quarter of 2016 and into the fourth quarter of 2016. Our full service hotels comparable RevPAR increased in the nine months ended September 30, 2016 compared to the same period in the prior year primarily due to increased transient occupancy and ADR, as well as increased group ADR.

During the three months ended September 30, 2016, no properties were removed from the comparable Americas full service or select service systemwide hotels. During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, we removed one property from the comparable Americas full service systemwide hotels that left the chain and no properties were removed from the comparable Americas select service systemwide hotels.

Americas management and franchising segment Adjusted EBITDA.    

	Three Months Ended September 30,
(in millions, except percentages)	2016		2015		Better / (Worse)
Segment Adjusted EBITDA	$	77	$	74	$	3	4.1	%

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
(in millions, except percentages)	2016		2015		Better / (Worse)
Segment Adjusted EBITDA	$	242	$	229	$	13	5.7	%

Adjusted EBITDA increased in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, which included an insignificant and $1 million net unfavorable currency impact, respectively, compared to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015, due primarily to the aforementioned $5 million and $12 millionincrease in management, franchise and other fees, respectively.

ASPAC management and franchising segment revenues. 

	Three Months Ended September 30,
(in millions, except percentages)	2016		2015		Better / (Worse)
Segment Revenues
Management, Franchise and Other Fees	$	23	$	21	$	2	9.5	%
Other Revenues from Managed Properties	24		19		5		26.3	%
Total Segment Revenues	$	47	$	40	$	7	17.5	%

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
(in millions, except percentages)	2016		2015		Better / (Worse)
Segment Revenues
Management, Franchise and Other Fees	$	67	$	65	$	2	3.1	%
Other Revenues from Managed Properties	72		59		13		22.0	%
Total Segment Revenues	$	139	$	124	$	15	12.1	%

ASPAC management and franchising total revenues included an insignificant and $1 million net unfavorable currency impact in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively, compared to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015. The increases in other revenues from managed properties in both the

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three and nine month periods were driven by a higher volume of reimbursements paid to us by our managed properties for increased member participation in our Hyatt Gold Passport program.

	Three Months Ended September 30,
	RevPAR								Occupancy						ADR
(Comparable Systemwide Hotels)	2016		2015		Better / (Worse)		Better / (Worse) Constant $		2016		2015		Change in Occ % pts		2016		2015		Better / (Worse)		Better (Worse) Constant $
ASPAC Full Service	$	149	$	143	4.4	%	1.8	%	73.1	%	70.1	%	3.0	%	$	204	$	204	0.1	%	(2.4	)%

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	RevPAR								Occupancy						ADR
(Comparable Systemwide Hotels)	2016		2015		Better / (Worse)		Better / (Worse) Constant $		2016		2015		Change in Occ % pts		2016		2015		Better / (Worse)		Better (Worse) Constant $
ASPAC Full Service	$	144	$	142	1.0	%	1.7	%	69.6	%	67.2	%	2.4	%	$	207	$	212	(2.6	)%	(2.0	)%

Excluding the favorable currency impact, the increase in comparable full service RevPAR during the three months ended September 30, 2016 compared to the same period in 2015 was driven by increased occupancy in Hong Kong, South Korea and Southeast Asia. These increases were partially offset by decreased occupancy in Japan and decreased ADR in Hong Kong and certain hotels in Southeast Asia. Excluding the unfavorable currency impact, the increase in comparable full service RevPAR during the nine months ended September 30, 2016 compared to the same period in 2015 was driven by increased occupancy in most areas of China, South Korea and Southeast Asia. These increases were partially offset by decreased ADR in China and certain hotels in Southeast Asia.

During the three months ended September 30, 2016, no properties were removed from the comparable ASPAC full service systemwide hotels. During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, we removed two properties from the comparable ASPAC full service systemwide hotels, one as a result of a significant renovation and one that left the chain.

ASPAC management and franchising segment Adjusted EBITDA. 

	Three Months Ended September 30,
(in millions, except percentages)	2016		2015		Better / (Worse)
Segment Adjusted EBITDA	$	14	$	12	$	2	16.7	%

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
(in millions, except percentages)	2016		2015		Better / (Worse)
Segment Adjusted EBITDA	$	38	$	37	$	1	2.7	%

Adjusted EBITDA included an insignificant and $1 million net unfavorable currency impact in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively, compared to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015. The increase in Adjusted EBITDA in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 compared to the same periods in prior year, was primarily driven by an increase in management, franchise and other fees. The increase in management, franchise and other fees in the nine months ended September 30, 2016 was partially offset by an increase in payroll and related costs.

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EAME/SW Asia management segment revenues. 

	Three Months Ended September 30,
(in millions, except percentages)	2016		2015		Better / (Worse)
Segment Revenues
Management and Other Fees	$	15	$	16	$	(1	)	(6.3	)%
Other Revenues from Managed Properties	15		12		3			25.0	%
Total Segment Revenues	$	30	$	28	$	2		7.1	%

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
(in millions, except percentages)	2016		2015		Better / (Worse)
Segment Revenues
Management and Other Fees	$	47	$	49	$	(2	)	(4.1	)%
Other Revenues from Managed Properties	47		40		7			17.5	%
Total Segment Revenues	$	94	$	89	$	5		5.6	%

EAME/SW Asia management total revenues included an insignificant and $1 million net unfavorable currency impact, respectively, in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 compared to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015. Excluding the unfavorable currency impact, the increase in both periods was primarily driven by an increase in other revenues from managed properties.

	Three Months Ended September 30,
	RevPAR								Occupancy						ADR
(Comparable Systemwide Hotels)	2016		2015		Better / (Worse)		Better / (Worse) Constant $		2016		2015		Change in Occ % pts		2016		2015		Better / (Worse)		Better / (Worse) Constant $
EAME/SW Asia Full Service	$	121	$	134	(9.7	)%	(7.8	)%	64.6	%	63.8	%	0.8	%	$	187	$	210	(10.7	)%	(8.8	)%
EAME/SW Asia Select Service	$	66	$	63	4.7	%	5.0	%	73.9	%	66.8	%	7.1	%	$	89	$	94	(5.3	)%	(5.1	)%

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	RevPAR								Occupancy						ADR
(Comparable Systemwide Hotels)	2016		2015		Better / (Worse)		Better / (Worse) Constant $		2016		2015		Change in Occ % pts		2016		2015		Better / (Worse)		Better / (Worse) Constant $
EAME/SW Asia Full Service	$	120	$	132	(8.4	)%	(5.4	)%	63.2	%	63.6	%	(0.4	)%	$	190	$	207	(7.9	)%	(4.9	)%
EAME/SW Asia Select Service	$	69	$	62	10.5	%	11.2	%	71.0	%	62.6	%	8.4	%	$	97	$	99	(2.6	)%	(2.0	)%

Excluding the unfavorable currency impact, the decrease in comparable full service RevPAR during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 compared to the same periods in 2015, was driven by decreased ADR and occupancy in France, Switzerland and Turkey. These decreases were partially offset by increased ADR and occupancy in Eastern Europe and India. The nine months ended September 30, 2016 compared to the same period in 2015 also included decreased ADR and occupancy in Africa.

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, two properties were removed from the comparable EAME/SW Asia full service systemwide hotel results as a result of significant renovations and no properties were removed from the comparable EAME/SW Asia select service systemwide hotel results. One of the properties removed from the comparable systemwide hotel results, Hyatt Regency Paris Étoile, was removed this quarter as the renovation will take longer than originally anticipated. Removing this hotel from the comparable hotel results yielded an increase in EAME/SW Asia full service RevPAR of 300 basis points.

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EAME/SW Asia management segment Adjusted EBITDA. 

	Three Months Ended September 30,
(in millions, except percentages)	2016		2015		Better / (Worse)
Segment Adjusted EBITDA	$	8	$	7	$	1	14.3	%

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
(in millions, except percentages)	2016		2015		Better / (Worse)
Segment Adjusted EBITDA	$	24	$	23	$	1	4.3	%

Adjusted EBITDA included an insignificant and $1 million net unfavorable currency impact during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively, compared to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015. The increase in Adjusted EBITDA during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 was primarily driven by a decrease in payroll and related costs.

Corporate and other.    Corporate and other included unallocated corporate expenses, license fees related to Hyatt Residence Club, and the results of our co-branded credit card.

	Three Months Ended September 30,
(in millions, except percentages)	2016			2015			Better / (Worse)
Corporate and other revenues	$	12		$	10		$	2	20.0	%
Corporate and other Adjusted EBITDA	$	(27	)	$	(32	)	$	5	15.6	%

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
(in millions, except percentages)	2016			2015			Better / (Worse)
Corporate and other revenues	$	34		$	29		$	5	17.2	%
Corporate and other Adjusted EBITDA	$	(91	)	$	(92	)	$	1	1.1	%

The increase in Adjusted EBITDA during the three months ended September 30, 2016, compared to the same period in the prior year is driven by a $4 milliondecrease in adjusted selling, general, and administrative costs, primarily in professional fees, due to certain initiatives completed during 2015. The increase in Adjusted EBITDA during the nine months ended September 30, 2016, compared to the same period in the prior year is driven by a $5 millionincrease in revenues related to our co-branded credit card, partially offset by a corresponding $3 millionincrease in other direct costs.

Non-GAAP Measures

Adjusted Earnings Before Interest Expense, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization ("Adjusted EBITDA") and EBITDA

We use the terms Adjusted EBITDA and EBITDA throughout this quarterly report. Adjusted EBITDA and EBITDA, as we define them, are non-GAAP measures. We define consolidated Adjusted EBITDA as net income attributable to Hyatt Hotels Corporation plus our pro rata share of unconsolidated hospitality ventures Adjusted EBITDA based on our ownership percentage of each venture, adjusted to exclude the following items:

• equity earnings (losses) from unconsolidated hospitality ventures;

• stock-based compensation expense;

• asset impairments;

• gains (losses) on sales of real estate;

• other income (loss), net;

• depreciation and amortization;

• interest expense; and

• provision for income taxes.

Effective January 1, 2016, our definitions of Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted selling, general, and administrative expenses, as defined below, have been updated to exclude stock-based compensation expense, to facilitate comparison with our competitors. We have applied this change in the definition of Adjusted EBITDA to 2015 historical results to allow for comparability between the periods presented.

We calculate consolidated Adjusted EBITDA by adding the Adjusted EBITDA of each of our reportable segments to corporate and other Adjusted EBITDA.

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Our board of directors and executive management team focus on Adjusted EBITDA as a key performance and compensation measure both on a segment and on a consolidated basis. Adjusted EBITDA assists us in comparing our performance over various reporting periods on a consistent basis because it removes from our operating results the impact of items that do not reflect our core operating performance both on a segment and on a consolidated basis. Our President and Chief Executive Officer, who is our chief operating decision maker, also evaluates the performance of each of our reportable segments and determines how to allocate resources to those segments, in significant part, by assessing the Adjusted EBITDA of each segment. In addition, the compensation committee of our board of directors determines the annual variable compensation for certain members of our management based in part on consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, segment Adjusted EBITDA or some combination of both.

We believe Adjusted EBITDA is useful to investors because it provides investors the same information that we use internally for purposes of assessing our operating performance and making compensation decisions.

Adjusted EBITDA and EBITDA are not substitutes for net income attributable to Hyatt Hotels Corporation, net income, cash flows from operating activities or any other measure prescribed by GAAP. There are limitations to using non-GAAP measures such as Adjusted EBITDA and EBITDA. Although we believe that Adjusted EBITDA can make an evaluation of our operating performance more consistent because it removes items that do not reflect our core operations, other companies in our industry may define Adjusted EBITDA differently than we do. As a result, it may be difficult to use Adjusted EBITDA or similarly named non-GAAP measures that other companies may use to compare the performance of those companies to our performance. Because of these limitations, Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered as a measure of the income generated by our business or discretionary cash available to us to invest in the growth of our business. Our management compensates for these limitations by reference to our GAAP results and using Adjusted EBITDA supplementally. See our condensed consolidated statements of income and condensed consolidated statements of cash flows in our condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this quarterly report.

See below for a reconciliation of our consolidated Adjusted EBITDA to EBITDA and a reconciliation of EBITDA to net income attributable to Hyatt Hotels Corporation.

Adjusted selling, general and administrative expenses

Adjusted selling, general, and administrative expenses, as we define it, is a non-GAAP measure. Adjusted selling, general, and administrative expenses excludes the impact of expenses related to benefit programs funded through rabbi trusts and stock-based compensation expense. Adjusted selling, general, and administrative expenses assist us in comparing our performance over various reporting periods on a consistent basis since it removes from our operating results the impact of items that do not reflect our core operating performance, both on a segment and consolidated basis. See "—Results of Operations" above for a reconciliation of Adjusted selling, general, and administrative expenses to selling, general, and administrative expenses.

Constant dollar currency

We report the results of our operations both on an as reported basis, as well as on a constant dollar basis.  Constant dollar currency, which is a non-GAAP measure, excludes the effects of movements in foreign currency exchange rates between comparative periods. We believe constant dollar analysis provides valuable information regarding our results as it removes currency fluctuations from our operating results. We calculate constant dollar currency by restating prior-period local currency financial results at the current period’s exchange rates. These adjusted amounts are then compared to our current period reported amounts to provide operationally driven variances in our results.

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The charts below illustrate Adjusted EBITDA by segment for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015.

*Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the three months ended September 30, 2016 included Corporate and other Adjusted EBITDA of $(27) million

**Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the three months ended September 30, 2015 included Corporate and other Adjusted EBITDA of $(32) million

*Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 included Corporate and other Adjusted EBITDA of $(91) million

**Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 included Corporate and other Adjusted EBITDA of $(92) million

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The table below provides a reconciliation of our consolidated Adjusted EBITDA to EBITDA and a reconciliation of EBITDA to net income attributable to Hyatt Hotels Corporation for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015:

(in millions)	Three Months Ended September 30,
	2016			2015			Better / (Worse)
Adjusted EBITDA	$	192		$	171		$	21		12.3	%
Equity earnings (losses) from unconsolidated hospitality ventures	25			(17		)	42			247.1	%
Stock-based compensation expense	(1		)	1			(2		)	(200.0	)%
Asset impairments	—			(5		)	5			100.0	%
Other income (loss), net	4			11			(7		)	(63.6	)%
Pro rata share of unconsolidated hospitality ventures Adjusted EBITDA	(23		)	(21		)	(2		)	(9.5	)%
EBITDA	197			140			57			40.7	%
Depreciation and amortization	(87		)	(78		)	(9		)	(11.5	)%
Interest expense	(20		)	(17		)	(3		)	(17.6	)%
Provision for income taxes	(28		)	(20		)	(8		)	(40.0	)%
Net income attributable to Hyatt Hotels Corporation	$	62		$	25		$	37		148.0	%

(in millions)	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2016			2015			Better / (Worse)
Adjusted EBITDA	$	613		$	571		$	42		7.4	%
Equity earnings (losses) from unconsolidated hospitality ventures	46			(46		)	92			200.0	%
Stock-based compensation expense	(21		)	(20		)	(1		)	(5.0	)%
Asset impairments	—			(5		)	5			100.0	%
Gains (losses) on sales of real estate	(21		)	9			(30		)	(333.3	)%
Other income (loss), net	1			(3		)	4			133.3	%
Pro rata share of unconsolidated hospitality ventures Adjusted EBITDA	(79		)	(63		)	(16		)	(25.4	)%
EBITDA	539			443			96			21.7	%
Depreciation and amortization	(254		)	(233		)	(21		)	(9.0	)%
Interest expense	(57		)	(51		)	(6		)	(11.8	)%
Provision for income taxes	(65		)	(72		)	7			9.7	%
Net income attributable to Hyatt Hotels Corporation	$	163		$	87		$	76		87.4	%

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Overview

We finance our business primarily with existing cash, short-term investments and cash generated from our operations. As part of our business strategy, we also recycle capital by using net proceeds from dispositions to support our acquisitions and new investment opportunities. When appropriate, we borrow cash under our revolving credit facility or from other third-party sources, and may also raise funds by issuing debt or equity securities as necessary. We maintain a cash investment policy that emphasizes preservation of capital. At September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, we had cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments of $590 million and $503 million, respectively. We believe that our cash position, short-term investments and cash from operations, together with borrowing capacity under our revolving credit facility and our access to the capital markets, will be adequate to meet all of our funding requirements and capital deployment objectives for the foreseeable future.

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We may, from time to time, seek to retire or purchase additional amounts of our outstanding equity and/or debt securities through cash purchases and/or exchanges for other securities, in open market purchases, privately negotiated transactions or otherwise, including pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 plan. Such repurchases or exchanges, if any, will depend on prevailing market conditions, our liquidity requirements, contractual restrictions and other factors. The amounts involved may be material.

Recent Transactions Affecting our Liquidity and Capital Resources

During the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, several transactions impacted our liquidity. See "—Sources and Uses of Cash."

Sources and Uses of Cash

(in millions)	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2016			2015
Cash provided by (used in):
Operating activities	$	351		$	396
Investing activities	(94		)	24
Financing activities	(185		)	(534		)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	15			(2		)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	$	87		$	(116	)

Cash Flows from Operating Activities

Cash provided by operating activities decreased $45 million for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2016, compared to the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2015, as 2015 included the release of restricted cash from one of our captive insurance companies which was invested in marketable securities. Additionally, the timing of certain accruals also contributed to the decrease, which was partially offset by a decrease in income tax payments.

Cash Flows from Investing Activities

During the nine months ended September 30, 2016:

• We acquired Thompson Miami Beach for approximately $238 million.

• Capital expenditures were $140 million (see "—Capital Expenditures" below).

• We acquired Royal Palms Resort and Spa for a net purchase price of approximately $86 million.

• We invested $31 million in unconsolidated hospitality ventures.

• We sold Andaz 5th Avenue for approximately $240 million, net of closing costs and proration adjustments.

• We received distributions of $78 million from unconsolidated hospitality ventures.

• We sold the shares of the company that owns Hyatt Regency Birmingham (U.K.) for approximately $49 million, net of closing costs and proration adjustments.

• We released $29 million from restricted cash related to the finalization from the Canada Revenue Agency in connection with the 2014 disposition of Park Hyatt Toronto.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2015:

• We released $143 million from escrow to cash and cash equivalents related to release of proceeds from like-kind exchanges.

• We received net proceeds of $75 million from the maturity of time deposits.

• We sold Hyatt Regency Indianapolis for approximately $69 million.

• We received proceeds of $28 million from financing receivables.

• We released $19 million from restricted cash related to the development of a hotel in Brazil.

• We sold land and construction in progress for approximately $14 million and received $12 million in cash.

• We sold a Hyatt House hotel for approximately $5 million.

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• Capital expenditures were $185 million (see "—Capital Expenditures" below).

• We had net purchases of $114 million of marketable securities and short-term investments related to Hyatt Gold Passport and our captive insurance companies.

• We invested $29 million in unconsolidated hospitality ventures.

Cash Flows from Financing Activities

During the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2016, we repurchased 5,556,424 shares of common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $268 million. During the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2015, we repurchased 9,614,463 shares of common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $539 million.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, we issued our 2026 Notes and received net proceeds of $396 million, after deducting discounts and offering expenses of approximately $4 million. During the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2016, all of our outstanding 2016 Notes were redeemed for $250 million.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, we repaid the senior secured term loan of $64 million related to Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort and Spa.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, we drew and subsequently repaid $110 million on our revolving credit facility. During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, we did not draw on our revolving credit facility.

We define net debt as total debt less the total of cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments. We consider net debt and its components to be an important indicator of liquidity and a guiding measure of capital structure strategy. Net debt is a non-GAAP measure and may not be computed the same as similarly titled measures used by other companies. The following table provides a summary of our debt to capital ratios:

(in millions, except percentages)	September 30, 2016			December 31, 2015
Consolidated debt (1)	$	1,466		$	1,370
Stockholders’ equity	3,913			3,991
Total capital	5,379			5,361
Total debt to total capital	27.3		%	25.6		%
Consolidated debt (1)	1,466			1,370
Less: Cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments	590			503
Net consolidated debt	$	876		$	867
Net debt to total capital	16.3		%	16.2		%

(1) Excludes approximately $799 million and $692 million of our share of unconsolidated hospitality venture indebtedness at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively, substantially all of which is non-recourse to us and a portion of which we guarantee pursuant to separate agreements.

Capital Expenditures

We routinely make capital expenditures to enhance our business. We classify our capital expenditures into maintenance, enhancements to existing properties and investment in new properties under development or recently opened. We have been and will continue to be prudent with respect to our capital spending, taking into account our cash flow from operations.

The following is a summary of our capital expenditures during the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015:

(in millions)	September 30, 2016		September 30, 2015
Maintenance	$	42	$	81
Enhancements to existing properties	44		35
Investment in new properties under development or recently opened	54		69
Total capital expenditures	$	140	$	185

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The decrease in maintenance expenditures in 2016 compared to 2015 is driven by decreased technology spending and decreased spending at domestic and international owned full service properties. The increase in enhancements to existing properties is driven by increased renovation activity at domestic owned full service properties and expenditures related to our new corporate office. Expenditures related to new properties under development or recently opened are primarily driven by construction spending on our development of a hotel in Brazil, which opened in early 2016, and two new select service hotels under development in the United States.

Senior Notes

The table below sets forth the outstanding principal balance of our Senior Notes at September 30, 2016. Interest on the Senior Notes is payable semi-annually.

Description	Principal Amount (in millions)
2019 Notes	$	196
2021 Notes	250
2023 Notes	350
2026 Notes	400
Total	$	1,196

We are in compliance with all applicable covenants under the indenture governing our Senior Notes as of September 30, 2016.

Revolving Credit Facility

There was no outstanding balance on our revolving credit facility at September 30, 2016 or December 31, 2015. At September 30, 2016, we had available borrowing capacity of approximately $1.5 billion under our revolving credit facility, net of outstanding undrawn letters of credit.

We are in compliance with all applicable covenants under the revolving credit facility at September 30, 2016.

Letters of Credit

We issue letters of credit either under the revolving credit facility or directly with financial institutions. At September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 we had a total of $238 million and $228 million, respectively, in letters of credit issued directly with financial institutions. These letters of credit had weighted-average fees of 99 basis points at September 30, 2016. The range of maturity on these letters of credit was up to five years at September 30, 2016.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect reported amounts and related disclosures. We have discussed those estimates that we believe are critical and require the use of complex judgment in their application in our 2015 Form 10-K. Since the date of our 2015 Form 10-K, there have been no material changes to our critical accounting policies or the methodologies or assumptions we apply under them.

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Item 3.    Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

We are exposed to market risk primarily from changes in interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates. In certain situations, we seek to reduce earnings and cash flow volatility associated with changes in interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates by entering into financial arrangements to provide a hedge against a portion of the risks associated with such volatility. We continue to have exposure to such risks to the extent they are not hedged. We enter into derivative financial arrangements to the extent they meet the objectives described above, and we do not use derivatives for trading or speculative purposes. At September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, we were a party to hedging transactions, including the use of derivative financial instruments, as discussed below.

Interest Rate Risk

In the normal course of business, we are exposed to the impact of interest rate changes due to our borrowing activities. Our objective is to manage the risk of interest rate changes on the results of operations, cash flows, and the market value of our debt by creating an appropriate balance between our fixed and floating-rate debt. We enter into interest rate derivative transactions from time to time, including interest rate swaps, in order to maintain a level of exposure to interest rate variability that we deem acceptable. At September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, we held no interest rate swap contracts.

Foreign Currency Exposures and Exchange Rate Instruments

We transact business in various foreign currencies and utilize foreign currency forward contracts to offset our exposure associated with the fluctuations of certain foreign currencies. These foreign currency exposures typically arise from third-party debt, debt repayment guarantees and intercompany transactions.

The U.S. dollar equivalents of the notional amounts of the outstanding forward contracts, the majority of which relate to intercompany transactions, with terms of less than one year, were as follows (in U.S. dollars):

(in millions)	September 30, 2016		December 31, 2015
Pound sterling	$	142	$	170
Korean won	34		33
Canadian dollar	33		61
Swiss franc	21		9
Indian rupee	—		27
Brazilian real	—		4
Total notional amount of forward contracts	$	230	$	304

We intend to offset the gains and losses related to our third-party debt, debt repayment guarantees and intercompany transactions with gains or losses on our foreign currency forward contracts such that there is a negligible effect on net income. The effect of these derivatives instruments within other income (loss), net on our condensed consolidated statements of income were gains of $3 million and $16 million for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2016, respectively. For the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2015, the effect of these derivative instruments within other income (loss), net were gains of $12 million and $16 million, respectively. We expect to continue this practice relating to our intercompany transactions, and may also begin to manage the risks associated with other transactional foreign currency volatility within our business.

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Item 4. Controls and Procedures.

Disclosure Controls and Procedures.    We maintain a set of disclosure controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms. In accordance with Rule 13a-15(b) of the Exchange Act, as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report, an evaluation was carried out under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures. Based on that evaluation, our Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report, were effective to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms and is accumulated and communicated to our management, including the Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting.    There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting during our most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.    Legal Proceedings.

We are involved in various claims and lawsuits arising in the normal course of business, including proceedings involving tort and other general liability claims, workers' compensation and other employee claims, intellectual property claims and claims related to our management of certain hotel properties. Most occurrences involving liability, claims of negligence and employees are covered by insurance with solvent insurance carriers. We recognize a liability when we believe the loss is probable and reasonably estimable. We currently believe that the ultimate outcome of such lawsuits and proceedings will not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material effect on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or liquidity.

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

At September 30, 2016, there have been no material changes from the risk factors previously disclosed in response to Item 1A. to Part I of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015.

Item 2.    Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

The following table sets forth information regarding our purchases of shares of Class A and Class B common stock during the quarter ended September 30, 2016:

	Total Number of Shares Purchased (1)	Weighted Average Price Paid per Share		Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans	Maximum Number (or Approximate Dollar Value) of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased under the Program
July 1 to July 31, 2016	399,249	$	50.09	399,249	$	227,969,499
August 1 to August 31, 2016	2,208,185	$	52.98	2,208,185	$	110,972,257
September 1 to September 30, 2016	—	$	—	—	$	110,972,257
Total	2,607,434	$	52.54	2,607,434

(1) On February 18, 2016, we announced the approval of an expansion of our share repurchase program pursuant to which we are authorized to purchase up to an additional $250 million of Class A and Class B common stock in the open market, in privately negotiated transactions, or otherwise, including pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 plan. The repurchase program does not have an expiration date. At September 30, 2016, we had approximately $111 million remaining under our current share repurchase authorization.

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Item 3.    Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

None.

Item 4.    Mine Safety Disclosures.

Not Applicable.

Item 5.    Other Information.

On November 1, 2016, we filed a Certificate of Retirement with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to retire 500,000 shares of Class B common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Company (the "Class B Common Stock"). All 500,000 shares of Class B Common Stock were converted into shares of Class A common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Company (the "Class A Common Stock"), in connection with the sale of 500,000 shares of Class B Common Stock by certain selling stockholders into the public market pursuant to an automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-196372) filed with the SEC on May 29, 2014. Our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation requires that any shares of Class B Common Stock that are converted into shares of Class A Common Stock be retired and may not be reissued.

Effective upon filing, the Certificate of Retirement amended our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to reduce the total authorized number of shares of capital stock of the Company by 500,000 shares. The total number of authorized shares of the Company is now 1,449,241,738, such shares consisting of 1,000,000,000 shares designated Class A Common Stock, 439,241,738 shares designated Class B Common Stock, and 10,000,000 shares designated Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share. A copy of the Certificate of Retirement is attached as Exhibit 3.3 to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

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Item 6.    Exhibits.

Exhibit Number	Exhibit Description
3.1	Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Hyatt Hotels Corporation
3.2	Amended and Restated Bylaws of Hyatt Hotels Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-34521) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 11, 2014)
3.3	Certificate of Retirement of 500,000 shares of Class B Common Stock
10.1	Hyatt Hotels Corporation Amended and Restated Summary of Non-Employee Director Compensation (Effective January 1, 2017)
31.1	Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
31.2	Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.1	Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.2	Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
101.INS	XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

		Hyatt Hotels Corporation
Date:	November 3, 2016	By:	/s/ Mark S. Hoplamazian
			Mark S. Hoplamazian
			President and Chief Executive Officer
			(Principal Executive Officer)

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed by the undersigned, in his capacity as the principal financial officer of the registrant.

		Hyatt Hotels Corporation
Date:	November 3, 2016	By:	/s/ Patrick J. Grismer
			Patrick J. Grismer
			Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
			(Principal Financial Officer)

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EX-3.1

Exhibit 3.1

AMENDED & RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION

_____________________________________________

(Under Sections 242 and 245 of the

Delaware General Corporation Law)

It is hereby certified that:

1. The name of the corporation (hereinafter called the "Corporation") is HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION.

2. The Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was originally filed under the name “Global Hyatt, Inc.” with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on August 4, 2004.

3. This Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation has been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and stockholders of the Corporation in accordance with Sections 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and by the written consent of its stockholders in accordance with Section 228 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

4. The Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

ARTICLE I

NAME

The name of this corporation (the “Corporation”) is: Hyatt Hotels Corporation.

ARTICLE II

ADDRESS OF REGISTERED OFFICE;

NAME OF REGISTERED AGENT

The address of the Corporation's registered office in the State of Delaware is 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19808. The name of the Corporation's registered agent at such address is Corporation Service Company.

ARTICLE III

PURPOSE

The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended (the “DGCL”).

ARTICLE IV

CAPITAL STOCK

Section 1. Authorized Shares. The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation is authorized to issue is 1,510,000,000 shares, of which 1,000,000,000 shares shall be shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the ”Class A Common Stock”), 500,000,000 shares shall be shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Class B Common Stock”, and together with the Class A Common Stock, the “Common Stock”), and 10,000,000 shares shall be shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Preferred Stock”).

Upon this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation becoming effective pursuant to the DGCL (the "Effective Time"), each share of the Corporation's Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (the “Old Common Stock”) (a) that is then held of record by any holder specified in the resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors on October 9, 2009 (the "Specified Holders") will automatically be reclassified into one share of Class A Common Stock and (b) that is then held of record by any holder other than a Specified Holder will automatically be reclassified into one share of Class B Common Stock. Each certificate that theretofore represented shares of Old Common Stock shall thereafter represent such number of shares of Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock, as applicable, into which the shares of Old Common Stock represented by such certificate have been reclassified.

Section 2. Common Stock. The Class A Common Stock and the Class B Common Stock shall have the following powers, designations, preferences and rights and qualifications, limitations and restrictions:

(a)    Voting Rights.

(i)    Except as otherwise provided herein or by applicable law, the holders of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock shall at all times vote together as a single class on all matters (including election of directors) submitted to a vote of the stockholders of the Corporation.

(ii)    Each holder of Class A Common Stock shall be entitled to one vote for each share of Class A Common Stock held of record by such holder as of the applicable record date on any matter that is submitted to a vote of the stockholders of the Corporation.

(iii)    Each holder of Class B Common Stock shall be entitled to ten votes for each share of Class B Common Stock held of record by such holder as of the applicable record date on any matter that is submitted to a vote of the stockholders of the Corporation.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise required by applicable law, holders of Common Stock, as such, shall not be entitled to vote on any amendment to this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate filed with the Secretary of State establishing the terms of a series of Preferred Stock in accordance with Section 3 of this Article IV) that relates solely to the terms of one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock if the holders of such affected series of Preferred Stock are entitled, either separately or together with the holders of one or more other such series, to vote thereon pursuant to applicable law

or this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate filed with the Secretary of State establishing the terms of a series of Preferred Stock in accordance with Section 3 of this Article IV).

(b)    Dividends and Distributions. Except as may be provided in a resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors providing for any series of Preferred Stock outstanding at any time, the holders of Class A Common Stock and the holders of Class B Common Stock shall be entitled to share equally, on a per share basis, in such dividends and other distributions of cash, property or shares of stock of the Corporation as may be declared by the Board of Directors from time to time with respect to the Common Stock out of assets or funds of the Corporation legally available therefor; provided, however, that in the event that such dividend is paid in the form of Common Stock or rights to acquire Common Stock, the holders of Class A Common Stock shall receive shares of Class A Common Stock or rights to acquire shares of Class A Common Stock, as the case may be, and the holders of shares of Class B Common Stock shall receive shares of Class B Common Stock or rights to acquire shares of Class B Common Stock, as the case may be.

(c)    Liquidation, etc. Except as may be provided in a resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors providing for any series of Preferred Stock outstanding at any time, in the event of a voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, distribution of assets or winding up of the Corporation, the holders of Class A Common Stock and the holders of Class B Common Stock shall be entitled to share equally, on a per share basis, in all assets of the Corporation of whatever kind available for distribution to the holders of Common Stock.

(d)    Subdivision or Combination. If the Corporation in any manner subdivides or combines the outstanding shares of one class of Common Stock, the outstanding shares of the other class of Common Stock will be subdivided or combined in the same manner.

(e)    Equal Status. Except as expressly provided in this Article IV, shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock shall have the same rights and privileges and rank equally, share ratably and be identical in all respect as to all matters. In any merger, consolidation, reorganization or other business combination, the consideration received per share by the holders of the Class A Common Stock and the holders of the Class B Common Stock in such merger, consolidation, reorganization or other business combination shall be identical; provided, however, that if such consideration consists, in whole or in part, of shares of capital stock of, or other equity interests in, the Corporation or any other corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity, then the powers, designations, preferences and relative, common, participating, optional or other special rights and qualifications, limitations and restrictions of such shares of capital stock or other equity interests may differ to the extent that the powers, designations, preferences and relative, common, participating, optional or other special rights and qualifications, limitations and restrictions of the Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock differ as provided herein (including, without limitation, with respect to the voting rights and conversion provisions hereof); and providedfurther, that, if the holders of the Class A Common Stock or the holders of the Class B Common Stock are granted the right to elect to receive one of two or more alternative forms of consideration, the foregoing provision shall be deemed satisfied if holders of the other class are granted identical election rights. Any consideration to be paid to or received by holders of Class A Common Stock or holders of Class B Common Stock pursuant to any employment, consulting, severance, non-competition or other similar arrangement approved by the Board of Directors, or any duly authorized committee thereof, shall not be considered to be "consideration received per share" for purposes of the foregoing provision, regardless of whether such consideration is paid in connection with, or conditioned upon the completion of, such merger, consolidation, reorganization or other business combination.

(f)    Conversion.

(i)    As used in this Section 2(f), the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(1)    "2007 Investors" shall mean Madrone Capital, LLC, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. and Mori Building Capital Investment LLC, and their respective "Affiliates" (as defined in the 2007 Stockholders' Agreement).

(2)    "2007 Stockholders' Agreement" shall mean that certain Global Hyatt Corporation 2007 Stockholders' Agreement, dated as of August 28, 2007, by and among the Corporation and the 2007 Investors signatory thereto, as amended from time to time.

(3)    "Agreement Relating to Stock" shall mean that certain Agreement Relating to Stock, dated as of August 28, 2007, between and among each of Thomas J. Pritzker, Marshall E. Eisenberg and Karl J. Breyer, not individually but in their capacity as trustees, and the other parties signatory thereto, as amended from time to time.

(4)    "Foreign Global Hyatt Agreement" shall mean that certain Amended and Restated Foreign Global Hyatt Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2009, between and among the parties signatory thereto, as amended from time to time.

(5)    "Global Hyatt Agreement" shall mean that certain Amended and Restated Global Hyatt Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2009, between and among each of Thomas J. Pritzker, Marshall E. Eisenberg and Karl J. Breyer, not individually but in their capacity as trustees, and the other parties signatory thereto, as amended from time to time.

(6)    “Permitted Transfer” shall mean:

(a)    the Transfer of any share or shares of Class B Common Stock to one or more Permitted Transferees of the Registered Holder of such share or shares of Class B Common Stock, or to one or more other Registered Holders and/or Permitted Transferees of such other Registered Holders, or the subsequent Transfer of any share or shares of Class B Common Stock by any such transferee to the Registered Holder and/or one or more other Permitted Transferees of the Registered Holder; provided, however, that for so long as the 2007 Stockholders' Agreement, the Global Hyatt Agreement, the Foreign Global Hyatt Agreement or the Agreement Relating to Stock, as applicable, remains in effect, any such Transfer of any share or shares of Class B Common Stock held by (i) any Person that is party to, or any other Person directly or indirectly controlled by any one or more Persons that are party to, or otherwise bound by (including Persons who execute a joinder to, and thereby become subject to the provisions of) the 2007 Stockholders' Agreement, the Global Hyatt Agreement, the Foreign Global Hyatt Agreement or the Agreement Relating to Stock, as applicable, or (ii) with respect to the Foreign Global Hyatt Agreement, any Person directly or indirectly controlled by any one or more non-United States situs trusts which are for the benefit of one or more Pritzkers (even though such Person is not party to the Foreign Global Hyatt Agreement), shall not be a "Permitted Transfer" within the meaning of this Section 2(f)(i)(6)(a) unless, in connection with such Transfer, the transferee (and, in the case of a transferee that is a trust, the requisite number of trustees necessary to bind the trust) (to the extent not already party thereto) executes a joinder to, and thereby becomes subject to the provisions of, as applicable, the 2007 Stockholders' Agreement, the Global Hyatt Agreement, the Foreign Global Hyatt Agreement or the Agreement Relating to Stock;

(b)    the grant of a revocable proxy to an officer or officers or a director or directors of the Corporation at the request of the Board of Directors in connection with actions to be taken at an annual or special meeting of stockholders;

(c)    the pledge of a share or shares of Class B Common Stock that creates a security interest in such pledged share or shares pursuant to a bona fide loan or indebtedness transaction, in each case with a third party lender that makes such loan in the ordinary course of its business, so long as the Registered Holder of such pledged share or shares or one or more Permitted Transferees of the Registered Holder continue to exercise exclusive Voting Control over such pledged share or shares; provided, however, that a foreclosure on such pledged share or shares or other action that would result in a Transfer of such pledged share or shares to the pledgee shall not be a "Permitted Transfer" within the meaning of this Section 2(f)(i)(6)(c);

(d)    the Transfer of any share or shares of Class B Common Stock held by any Registered Holder that is a 2007 Investor, to any Affiliate of such Registered Holder to the extent that a Transfer to such Affiliate is permitted by, and completed solely in accordance with the terms and conditions of, the 2007 Stockholders' Agreement; provided, however, that such Transfer by a 2007 Investor shall not be a "Permitted Transfer" within the meaning of this Section 2(f)(i)(6)(d) unless, in connection with such Transfer, the transferee (to the extent not already party thereto) executes a joinder to, and thereby becomes subject to the provisions of, the 2007 Stockholders' Agreement;

(e)    the existence or creation of a power of appointment or authority that may be exercised with respect to a share or shares of Class B Common Stock held by a trust; provided,

however, that the Transfer of such share or shares of Class B Common Stock upon the exercise of such power of appointment or authority shall not be a "Permitted Transfer" within the meaning of this Section 2(f)(i)(6)(e); and

(f)    any Transfer approved in advance by the Board of Directors, or a majority of the independent directors serving thereon, upon a determination that such Transfer is consistent with the purposes of the foregoing provisions of this definition of "Permitted Transfer", so long as such Transfer otherwise complies with the provisions of Sections 2(f)(i)(6)(a) or 2(f)(i)(6)(d) of this Article IV, as applicable, requiring transferees (to the extent not already party thereto) to execute joinders to, and thereby become subject to the provisions of, the 2007 Stockholders' Agreement, the Global Hyatt Agreement, the Foreign Global Hyatt Agreement or the Agreement Relating to Stock, as applicable.

For the avoidance of doubt, the direct Transfer of any share or shares of Class B Common Stock by a Registered Holder to any other Person shall qualify as a "Permitted Transfer" within the meaning of this Section 2(f)(i)(6), if such Transfer could have been completed indirectly through one or more transactions involving more than one Transfer, so long as each Transfer in such transaction or transactions would otherwise have qualified as a "Permitted Transfer" within the meaning of this Section 2(f)(i)(6). For the further avoidance of doubt, a Transfer may qualify as a “Permitted Transfer” within the meaning of this Section 2(f)(i)(6) under any one or more than one of the clauses of this Section 2(f)(i)(6) as may be applicable to such Transfer, without regard to any proviso in, or requirement of, any other clause(s) of this Section 2(f)(i)(6).

(7)    “Permitted Transferee” shall mean:

(a)    with respect to any Pritzker:

(i) one or more other Pritzkers; and

(ii) the Pritzker Foundation, and/or any of the eleven private charitable foundations to which the Pritzker Foundation transferred a portion of its assets in September 2002, so long as a majority of the board of directors or similar governing body of such private charitable foundation is comprised of Pritzkers;

(b)    with respect to any natural person:

(i) his or her lineal descendants who are Pritzkers (such persons are referred to as a person's "Related Persons");

(ii) a trust or trusts for the sole current benefit of such natural person and/or one or more of such natural person's Related Persons; provided, however, that a trust shall qualify as a "Permitted Transferee" notwithstanding that a remainder interest in such trust is for the benefit of any Person other than such natural person and/or one or more of such natural person's Related Persons, until such time as such trust is for the current benefit of such Person;

(iii) one or more corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies or other entities so long as all of the equity interests in such entities are owned, directly or indirectly, by such natural person and/or one or more of such natural person's Related Persons, and such natural person and/or one or more of such natural person's Related Persons have sole dispositive power and exclusive Voting Control with respect to the shares of Class B Common Stock held by such corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity; and

(iv) the guardian or conservator of any such natural person who has been adjudged disabled, incapacitated, incompetent or otherwise unable to manage his or her own affairs by a court of competent jurisdiction, in such guardian's or conservator's capacity as such, and/or the executor, administrator or personal representative of the estate of any such Registered Holder who is deceased, in such executor's, administrator's or personal representative's capacity as such;

(c)    with respect to any trust:

(i) one or more current beneficiaries of such trust who are Pritzkers, any Permitted Transferee of any such current beneficiary and/or any appointee of a power of appointment

exercised with respect to such trust, if such appointee is a Pritzker; provided, however, that any Person holding a remainder interest in such trust shall not be a “Permitted Transferee” of such trust unless such Person is a Pritzker or a Permitted Transferee of any current beneficiary who is a Pritzker;

(ii) any other trust so long as the current beneficiaries of such other trust are Pritzkers, and/or any other trust for the benefit of an appointee of a power of appointment exercised with respect to such trust, if such appointee is a Pritzker; provided, however, that such other trust shall qualify as a "Permitted Transferee" notwithstanding that a remainder interest in such other trust is for the benefit of any Person other than a Pritzker until such time as such other trust is for the current benefit of such Person;

(iii) any current trustee or trustees of such trust in the capacity as trustee of such trust, and any successor trustee or trustees in the capacity as trustee of such trust; and

(iv) one or more corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies or other entities so long as all of the equity interests in such entities are owned, directly or indirectly, by such trust and/or one or more Permitted Transferees of such trust, and such trust and/or one or more Permitted Transferees of such trust have sole dispositive power and exclusive Voting Control with respect to the shares of Class B Common Stock held by such corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity;

(d)    with respect to any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity (a “Corporate Person”), other than the 2007 Investors:

(i) the shareholders, partners, members or other equity holders of such Corporate Person, as applicable, who are Pritzkers, in accordance with their respective rights and interests therein, and/or any Permitted Transferee of any such shareholders, partners, members or other equity holders;

(ii) any other corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity so long as all of the equity interests in such other corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity are owned, directly or indirectly, by such Corporate Person and/or one or more Permitted Transferees of such Corporate Person, and such Corporate Person and/or one or more Permitted Transferees of such Corporate Person has sole dispositive power and exclusive Voting Control with respect to the shares of Class B Common Stock held by such other corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity; and

(iii) any other corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity so long as such other corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity owns, directly or indirectly, all of the equity interests of such Corporate Person, and such other corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity has sole dispositive power and exclusive Voting Control with respect to the equity interests of such Corporate Person;

(e)    with respect to any bankrupt or insolvent Person, the trustee or receiver of the estate of such bankrupt or insolvent Person, in such trustee's or receiver's capacity as such; and

(f)    with respect to any Person that holds Class B Common Stock as the guardian or conservator of any Person who has been adjudged disabled, incapacitated, incompetent or otherwise unable to manage his or her own affairs, or as the executor, administrator or personal representative of the estate of any deceased Person, or as the trustee or receiver of the estate of a bankrupt or insolvent Person, (i) any Permitted Transferee of such disabled, incapacitated, incompetent, deceased, bankrupt or insolvent Person or (ii) in the event that such disabled, incapacitated, incompetent, deceased, bankrupt or insolvent Person is a 2007 Investor, an Affiliate of such 2007 Investor.

For the avoidance of doubt, the “Permitted Transferees” of any Person within the meaning of this Section 2(f)(i)(7) may be determined under any one or more than one of the clauses of this Section 2(f)(i)(7), if such clauses are applicable to such Person. For the further avoidance of doubt, references to a "trust" shall mean the trust or the trustee or trustees of such trust acting in such capacity, as the context may require.

With respect to a share or shares of Class B Common Stock held by a 2007 Investor, following the "Restriction Expiration Date" (as defined in the 2007 Stockholders' Agreement), the "Permitted Transferee" of any 2007 Investor shall be determined for purposes of Sections 2(f)(i)(7)(b) and 2(f)(i)(7)(c) of this Article IV without regard to any references to Pritzkers contained therein.

(8)    “Person” shall mean any natural person, trust, corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity.

(9)    “Pritzker” shall mean the Pritzker family members, who are the lineal descendants of Nicholas J. Pritzker, deceased, and spouses or surviving spouses of such descendants, any trust that is a Permitted Transferee of any of the foregoing, and any other Person that is a Permitted Transferee of any of the foregoing.

(10)    “Registered Holder” shall mean (a) the registered holder of any share or shares of Class B Common Stock immediately prior to the consummation of the initial public offering of shares of Class A Common Stock (the “IPO”), (b) the initial registered holder of any share or shares of Class B Common Stock that are originally issued by the Corporation after the consummation of the IPO, and (c) any Person that becomes the registered holder of any share or shares of Class B Common Stock as a result of a Permitted Transfer in accordance with this Section 2(f).

(11)    “Transfer” of a share or shares of Class B Common Stock shall mean any direct or indirect sale, exchange, assignment, transfer, conveyance, gift, hypothecation or other transfer or disposition (including, without limitation, the granting or exercise of a power of appointment or a proxy, attorney in fact, power of attorney or otherwise) of such share or shares or any legal or beneficial interest in such share or shares, whether or not for value and whether voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law. A “Transfer” shall include, without limitation, a transfer of a share or shares of Class B Common Stock to a broker or other nominee (regardless of whether or not there is a corresponding change in beneficial ownership), and the transfer of, or entering into any agreement, arrangement or understanding with respect to, Voting Control over a share or shares of Class B Common Stock. Any sale, exchange, assignment, transfer, conveyance, gift, hypothecation or other transfer or disposition by any Person that is not a Pritzker (other than a 2007 Investor) of less than 5%of the equity interests of any other Person that holds shares of Class B Common Stock, shall not be deemed to result in a “Transfer” of such shares of Class B Common Stock within the meaning of this Section (2)(f)(i)(11). In addition, the existence of, the joinder of any Person to and agreement to become subject to the provisions of, or the voting of shares of Class B Common Stock in accordance with, the 2007 Stockholders' Agreement, the Global Hyatt Agreement, the Foreign Global Hyatt Agreement or the Agreement Relating to Stock, shall not be deemed to result in a "Transfer" of shares of Class B Common Stock within the meaning of this Section (2)(f)(i)(11).

(12)    “Voting Control” shall mean, with respect to a share or shares of Class B Common Stock, the power, whether exclusive or shared, revocable or irrevocable, to vote or direct the voting of such share or shares of Class B Common Stock, by proxy, voting agreement or otherwise.

(ii) Each share of Class B Common Stock shall be convertible into one fully paid and non-assessable share of Class A Common Stock at the option of the holder thereof at any time, and from time to time, upon written notice to the transfer agent of the Corporation.

(iii) Subject to Section 2(f)(vii) of this Article IV, a share of Class B Common Stock shall automatically, without any further action on the part of the Corporation, any holder of Class B Common Stock or any other party, convert into one fully paid and non-assessable share of Class A Common Stock upon a Transfer of such share, other than a Permitted Transfer; provided, however, that each share of Class B Common Stock transferred to a Permitted Transferee or an Affiliate of a 2007 Investor pursuant to a Permitted Transfer shall automatically convert into one fully paid and non-assessable share of Class A Common Stock if any event occurs, or any state of facts arises or exists, that causes such Person to no longer qualify, as applicable, as a "Permitted Transferee" within the meaning of Section 2(f)(i)(7) of this Article IV or as an "Affiliate" of such 2007 Investor as defined in Section 2(f)(i)(1) of this Article IV.

(iv)    For so long as the 2007 Stockholders' Agreement, the Global Hyatt Agreement, the Foreign Global Hyatt Agreement or the Agreement Relating to Stock, as applicable, remains in effect, each share of Class B Common Stock held by (a) any trust that is party to, or any other Person directly or indirectly controlled by any one or more trusts that are party to, or otherwise bound by (including any trust who executes, or whose trustees execute, a joinder to, and thereby become subject to the provisions of) the 2007 Stockholders' Agreement, the Global Hyatt Agreement, the Foreign Global Hyatt Agreement or the Agreement Relating to Stock, as applicable, or (b) with respect to the Foreign Global Hyatt Agreement, any Person directly or indirectly controlled by any one or more non-United States situs trusts which are for the benefit of one or more Pritzkers (even though such Person is

not party to the Foreign Global Hyatt Agreement), shall automatically, without any further action on the part of the Corporation, any holder of Class B Common Stock or any other party, convert into one fully paid and non-assessable share of Class A Common Stock upon any change in the trustees of any such trust that is a Pritzker (in the case of clause (a)) or any such non-United States situs trusts that are Pritzkers (in the case of clause (b)) unless, in connection therewith, the requisite number of trustees necessary to bind such trust (to the extent not already party thereto) execute a joinder to, and thereby become subject to the provisions of, as applicable, the 2007 Stockholders' Agreement, the Global Hyatt Agreement, the Foreign Global Hyatt Agreement or the Agreement Relating to Stock.

(v) Each share of Class B Common Stock shall automatically, without any further action on the part of the Corporation, any holder of Class B Common Stock or any other party, convert into one fully paid and non-assessable share of Class A Common Stock if, as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock owned, directly or indirectly, by the Registered Holders is less than fifteen percent of the aggregate number of outstanding shares of Common Stock.

(vi) The Board of Directors, or any duly authorized committee thereof, may, from time to time, establish such policies and procedures relating to the conversion of a share or shares of Class B Common Stock into a share or shares of Class A Common Stock and the general administration of this dual class common stock structure, including the issuance of stock certificates with respect thereto, as it may deem necessary or advisable, and may request or require that holders of a share or shares of Class B Common Stock furnish affidavits or other proof to the Corporation as it may deem necessary or advisable to verify the ownership of such share or shares of Class B Common Stock and to confirm that an automatic conversion into a share or shares of Class A Common Stock has not occurred. If the Board of Directors, or a duly authorized committee thereof, determines that a share or shares of Class B Common Stock have been inadvertently Transferred in a Transfer that is not a Permitted Transfer, or any other event shall have occurred, or any state of facts arisen or come into existence, that would inadvertently cause the automatic conversion of such shares into Class A Common Stock pursuant to Section 2(f)(iii) of this Article IV, and the Registered Holder shall have cured or shall promptly cure such inadvertent Transfer or the event or state of facts that would inadvertently cause such automatic conversion, then the Board of Directors, or a duly authorized committee thereof, may determine that such share or shares of Class B Common Stock shall not have been automatically converted into Class A Common Stock pursuant to Section 2(f)(iii) of this Article IV.

(vii) In the event of a conversion of a share or shares of Class B Common Stock into a share or shares of Class A Common Stock pursuant to this Section 2, such conversion shall be deemed to have been made (a) in the event of a voluntary conversion pursuant to Section 2(f)(ii) of this Article IV, at the close of business on the business day on which written notice of such voluntary conversion is received by the transfer agent of the Corporation, (b) in the event of an automatic conversion upon a Transfer or if any other event occurs, or any state of facts arises or exists, that would cause an automatic conversion pursuant to Section 2(f)(iii) of this Article IV, at the time that the Transfer of such share or shares occurred or at the time that such other event occurred, or state of facts arose, as applicable, (c) in the event of an automatic conversion of shares upon the failure of the new trustee or trustees to assume the obligations under, as applicable, the 2007 Stockholders' Agreement, the Global Hyatt Agreement, the Foreign Global Hyatt Agreement or the Agreement Relating to Stock, at the time such new trustee or trustees become such, and (d) in the event of an automatic conversion of all shares of Class B Common Stock pursuant to Section 2(f)(v) of this Article IV, at the close of business on the record date on which the Registered Holders own less than the requisite percentage of outstanding shares of Common Stock. Upon any conversion of a share or shares of Class B Common Stock to a share or shares of Class A Common Stock, subject only to rights to receive any dividends or other distributions payable in respect of such share or shares of Class B Common Stock with a record date prior to the date of such conversion, all rights of the holder of a share or shares of Class B Common Stock shall cease and such Person shall be treated for all purposes as having become the registered holder of such share or shares of Class A Common Stock. Shares of Class B Common Stock that are converted into shares of Class A Common Stock as provided in this Section 2 shall be retired and may not be reissued.

    (g)    Reservation of Stock. The Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued shares of Class A Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the shares of Class B Common Stock, such number of its shares of Class A Common Stock as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion of all outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock into shares of Class A Common Stock.

(h)    Limitation on Future Issuance. Except as otherwise provided in or contemplated by Sections 2(b), 2(d) or 2(e) of this Article IV, the Corporation shall not issue additional shares of Class B Common Stock after the Effective Time.

Section 3. Preferred Stock. The Board of Directors is authorized, subject to limitations prescribed by law, to provide by resolution or resolutions for the issuance of a share or shares of Preferred Stock in one or more series and, by filing a certificate of designation pursuant to the DGCL setting forth a copy of such resolution or resolutions, to establish from time to time the number of shares to be included in each such series, and to fix the designation, powers, preferences, and rights of the shares of each such series and the qualifications, limitations, and restrictions thereof. The authority of the Board of Directors with respect to the Preferred Stock and any series shall include, but not be limited to, determination of the following:

(a)    the number of shares constituting any series and the distinctive designation of that series;

(b)    the dividend rate on the shares of any series, whether dividends shall be cumulative and, if so, from which date or dates, and the relative rights of priority, if any, of payment of dividends on shares of that series;

    (c)    whether any series shall have voting rights, in addition to the voting rights provided by applicable law, and, if so, the number of votes per share and the terms and conditions of such voting rights;

(d)    whether any series shall have conversion privileges and, if so, the terms and conditions of conversion, including provision for adjustment of the conversion rate upon such events as the Board of Directors shall determine;

(e)    whether the shares of any series shall be redeemable and, if so, the terms and conditions of such redemption, including the date or dates upon or after which they shall be redeemable and the amount per share payable in case of redemption, which amount may vary under different conditions and at different redemption dates;

(f)    whether any series shall have a sinking fund for the redemption or purchase of shares of that series, and, if so, the terms and amount of such sinking fund;

(g)    the rights of the shares of any series in the event of voluntary or involuntary dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, and the relative rights of priority, if any, of payment of shares of that series; and

(h)    any other powers, preferences, rights, qualifications, limitations, and restrictions of any series.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL, the number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock and Common Stock may, without a class or series vote, be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) from time to time by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of the Corporation's then outstanding capital stock, voting together as a single class.

ARTICLE V

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 1. Powers of the Board. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors. In addition to the powers and authority expressly conferred upon them by applicable law or by this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws of the Corporation, the directors are hereby empowered to exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be exercised or done by the Corporation.

Section 2. Classification of the Board. Except as may be provided in a resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors providing for any series of Preferred Stock with respect to any directors elected (or to be elected) by the holders of such series, effective upon the Effective Time, the directors of the Corporation shall be divided into three classes as nearly equal in size as is practicable, hereby designated Class I, Class II and Class III. The Board of Directors may assign members of the Board of Directors already in office to such classes as of the Effective

Time. The term of office of the initial Class I directors shall expire at the first regularly-scheduled annual meeting of the stockholders following the Effective Time; the term of office of the initial Class II directors shall expire at the second annual meeting of the stockholders following the Effective Time; and the term of office of the initial Class III directors shall expire at the third annual meeting of the stockholders following the Effective Time. Except as may be provided in a resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors providing for any series of Preferred Stock with respect to any directors elected (or to be elected) by the holders of such series, at each annual meeting of stockholders, commencing with the first regularly-scheduled annual meeting of stockholders following the Effective Time, each of the successors elected to replace the directors of a class whose term shall have expired at such annual meeting shall be elected to hold office until the third annual meeting next succeeding his or her election and until his or her respective successor shall have been duly elected and qualified.

Section 3. Number of Directors. Except as may be provided in a resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors providing for any series of Preferred Stock with respect to any directors elected (or to be elected) by the holders of such series, (a) the total number of directors constituting the entire Board of Directors shall consist of not less than five nor more than fifteen members, with the precise number of directors to be determined from time to time exclusively by a vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors, and (b) if the number of directors is changed, any increase or decrease shall be apportioned among such classes of directors in such manner as the Board of Directors shall determine so as to maintain the number of directors in each class as nearly equal as possible, but in no case will a decrease in the number of directors shorten the term of any incumbent director.

Section 4. Removal of Directors. Except as may be provided in a resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors providing for any series of Preferred Stock with respect to any directors elected by the holders of such series and except as otherwise required by applicable law, any or all of the directors of the Corporation may be removed from office only for cause and only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of the Corporation's then outstanding capital stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class.

Section 5. Vacancies. Except as may be provided in a resolution or resolutions providing for any series of Preferred Stock with respect to any directors elected (or to be elected) by the holders of such series, any vacancies in the Board of Directors for any reason and any newly created directorships resulting by reason of any increase in the number of directors may be filled only by the Board of Directors (and not by the stockholders), acting by majority of the remaining directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, and any directors so appointed shall hold office until the next election of the class of directors to which such directors have been appointed and until their successors are elected and qualified.

Section 6. Bylaws. The Board of Directors shall have the power to adopt, amend, alter, change or repeal any and all Bylaws of the Corporation. In addition, the stockholders of the Corporation may adopt, amend, alter, change or repeal any and all Bylaws of the Corporation by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least eighty percent of the voting power of the Corporation's then outstanding capital stock entitled to vote, voting together as a single class (notwithstanding the fact that a lesser percentage may be specified by applicable law).

Section 7. Elections of Directors. Elections of directors need not be by ballot unless the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so provide.

Section 8. Officers. Except as otherwise expressly delegated by resolution of the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors shall have the exclusive power and authority to appoint and remove officers of the Corporation.

ARTICLE VI

STOCKHOLDERS

Section 1. Actions by Consent. Except as may be provided in a resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors providing for any series of Preferred Stock, any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of such stockholders and may not be effected by any written consent in lieu of a meeting by such stockholders.

Section 2. Special Meetings of Stockholders. Except as may be provided in a resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors providing for any series of Preferred Stock, special meetings of stockholders of the

Corporation may be called only by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or by the Secretary upon direction of the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the entire Board of Directors.

ARTICLE VII

DIRECTOR LIABILITY

A director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the DGCL as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended. Any amendment, modification or repeal of the foregoing sentence shall not adversely affect any right arising prior to the time of such amendment, modification or repeal.

ARTICLE VIII

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 1. Right of Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person (a “Covered Person”) who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “Proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or, while a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys' fees) reasonably incurred by such Covered Person. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, except as otherwise provided in Section 3 of this Article VIII, the Corporation shall be required to indemnify a Covered Person in connection with a Proceeding (or part thereof) commenced by such Covered Person only if the commencement of such Proceeding (or part thereof) by the Covered Person was authorized in the specific case by the Board of Directors.

Section 2. Prepayment of Expenses. The Corporation shall to the fullest extent not prohibited by applicable law pay the expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by a Covered Person in defending any Proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that, to the extent required by law, such payment of expenses in advance of the final disposition of the Proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the Covered Person to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article VIII or otherwise.

Section 3. Claims. If a claim for indemnification (following the final disposition of the Proceeding with respect to which indemnification is sought, including any settlement of such Proceeding) or advancement of expenses under this Article VIII is not paid in full within thirty days after a written claim therefor by the Covered Person has been received by the Corporation, the Covered Person may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the Covered Person is not entitled to the requested indemnification or advancement of expenses under this Article VIII and applicable law.

Section 4. Non-exclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any Covered Person by this Article VIII shall not be exclusive of any other rights which such Covered Person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, any other provision of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws of the Corporation, or any agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

Section 5. Amendment or Repeal. Any right to indemnification or to advancement of expenses of any Covered Person arising hereunder shall not be eliminated or impaired by an amendment to or repeal of this Article VIII after the occurrence of the act or omission that is the subject of the civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding for which indemnification or advancement of expenses is sought.

Section 6. Other Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses. This Article VIII shall not limit the right of the Corporation, to the extent and in the manner permitted by law, to indemnify and to advance expenses to persons other than Covered Persons when and as authorized by appropriate corporate action.

ARTICLE IX

SECTION 203

The Corporation elects not to be governed by Section 203 of the DGCL.

ARTICLE X

AMENDMENT

The Corporation hereby reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation in any manner permitted by the DGCL and all rights and powers conferred upon stockholders and/or directors herein are granted subject to this reservation. Except as may be provided in a resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors providing for any series of Preferred Stock, any such amendment, alteration, change or repeal shall require the affirmative vote of both (a) sixty-six and 2/3rds percent of the entire Board of Directors and (b) eighty percent of the voting power of the Corporation's then outstanding capital stock entitled to vote, voting together as a single class (notwithstanding the fact that a lesser percentage may be specified by applicable law). Any vote of stockholders required by this Article X shall be in addition to any other vote that may be required by applicable law, the Bylaws of the Corporation or any agreement with a national securities exchange or otherwise.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Hyatt Hotels Corporation has caused this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be executed by its duly authorized officer this 4th day of November, 2009

HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION
By:	/s/ Harmit J. Singh
	Harmit J. Singh
	Chief Financial Officer

CERTIFICATE OF RETIREMENT

OF

38,000,000 SHARES OF CLASS B COMMON STOCK

OF

HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION

Pursuantto Section 243(b)

of the General Corporation Law

of the State of Delaware

Hyatt Hotels Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Corporation"), HEREBY CERTIFIES as follows:

1.38,000,000 outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Class B Common Stock"), of the Corporation have been converted into 38,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Class A Common Stock"), of the Corporation.

2.The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on November 4, 2009 provides that any shares of Class B Common Stock which are converted into shares of Class A Common Stock shall be retired and may not be reissued by the Corporation.

3.The Board of Directors of the Corporation has adopted resolutions retiring the 38,000,000 shares of Class B Common Stock that converted into 38,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock.

4.Accordingly, pursuant to the provisions of Section 243(b) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, upon the effective date of the filing of this Certificate of Retirement, the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation shall be amended so as to reduce the total authorized number of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation by 38,000,000 shares, such that the total number of authorized shares of the Corporation shall be 1,472,000,000, such shares consisting of 1,000,000,000 shares designated Class A Common Stock, 462,000,000 shares designated Class B Common Stock, and 10,000,000 shares designated Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Retirement to be signed by its duly authorized officer, this 11th day of December, 2009.

HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION
By:	/s/ Susan T. Smith
	Susan T. Smith
	General Counsel, Senior Vice President and Secretary

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CERTIFICATE OF RETIREMENT

OF

539,588 SHARES OF CLASS B COMMON STOCK

OF

HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION

Pursuant to Section 243(b)

of the General Corporation Law

of the State of Delaware

Hyatt Hotels Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Corporation"), HEREBY CERTIFIES as follows:

1.539,588 outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Class B Common Stock"), of the Corporation have been converted into 539,588 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Class A Common Stock"), of the Corporation.

2.The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on November 4, 2009, as amended by a certificate of retirement of 38,000,000 shares of Class B Common Stock filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on December 11, 2009, provides that any shares of Class B Common Stock which are converted into shares of Class A Common Stock shall be retired and may not be reissued by the Corporation.

3.The Board of Directors of the Corporation has adopted resolutions retiring the 539,588 shares of Class B Common Stock that converted into 539,588 shares of Class A Common Stock.

4.Accordingly, pursuant to the provisions of Section 243(b) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, upon the effective date of the filing of this Certificate of Retirement, the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation shall be further amended so as to reduce the total authorized number of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation by 539,588 shares, such that the total number of authorized shares of the Corporation shall be 1,471,460,412, such shares consisting of 1,000,000,000 shares designated Class A Common Stock, 461,460,412 shares designated Class B Common Stock, and 10,000,000 shares designated Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Retirement to be signed by its duly authorized officer, this 14th day of September, 2010.

HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION
By:	/s/ Harmit J. Singh
	Harmit J. Singh
	Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

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CERTIFICATE OF RETIREMENT

OF

8,987,695 SHARES OF CLASS B COMMON STOCK

OF

HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION

Pursuant to Section 243(b)

of the General Corporation Law

of the State of Delaware

Hyatt Hotels Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Corporation"), HEREBY CERTIFIES as follows:

1.8,987,695 outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Class B Common Stock"), of the Corporation have been converted into 8,987,695 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Class A Common Stock"), of the Corporation.

2.The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on November 4, 2009, as amended, provides that any shares of Class B Common Stock which are converted into shares of Class A Common Stock shall be retired and may not be reissued by the Corporation.

3.The Board of Directors of the Corporation has adopted resolutions retiring the 8,987,695 shares of Class B Common Stock that converted into 8,987,695 shares of Class A Common Stock.

4.Accordingly, pursuant to the provisions of Section 243(b) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, upon the filingof this Certificate of Retirement the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation shall be amended so as to reduce the total authorized number of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation by 8,987,695 shares, such that the total number of authorized shares of the Corporation shall be 1,462,472,717, such shares consisting of 1,000,000,000 shares designated Class A Common Stock, 452,472,717 shares designated Class B Common Stock, and 10,000,000 shares designated Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share.

Signature page follows.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Retirement to be signed by its duly authorized officer, this 18th day of May, 2011.

HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION
By:	/s/ Rena Hozore Reiss
	Rena Hozore Reiss
	Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

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CERTIFICATE OF RETIREMENT

OF

863,721 SHARES OF CLASS B COMMON STOCK

OF

HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION

Pursuant to Section 243(b)

of the General Corporation Law

of the State of Delaware

Hyatt Hotels Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Corporation"), HEREBY CERTIFIES as follows:

1.863,721 outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Class B Common Stock"), of the Corporation have been converted into 863,721 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Class A Common Stock"), of the Corporation.

2.The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on November 4, 2009, as amended, provides that any shares of Class B Common Stock which are converted into shares of Class A Common Stock shall be retired and may not be reissued by the Corporation.

3.The Board of Directors of the Corporation has adopted resolutions retiring the 863,721 shares of Class B Common Stock that converted into 863,721 shares of Class A Common Stock.

4.Accordingly, pursuant to the provisions of Section 243(b) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, upon the filing of this Certificate of Retirement the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation shall be amended so as to reduce the total authorized number of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation by 863,721 shares, such that the total number of authorized shares of the Corporation shall be 1,461,608,996, such shares consisting of 1,000,000,000 shares designated Class A Common Stock, 451,608,996 shares designated Class B Common Stock, and 10,000,000 shares designated Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share.

Signature page follows.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Retirement to be signed by its duly authorized officer, this 14th day of February, 2012.

HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION
By:	/s/ Rena Hozore Reiss
	Rena Hozore Reiss
	Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

CERTIFICATE OF RETIREMENT

OF

1,000,000 SHARES OF CLASS B COMMON STOCK

OF

HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION

Pursuant to Section 243(b)

of the General Corporation Law

of the State of Delaware

Hyatt Hotels Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Corporation"), HEREBY CERTIFIES as follows:

1.1,000,000 outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Class B Common Stock"), of the Corporation have been converted into 1,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Class A Common Stock"), of the Corporation.

2.The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on November 4, 2009, as amended, provides that any shares of Class B Common Stock which are converted into shares of Class A Common Stock shall be retired and may not be reissued by the Corporation.

3.The Board of Directors of the Corporation has adopted resolutions retiring the 1,000,000 shares of Class B Common Stock that converted into 1,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock.

4.Accordingly, pursuant to the provisions of Section 243(b) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, upon the filing of this Certificate of Retirement the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation shall be amended so as to reduce the total authorized number of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation by 1,000,000 shares, such that the total number of authorized shares of the Corporation shall be 1,461,472,717, such shares consisting of 1,000,000,000 shares designated Class A Common Stock, 451,472,717 shares designated Class B Common Stock, and 10,000,000 shares designated Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share.

Signature page follows

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Retirement to be signed by its duly authorized officer, this 27th day of September, 2012.

HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION
By:	/s/ Rena Hozore Reiss
	Rena Hozore Reiss
	Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

CERTIFICATE OF RETIREMENT

OF

1,623,529 SHARES OF CLASS B COMMON STOCK

OF

HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION

Pursuant to Section 243(b)

of the General Corporation Law

of the State of Delaware

Hyatt Hotels Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Corporation"), HEREBY CERTIFIES as follows:

1.1,623,529 outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Class B Common Stock"), of the Corporation have been converted into 1,623,529 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Class A CommonStock"), of the Corporation.

2.The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on November 4, 2009, as amended, provides that any shares of Class B Common Stock which are converted into shares of Class A Common Stock shall be retired and may not be reissued by the Corporation.

3.The Board of Directors of the Corporation has adopted resolutions retiring the 1,623,529 shares of Class B Common Stock that converted into 1,623,529 shares of Class A Common Stock.

4.Accordingly, pursuant to the provisions of Section 243(b) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, upon the filing of this Certificate of Retirement the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation shall be amended so as to reduce the total authorized number of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation by 1,623,529 shares, such that the total number of authorized shares of the Corporation shall be 1,458,985,467, such shares consisting of 1,000,000,000 shares designated Class A Common Stock, 448,985,467 shares designated Class B Common Stock, and 10,000,000 shares designated Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share.

Signature page follows.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Retirement to be signed by its duly authorized officer, this 13 day of December, 2012.

HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION
By:	/s/ Rena Hozore Reiss
	Rena Hozore Reiss
	Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

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CERTIFICATE OF RETIREMENT

OF

1,556,713 SHARES OF CLASS B COMMON STOCK

OF

HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION

Pursuant to Section 243(b)

of the General Corporation Law

of the State of Delaware

Hyatt Hotels Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), HEREBY CERTIFIES as follows:

1.1,556,713 outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Class B Common Stock”), of the Corporation have been converted into 1,556,713 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Class A Common Stock”), of the Corporation.

2.The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on November 4, 2009, as amended, provides that any shares of Class B Common Stock which are converted into shares of Class A Common Stock shall be retired and may not be reissued by the Corporation.

3.The Board of Directors of the Corporation has adopted resolutions retiring the 1,556,713 shares of Class B Common Stock that converted into 1,556,713 shares of Class A Common Stock.

4.Accordingly, pursuant to the provisions of Section 243(b) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, upon the filing of this Certificate of Retirement the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation shall be amended so as to reduce the total authorized number of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation by 1,556,713 shares, such that the total number of authorized shares of the Corporation shall be 1,457,428,754, such shares consisting of 1,000,000,000 shares designated Class A Common Stock, 447,428,754 shares designated Class B Common Stock, and 10,000,000 shares designated Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share.

Signature page follows.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Retirement to be signed by its duly authorized officer, this 12th day of February, 2013.

HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION
By:	/s/ Rena Hozore Reiss
	Rena Hozore Reiss
	Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

CERTIFICATE OF RETIREMENT

OF

1,498,019 SHARES OF CLASS B COMMON STOCK

OF

HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION

Pursuant to Section 243(b)

of the General Corporation Law

of the State of Delaware

Hyatt Hotels Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), HEREBY CERTIFIES as follows:

1.1,498,019 outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Class B Common Stock”), of the Corporation have been converted into 1,498,019 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Class A Common Stock”), of the Corporation.

2.The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on November 4, 2009, as amended, provides that any shares of Class B Common Stock which are converted into shares of Class A Common Stock shall be retired and may not be reissued by the Corporation.

3.The Board of Directors of the Corporation has adopted resolutions retiring the 1,498,019 shares of Class B Common Stock that converted into 1,498,019 shares of Class A Common Stock.

4.Accordingly, pursuant to the provisions of Section 243(b) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, upon the filing of this Certificate of Retirement the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation shall be amended so as to reduce the total authorized number of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation by 1,498,019 shares, such that the total number of authorized shares of the Corporation shall be 1,455,930,735, such shares consisting of 1,000,000,000 shares designated Class A Common Stock, 445,930,735 shares designated Class B Common Stock, and 10,000,000 shares designated Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share.

Signature page follows.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Retirement to be signed by its duly authorized officer, this 10th day of May, 2013.

HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION
By:	/s/ Rena Hozore Reiss
	Rena Hozore Reiss
	Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

CERTIFICATE OF RETIREMENT

OF

295,072 SHARES OF CLASS B COMMON STOCK

OF

HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION

Pursuant to Section 243(b)

of the General Corporation Law

of the State of Delaware

Hyatt Hotels Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), HEREBY CERTIFIES as follows:

1.295,072 outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Class B Common Stock”), of the Corporation have been converted into 295,072 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Class A Common Stock”), of the Corporation.

2.The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on November 4, 2009, as amended, provides that any shares of Class B Common Stock which are converted into shares of Class A Common Stock shall be retired and may not be reissued by the Corporation.

3.The Board of Directors of the Corporation has adopted resolutions retiring the 295,072 shares of Class B Common Stock that converted into 295,072 shares of Class A Common Stock.

4.Accordingly, pursuant to the provisions of Section 243(b) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, upon the filing of this Certificate of Retirement the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation shall be amended so as to reduce the total authorized number of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation by 295,072 shares, such that the total number of authorized shares of the Corporation shall be 1,455,635,663, such shares consisting of 1,000,000,000 shares designated Class A Common Stock, 445,635,663 shares designated Class B Common Stock, and 10,000,000 shares designated Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share.

Signature page follows.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Retirement to be signed by its duly authorized officer, this 30th day of May, 2013.

HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION
By:	/s/ Rena Hozore Reiss
	Rena Hozore Reiss
	Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

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CERTIFICATE OF RETIREMENT

OF

1,113,788 SHARES OF CLASS B COMMON STOCK

OF

HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION

Pursuant to Section 243(b)

of the General Corporation Law

of the State of Delaware

Hyatt Hotels Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), HEREBY CERTIFIES as follows:

1.1,113,788 outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Class B Common Stock”), of the Corporation have been converted into 1,113,788 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Class A Common Stock”), of the Corporation.

2.The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on November 4, 2009, as amended, provides that any shares of Class B Common Stock which are converted into shares of Class A Common Stock shall be retired and may not be reissued by the Corporation.

3.The Board of Directors of the Corporation has adopted resolutions retiring the 1,113,788 shares of Class B Common Stock that converted into 1,113,788 shares of Class A Common Stock.

Accordingly, pursuant to the provisions of Section 243(b) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, upon the filing of this Certificate of Retirement the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation shall be amended so as to reduce the total authorized number of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation by 1,113,788 shares, such that the total number of authorized shares of the Corporation shall be 1,454,521,875, such shares consisting of 1,000,000,000 shares designated Class A Common Stock, 444,521,875 shares designated Class B Common Stock, and 10,000,000 shares designated Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share.

Signature page follows.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Retirement to be signed by its duly authorized officer, this 13th day of June, 2013.

HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION
By:	/s/ Rena Hozore Reiss
	Rena Hozore Reiss
	Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

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CERTIFICATE OF RETIREMENT

OF

1,122,000 SHARES OF CLASS B COMMON STOCK

OF

HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION

Pursuant to Section 243(b)

of the General Corporation Law

of the State of Delaware

Hyatt Hotels Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), HEREBY CERTIFIES as follows:

1.1,122,000 outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Class B Common Stock”), of the Corporation have been converted into 1,122,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Class A Common Stock”), of the Corporation.

2.The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on November 4, 2009, as amended, provides that any shares of Class B Common Stock which are converted into shares of Class A Common Stock shall be retired and may not be reissued by the Corporation.

3.The Board of Directors of the Corporation has adopted resolutions retiring the 1,122,000 shares of Class B Common Stock that converted into 1,122,000 shares of Class A Common Stock.

4.Accordingly, pursuant to the provisions of Section 243(b) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, upon the filing of this Certificate of Retirement the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation shall be amended so as to reduce the total authorized number of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation by 1,122,000 shares, such that the total number of authorized shares of the Corporation shall be 1,453,399,875, such shares consisting of 1,000,000,000 shares designated Class A Common Stock, 443,399,875 shares designated Class B Common Stock, and 10,000,000 shares designated Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share.

Signature page follows.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Retirement to be signed by its duly authorized officer, this 5th day of November, 2014.

HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION

By: /s/ Rena Hozore Reiss

Rena Hozore Reiss

Executive Vice President, General

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CERTIFICATE OF RETIREMENT

OF

750,000 SHARES OF CLASS B COMMON STOCK

OF

HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION

Pursuant to Section 243(b)

of the General Corporation Law

of the State of Delaware

Hyatt Hotels Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), HEREBY CERTIFIES as follows:

1.750,000 outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Class B Common Stock”), of the Corporation have been converted into 750,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Class A Common Stock”), of the Corporation.

2.The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on November 4, 2009, as amended, provides that any shares of Class B Common Stock which are converted into shares of Class A Common Stock shall be retired and may not be reissued by the Corporation.

3.The Board of Directors of the Corporation has adopted resolutions retiring the 750,000 shares of Class B Common Stock that converted into 750,000 shares of Class A Common Stock.

4.Accordingly, pursuant to the provisions of Section 243(b) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, upon the filing of this Certificate of Retirement the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation shall be amended so as to reduce the total authorized number of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation by 750,000 shares, such that the total number of authorized shares of the Corporation shall be 1,452,649,875, such shares consisting of 1,000,000,000 shares designated Class A Common Stock, 442,649,875 shares designated Class B Common Stock, and 10,000,000 shares designated Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share.

Signature page follows.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Retirement to be signed by its duly authorized officer, this 25th day of February, 2015.

HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION

By: /s/ Rena Hozore Reiss

Name: Rena Hozore Reiss

Title: Executive Vice President,

General Counsel and Secretary

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CERTIFICATE OF RETIREMENT

OF

1,026,501 SHARES OF CLASS B COMMON STOCK

OF

HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION

Pursuant to Section 243(b)

of the General Corporation Law

of the State of Delaware

Hyatt Hotels Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), HEREBY CERTIFIES as follows:

1.1,026,501 outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Class B Common Stock”), of the Corporation have been converted into 1,026,501 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Class A Common Stock”), of the Corporation.

2.The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on November 4, 2009, as amended, provides that any shares of Class B Common Stock which are converted into shares of Class A Common Stock shall be retired and may not be reissued by the Corporation.

3.The Board of Directors of the Corporation has adopted resolutions retiring the 1,026,501 shares of Class B Common Stock that converted into 1,026,501 shares of Class A Common Stock.

4.Accordingly, pursuant to the provisions of Section 243(b) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, upon the filing of this Certificate of Retirement the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation shall be amended so as to reduce the total authorized number of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation by 1,026,501 shares, such that the total number of authorized shares of the Corporation shall be 1,451,623,374, such shares consisting of 1,000,000,000 shares designated Class A Common Stock, 441,623,374 shares designated Class B Common Stock, and 10,000,000 shares designated Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share.

Signature page follows.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Retirement to be signed by its duly authorized officer, this 13th day of May, 2015.

HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION

By: /s/ Rena Hozore Reiss

Name: Rena Hozore Reiss

Title: Executive Vice President,

General Counsel

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CERTIFICATE OF RETIREMENT

OF

1,881,636 SHARES OF CLASS B COMMON STOCK

OF

HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION

Pursuant to Section 243(b)

of the General Corporation Law

of the State of Delaware

Hyatt Hotels Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), HEREBY CERTIFIES as follows:

1.1,881,636 outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Class B Common Stock”), of the Corporation have been converted into 1,881,636 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Class A Common Stock”), of the Corporation.

2.The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on November 4, 2009, as amended, provides that any shares of Class B Common Stock which are converted into shares of Class A Common Stock shall be retired and may not be reissued by the Corporation.

3.The Board of Directors of the Corporation has adopted resolutions retiring the 1,881,636 shares of Class B Common Stock that converted into 1,881,636 shares of Class A Common Stock.

4.Accordingly, pursuant to the provisions of Section 243(b) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, upon the filing of this Certificate of Retirement the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation shall be amended so as to reduce the total authorized number of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation by 1,881,636 shares, such that the total number of authorized shares of the Corporation shall be 1,449,741,738, such shares consisting of 1,000,000,000 shares designated Class A Common Stock, 439,741,738 shares designated Class B Common Stock, and 10,000,000 shares designated Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share.

Signature page follows.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Retirement to be signed by its duly authorized officer, this 22nd day of August, 2016.

HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION

By: /s/ Rena Hozore Reiss

Name: Rena Hozore Reiss

Title: Executive Vice President,

General Counsel and Secretary

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CERTIFICATE OF RETIREMENT

OF

500,000 SHARES OF CLASS B COMMON STOCK

OF

HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION

Pursuant to Section 243(b)

of the General Corporation Law

of the State of Delaware

Hyatt Hotels Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), HEREBY CERTIFIES as follows:

1.500,000 outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Class B Common Stock”), of the Corporation have been converted into 500,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Class A Common Stock”), of the Corporation.

2.The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on November 4, 2009, as amended, provides that any shares of Class B Common Stock which are converted into shares of Class A Common Stock shall be retired and may not be reissued by the Corporation.

3.The Board of Directors of the Corporation has adopted resolutions retiring the 500,000 shares of Class B Common Stock that converted into 500,000 shares of Class A Common Stock.

4.Accordingly, pursuant to the provisions of Section 243(b) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, upon the filing of this Certificate of Retirement the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation shall be amended so as to reduce the total authorized number of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation by 500,000 shares, such that the total number of authorized shares of the Corporation shall be 1,449,241,738, such shares consisting of 1,000,000,000 shares designated Class A Common Stock, 439,241,738 shares designated Class B Common Stock, and 10,000,000 shares designated Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share.

Signature page follows.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Retirement to be signed by its duly authorized officer, this 1^st day of November, 2016.

HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION

By: /s/ Rena Hozore Reiss

Name: Rena Hozore Reiss

Title: Executive Vice President,

General Counsel and Secretary

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EX-3.3

Exhibit 3.3

CERTIFICATE OF RETIREMENT

OF

500,000 SHARES OF CLASS B COMMON STOCK

OF

HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION

Pursuant to Section 243(b)

of the General Corporation Law

of the State of Delaware

Hyatt Hotels Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), HEREBY CERTIFIES as follows:

1.500,000 outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Class B Common Stock”), of the Corporation have been converted into 500,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Class A Common Stock”), of the Corporation.

2.    The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on November 4, 2009, as amended, provides that any shares of Class B Common Stock which are converted into shares of Class A Common Stock shall be retired and may not be reissued by the Corporation.

3.    The Board of Directors of the Corporation has adopted resolutions retiring the 500,000 shares of Class B Common Stock that converted into 500,000 shares of Class A Common Stock.

4.    Accordingly, pursuant to the provisions of Section 243(b) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, upon the filing of this Certificate of Retirement the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation shall be amended so as to reduce the total authorized number of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation by 500,000 shares, such that the total number of authorized shares of the Corporation shall be 1,449,241,738, such shares consisting of 1,000,000,000 shares designated Class A Common Stock, 439,241,738 shares designated Class B Common Stock, and 10,000,000 shares designated Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share.

Signature page follows.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Retirement to be signed by its duly authorized officer, this 1^st day of November, 2016.

HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION

By: /s/ Rena Hozore Reiss

Name: Rena Hozore Reiss

Title: Executive Vice President,

General Counsel and Secretary

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EX-10.1

Exhibit 10.1

Hyatt Hotels Corporation

Amended and Restated Summary of Non-Employee Director Compensation

(Effective January 1, 2017)

This Amended and Restated Summary of Non-Employee Director Compensation was adopted by the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Hyatt Hotels Corporation (“HHC”) on September 7, 2016 and effective as of January 1, 2017 and supersedes and replaces all prior versions.

All non-employee Directors of HHC will be entitled to receive the following compensation pursuant to the Non-Employee Director Compensation Program (the “Program”) effective on and after January 1, 2017:

I. BOARD RETAINERS AND COMMITTEE FEES:

Members will be entitled to both annual retainers for service on the board of directors of HHC (the “Board”) as well as service as members on any committee of the Board¹ in the following amounts:

Board Annual Retainers:

• $75,000 annual cash retainer (“Annual Fee”). The Annual Fee will be paid on a quarterly basis. Directors will receive a check for $18,750 after the end of each fiscal quarter, but may instead elect to receive all or a portion of the Annual Fee in shares of HHC Class A Common Stock (“Stock”). If shares of Stock are selected, the date of grant will be the 15th day of the last month of the quarter. If the 15th falls on a day on which the principal stock exchange on which the Stock is traded is closed, then the date of grant will be the next following day on which such principal stock exchange is open. The Stock will be reflected in the brokerage account established by HHC for the Director. If a Director ceases to be a member of the Board before the grant date for any quarter (regardless of whether or not he or she has elected to receive Stock), the Director shall receive in cash a pro-rata portion of the $18,750 fee for such quarter based on the number of days in the quarter in which the Director served on the Board, payable at the same time as cash fees are paid generally to Directors for such quarter.

• $150,000 payable in the form of shares of Stock (“Annual Equity Retainer”). The Annual Equity Retainer will be paid on the date of HHC’s annual meeting of stockholders at which directors are elected each year (the “Annual Meeting”), payable in arrears for service since the prior Annual Meeting. The Stock will be reflected in the brokerage account established by HHC for the Director. If a Director ceases to be a member of the Board prior to the next Annual Meeting, then such Director shall receive a pro-rata Annual Equity Retainer based on the number of days during which the Director served as a Director, divided by the number of days between Annual Meetings, determined and payable at the Annual Meeting following the date such Director ceased to be a member of the Board.

¹ Committee retainers and fees will be paid in cash only and Directors will not have the right to elect to receive Stock or RSUs in lieu of cash.

• Newly elected Directors will receive $75,000 payable in the form of Stock (“Initial Equity Retainer”). The Initial Equity Retainer will be granted on the date of election or appointment as a Director with a value of $75,000, determined by reference to the fair market value of the Company’s Stock at the time of grant.

Committee Retainers:

• $10,000 annual cash retainer for members of Committees other than Audit Committee

• $15,000 annual cash retainer for members of Audit Committee.

Committee Chair Retainers:²

• $25,000 annual cash retainer for Audit Committee Chair.

• $25,000 annual cash retainer for Compensation Committee Chair.

• $15,000 annual cash retainer for all other Committee Chairs.

II. DIRECTORS DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

• Directors may defer receipt of all or any portion of their Annual Fee and/or Annual Equity Retainer (collectively the “Retainer”) pursuant to the Directors’ Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended (the “Deferred Plan”).

• Amounts in respect of the Annual Fee and/or Annual Equity Retainer deferred under the Deferred Plan will be denominated in restricted stock units (each an “RSU”), which entitle the Director to receive shares of Stock (not subject to restrictions other than the minimum ownership requirements described below) at a set time in the future in accordance with the terms of the Deferred Plan.

• RSUs do not entitle the Director to rights as a stockholder unless and until Stock is delivered in respect of the RSUs. Stock will be issued and delivered in settlement of the RSUs automatically on the earlier of the Director’s termination of service as a Director for any reason or a change of control (within the meaning of the Deferred Plan). However, at the time of the applicable deferral election, a Director may elect to instead have the Stock delivered in settlement of the RSUs on the earlier of the fifth calendar year after deferral or a change of control (within the meaning of the Deferred Plan).³

² Committee Chairs receive only the Committee Chair retainer and not the committee retainer. The Committee Chair Retainers and Committee Retainers will be paid in quarterly installments at the end of the quarter based on the Committee Chair’s and member of Committee’s service for such quarter.

³ Unless the five year deferral is selected, delivery of stock will occur in a lump sum on January 31st of the year following the Director’s termination of service. Delivery of the Stock cannot be accelerated other than on termination as a Director or Change in Control. Delivery of the Stock may be re-deferred beyond five years, but such deferral must be for at least an additional five years and the election to delay delivery must be made at least 12 months prior to the year in which the Stock was otherwise to be delivered.

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• RSUs will carry dividend equivalent rights for each RSU. In the event that HHC pays dividends, dividend equivalent rights entitle the Director to receive cash payments equal to the dividends they would have received on the RSUs had the RSUs constituted outstanding shares of Stock at the time of such dividends (with such dividend equivalent amounts distributed to the Director at the same time as the underlying RSUs to which they relate).

III. OTHER TERMS

• Deferral Elections: To the extent a Director desires to defer receipt of all or any part of the Retainers under the Deferred Plan, such election must be made in accordance with the terms of the Deferred Plan on or prior to December 31 of the calendar year prior to the calendar year to which the Retainer relates. Once an election to defer is made and becomes irrevocable, it may be revoked and changed only for future years.

• Calculation of Number of Shares of Stock or RSUs: The number of shares of Stock to be delivered to a Director or shares subject to RSUs credited under the Deferred Plan will be calculated by dividing the dollar amount of the relevant entitlement by the fair market value of a share of Stock on the date of the grant. Only whole shares of Stock or RSUs will be issued by rounding up to the next whole share of Stock, except with respect to the Annual Fee, where any remaining partial value for a fiscal quarter will be accumulated and allocated to the next fiscal quarter, however, in the last fiscal quarter, the value of the grant will be rounded up to the next whole share of Stock.

• Vesting: All shares of Stock and RSUs (and shares of Stock issued in settlement thereof) will be immediately vested.

• Minimum Required Ownership: Each non-employee Director must accumulate and own, directly or indirectly, at least 5 times the Annual Fee ($375,000) worth of the Company’s common stock (or common stock equivalents held under the Deferred Plan) at all times during his or her tenure on the Board; provided, that non-employee Directors will have up to five (5) years of service on the Board to meet this ownership requirement. If the market value of a Director’s stock should fall below 5 times the Annual Fee (following the relevant accumulation period), such Director shall not be permitted to sell any of the Company’s common stock until the market value shall once again exceed 5 times the Annual Fee (other than in connection with a change of control transaction).

IV. CERTAIN TAX CONSIDERATIONS FOR STOCK AND RSUs:

• Directors will be taxed as ordinary income on the value of the Stock on the date the Stock is issued and delivered. The capital gain and Rule 144 holding periods both begin on such date.

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• Directors will not be taxed on RSUs until the actual shares are issued and delivered. At that time, the value of the shares delivered will be taxable as ordinary income. For purposes of Rule 144 and capital gain tax rules, the relevant “holding period” does not begin until the shares (as opposed to RSUs) are actually issued.

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EX-31.1

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Mark S. Hoplamazian, certify that:

1.I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Hyatt Hotels Corporation;

2.Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

5.The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Date: November 3, 2016	/s/ Mark S. Hoplamazian
	Mark S. Hoplamazian
	President and Chief Executive Officer
	(Principal Executive Officer)

EX-31.2

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Patrick J. Grismer, certify that:

1.I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Hyatt Hotels Corporation;

2.Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

5.The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Date: November 3, 2016	/s/ Patrick J. Grismer
	Patrick J. Grismer
	Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
	(Principal Financial Officer)

EX-32.1

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Hyatt Hotels Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2016, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), the undersigned officer of the Company certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to such officer's knowledge:

(1)The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: November 3, 2016	/s/ Mark S. Hoplamazian
	Mark S. Hoplamazian
	President and Chief Executive Officer
	(Principal Executive Officer)

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 and is not being filed as a part of this report or on a separate disclosure document.

EX-32.2

Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Hyatt Hotels Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2016, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), the undersigned officer of the Company certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to such officer's knowledge:

(1)    The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)    The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: November 3, 2016	/s/ Patrick J. Grismer
	Patrick J. Grismer
	Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
	(Principal Financial Officer)

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 and is not being filed as a part of this report or on a separate disclosure document.

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Document and Entity Information - shares	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Oct. 28, 2016
Document Information
Entity Registrant Name	Hyatt Hotels Corp
Entity Central Index Key	0001468174
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Sep. 30, 2016
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2016
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q3
Amendment Flag	false
Trading Symbol	h
Common Class A
Document Information
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		23,611,575
Common Class B
Document Information
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		107,247,326

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Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Income - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
REVENUES:
Owned and leased hotels	$ 519	$ 500	$ 1,594	$ 1,549
Management and franchise fees	110	103	332	320
Other revenues	11	10	31	26
Other revenues from managed properties	448	440	1,385	1,324
Total revenues	1,088	1,053	3,342	3,219
DIRECT AND SELLING, GENERAL, AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES:
Owned and leased hotels	402	385	1,204	1,160
Depreciation and amortization	87	78	254	233
Other direct costs	8	8	23	20
Selling, general, and administrative	74	54	237	221
Other costs from managed properties	448	440	1,385	1,324
Direct and selling, general, and administrative expenses	1,019	965	3,103	2,958
Net gains (losses) and interest income from marketable securities held to fund operating programs	12	(15)	20	(6)
Equity earnings (losses) from unconsolidated hospitality ventures	25	(17)	46	(46)
Interest expense	(20)	(17)	(57)	(51)
Asset impairments	0	5	0	5
Gains (losses) on sales of real estate	0	0	(21)	9
Other income (loss), net	4	11	1	(3)
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES	90	45	228	159
PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES	(28)	(20)	(65)	(72)
NET INCOME	62	25	163	87
NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS	0	0	0	0
NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION	$ 62	$ 25	$ 163	$ 87
EARNINGS PER SHARE - Basic
Net income - Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 0.48	$ 0.18	$ 1.22	$ 0.60
Net income attributable to Hyatt Hotels Corporation - Basic (in dollars per share)	0.48	0.18	1.22	0.60
EARNINGS PER SHARE - Diluted
Net income - Diluted (in dollars per share)	0.47	0.18	1.21	0.60
Net income attributable to Hyatt Hotels Corporation - Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.47	$ 0.18	$ 1.21	$ 0.60

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Statement of Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
NET INCOME	$ 62	$ 25	$ 163	$ 87
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes:
Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of tax (benefit) expense of $- for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and $- and $(2) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015, respectively.	(12)	(35)	3	(82)
Unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities, net of tax (benefit) expense of $(5) and $- for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively, and $6 and $10 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015, respectively.	(8)	9	0	15
Unrealized gains on derivative activity, net of tax expense of $- for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and $- for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015.	0	1	0	1
Other comprehensive income (loss)	(20)	(25)	3	(66)
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME	42	0	166	21
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS	0	0	0	0
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION	$ 42	$ 0	$ 166	$ 21

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) Parentheticals - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Statement of Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Foreign currency translation adjustments, tax (benefit) expense	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ (2)
Unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities, tax (benefit) expense	(5)	6	0	10
Unrealized gains on derivative activity, tax expense	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0

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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 544	$ 457
Restricted cash	66	96
Short-term Investments	46	46
Receivables, net of allowances of $17 and $15 at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively	318	298
Inventories	16	12
Prepaids and other assets	180	152
Prepaid income taxes	49	63
Total current assets	1,219	1,124
Investments	306	327
Property and equipment, net	3,971	4,031
Financing receivables, net of allowances	21	20
Goodwill	127	129
Intangibles, net	591	547
Deferred Tax Assets	318	301
Other assets	1,094	1,112
TOTAL ASSETS	7,647	7,591
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Current maturities of long-term debt	19	328
Accounts payable	127	141
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	565	516
Accrued compensation and benefits	121	122
Total current liabilities	832	1,107
Long-term debt	1,447	1,042
Other long-term liabilities	1,451	1,447
Total liabilities	3,730	3,596
Commitments and contingencies (see Note 11)
EQUITY:
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share, 10,000,000 shares authorized and none outstanding as of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015	0	0
Common stock	1	1
Additional paid-in capital	1,687	1,931
Retained earnings	2,452	2,289
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(227)	(230)
Total stockholders' equity	3,913	3,991
Noncontrolling interests in consolidated subsidiaries	4	4
Total equity	3,917	3,995
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY	$ 7,647	$ 7,591

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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet Parentheticals - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Receivable, Current	$ 17	$ 15
Preferred Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share (per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Preferred Stock, Shares Authorized (in shares)	10,000,000	10,000,000
Preferred Stock, Shares Outstanding (in shares)	0	0
Common Class A
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share (per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common Stock, Shares Authorized (in shares)	1,000,000,000	1,000,000,000
Common Stock, Shares, Outstanding (in shares)	23,592,340	26,604,687
Common Stock, Shares, Issued (in shares)	23,592,340	26,604,687
Common Class B
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share (per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common Stock, Shares Authorized (in shares)	439,741,738	441,623,374
Common Stock, Shares, Outstanding (in shares)	107,247,326	109,628,962
Common Stock, Shares, Issued (in shares)	107,247,326	109,628,962

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Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Cash Flows - USD ($) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
NET INCOME	$ 163	$ 87
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	254	233
Deferred income taxes	(16)	(43)
Equity (earnings) losses from unconsolidated hospitality ventures and distributions received	(21)	70
(Gains) losses on sales of real estate	21	(9)
Working capital changes and other	(50)	58
Net cash provided by operating activities	351	396
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Purchases of marketable securities and short-term investments	(365)	(450)
Proceeds from marketable securities and short-term investments	373	422
Contributions to investments	(31)	(29)
Return of investments	78	4
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired	331	0
Capital expenditures	(140)	(185)
Proceeds from sales of real estate, net of cash disposed	289	86
Sales proceeds transferred from escrow to cash and cash equivalents	29	143
Proceeds from financing receivables	1	28
(Increase) decrease in restricted cash	(1)	19
Other investing activities	4	(14)
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities	(94)	24
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from long-term debt, net of issuance costs of $4 and $0 as of September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, respectively	520	12
Repayments of long-term debt	(435)	(5)
Repurchase of common stock	(268)	(539)
Other financing activities	(2)	(2)
Net cash used in financing activities	(185)	(534)
EFFECT OF EXCHANGE RATE CHANGES ON CASH	15	(2)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS	87	(116)
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS-BEGINNING OF YEAR	457	685
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS-END OF PERIOD	544	569
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
Cash paid during the period for interest	73	66
Cash paid during the period for income taxes	74	121
Non-cash investing and financing activities are as follows:
Non-cash management and franchise agreement intangibles	38	0
Change in accrued capital expenditures	$ 5	$ (1)

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows Parentheticals - USD ($) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Statement of Cash Flows [Abstract]
Debt Issuance Cost	$ 4	$ 0

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Organization

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Organization

ORGANIZATION

Hyatt Hotels Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and its consolidated subsidiaries (collectively "Hyatt Hotels Corporation") provide hospitality services on a worldwide basis through the development, ownership, operation, management, franchising and licensing of hospitality related businesses. We develop, own, operate, manage, franchise, license or provide services to a portfolio of properties consisting of full service hotels, select service hotels, resorts and other properties, including timeshare, fractional and other forms of residential or vacation properties. As of September 30, 2016, (i) we operated or franchised 307 full service hotels, comprising 120,528 rooms throughout the world, (ii) we operated or franchised 332 select service hotels, comprising 46,203 rooms, of which 307 hotels are located in the United States, and (iii) our portfolio of properties included 6 franchised all inclusive Hyatt-branded resorts, comprising 2,401 rooms. As of September 30, 2016, our portfolio of properties operated in 54 countries around the world.

As used in these Notes and throughout this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, (i) the terms "Company," "we," "us," or "our" mean Hyatt Hotels Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries and (ii) the term "portfolio of properties" refers to hotels and other properties or residential ownership units that we develop, own, operate, manage, franchise, license or provide services to, including under our Park Hyatt, Grand Hyatt, Hyatt Regency, Hyatt, Andaz, Hyatt Centric, The Unbound Collection by Hyatt, Hyatt Place, Hyatt House, Hyatt Ziva, Hyatt Zilara and Hyatt Residence Club brands.

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP") for interim financial information, the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all information or footnotes required by GAAP for complete annual financial statements. As a result, this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying Notes in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015 (the "2015 Form 10-K").

We have eliminated all intercompany accounts and transactions in our condensed consolidated financial statements. We consolidate entities under our control, including entities where we are deemed to be the primary beneficiary.

Management believes the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments, which are all of a normal recurring nature, considered necessary for a fair presentation of the interim periods.

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Recently Issued Accounting Standards

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles [Abstract]

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

Adopted Accounting Standards—In April 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") released Accounting Standards Update No. 2015-03 ("ASU 2015-03"), Interest - Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30): Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs. ASU 2015-03 requires debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of the debt liability, consistent with debt discounts. The provisions of ASU 2015-03 are effective for interim periods and fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015. We adopted the standard on January 1, 2016, and as a result we reclassified $5 million of debt issuance costs previously included in other assets to long-term debt on our condensed consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2015.

Future Adoption of Accounting Standards—In May 2014, the FASB released Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09 ("ASU 2014-09"), Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606). ASU 2014-09 supersedes the revenue recognition requirements in Topic 605, Revenue Recognition, and provides a single, comprehensive revenue recognition model for contracts with customers. In August 2015, the FASB released Accounting Standards Update No. 2015-14 ("ASU 2015-14"), Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Deferral of the Effective Date. ASU 2015-14 delays the effective date of ASU 2014-09 by one year, making it effective for interim periods and fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, with early adoption permitted as of the original effective date under ASU 2014-09. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2014-09.

In January 2016, the FASB released Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-01 ("ASU 2016-01"), Financial Instruments - Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities. ASU 2016-01 revises the accounting for equity investments and financial liabilities under the fair value option and the presentation and disclosure requirements for financial instruments. The provisions of ASU 2016-01 are effective for interim periods and fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2016-01.

In February 2016, the FASB released Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-02 ("ASU 2016-02"), Leases (Topic 842). ASU 2016-02 requires lessees to record lease contracts on the balance sheet by recognizing a right-of-use asset and lease liability. The provisions of ASU 2016-02 are effective for interim periods and fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, with early adoption permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2016-02.

In June 2016, the FASB released Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-13 ("ASU 2016-13"), Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments. ASU 2016-13 replaces the existing impairment model for most financial assets from an incurred loss impairment model to a current expected credit loss model, which requires an entity to recognize an impairment allowance equal to its current estimate of all contractual cash flows the entity does not expect to collect. ASU 2016-13 also requires credit losses relating to available-for-sale ("AFS") debt securities to be recorded through an allowance for credit losses. The provisions of ASU 2016-13 are effective for interim periods and fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, with early adoption permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2016-13.

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Equity And Cost Method Investments

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Equity And Cost Method Investments [Abstract]

Equity And Cost Method Investments

    EQUITY AND COST METHOD INVESTMENTS

We have investments recorded under both the equity and cost methods. These investments are an integral part of our business and are strategically and operationally important to our overall results. Our equity and cost method investment balances recorded at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 were as follows:

	September 30, 2016		December 31, 2015
Equity method investments	$	299	$	304
Cost method investments	7		23
Total investments	$	306	$	327

During the threemonths ended September 30, 2016, two unconsolidated hospitality ventures in which we hold or held an ownership interest and which are classified as equity method investments within our owned and leased hotels segment, each sold a Hyatt Place hotel, for which we received combined proceeds of $7 million. We recorded gains of $5 million in equity earnings (losses) from unconsolidated hospitality ventures on our condensed consolidated statements of income.

During the three months ended September 30, 2015, we sold an entity which held an interest in one of our foreign currency denominated equity method investments within our owned and leased hotels segment, for which we received proceeds of $3 million. In connection with the sale, we released $21 million of accumulated foreign currency translation losses, which were recorded to equity earnings (losses) from unconsolidated hospitality ventures on our condensed consolidated statements of income.

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, we recorded $0 and $2 million of net losses from our cost method investments, respectively. Gains or losses from cost method investments are recorded within other income (loss), net on our condensed consolidated statements of income.

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, we recorded $2 million and $4 million of impairment charges, respectively, in equity earnings (losses) from unconsolidated hospitality ventures on our condensed consolidated statements of income.

The following table presents summarized financial information for all unconsolidated hospitality ventures in which we hold an investment accounted for under the equity method:

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2016		2015		2016		2015
Total revenues	$	326	$	280	$	952	$	825
Gross operating profit	110		88		312		236
Income from continuing operations	40		42		118		26
Net income	40		42		118		26

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Marketable Securities

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Marketable Securities [Abstract]

Marketable Securities

MARKETABLE SECURITIES

We hold marketable securities to fund certain operating programs and for investment purposes. We periodically transfer cash and cash equivalents to time deposits, highly liquid and transparent commercial paper, corporate notes and bonds, and U.S. government obligations and obligations of other government agencies for investment purposes.

Marketable Securities Held to Fund Operating Programs—At September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, our total marketable securities held to fund operating programs, which are recorded at fair value and included on the condensed consolidated balance sheets, were as follows:

	September 30, 2016			December 31, 2015
Marketable securities held by Hyatt Gold Passport Fund	$	401		$	384
Marketable securities held to fund deferred compensation plans held in rabbi trusts (Note 9)	353			333
Marketable securities held to fund our captive insurance companies	65			82
Total marketable securities held to fund operating programs	819			799
Less current portion of marketable securities held to fund operating programs included in cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, and prepaids and other assets	(158		)	(121		)
Marketable securities held to fund operating programs included in other assets	$	661		$	678

Net gains (losses) and interest income from marketable securities held to fund operating programs on the condensed consolidated statements of income included realized and unrealized gains and losses and interest income related to the following:

	Three Months Ended September 30,					Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2016		2015			2016		2015
Hyatt Gold Passport Fund	$	—	$	—		$	3	$	1
Deferred compensation plans held in rabbi trusts	12		(15		)	17		(7		)
Total net gains (losses) and interest income from marketable securities held to fund operating programs	$	12	$	(15	)	$	20	$	(6	)

Our captive insurance companies hold marketable securities which are classified as AFS and are invested in U.S. government agencies, time deposits and corporate debt securities. We classify these investments as current or long-term, based on their contractual maturity dates, which range from 2016 through 2021. During the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2016, we recorded an insignificant unrealized loss and $1 million of unrealized gains, respectively, related to these AFS securities on the condensed consolidated balance sheets through other comprehensive income (loss).

Marketable Securities Held for Investment Purposes—At September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, our total marketable securities held for investment purposes, which are recorded at fair value and included on the condensed consolidated balance sheets, were as follows:

	September 30, 2016			December 31, 2015
Interest bearing money market funds	$	62		$	5
Time deposits	30			30
Preferred shares	334			335
Total marketable securities held for investment purposes	$	426		$	370
Less current portion of marketable securities held for investment purposes included in cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments	(92		)	(35		)
Marketable securities held for investment purposes included in other assets	$	334		$	335

Fair Value—As of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, we measured the following financial assets at fair value on a recurring basis:

	September 30, 2016		Cash and Cash Equivalents		Short-term Investments		Prepaids and Other Assets		Other Assets
Level One - Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets
Interest bearing money market funds	$	69	$	69	$	—	$	—	$	—
Mutual funds	353		—		—		—		353
Level Two - Significant Other Observable Inputs
Time deposits	43		—		32		—		11
U.S. government obligations	140		—		—		48		92
U.S. government agencies	61		—		13		12		36
Corporate debt securities	185		—		1		54		130
Mortgage-backed securities	26		—		—		9		17
Asset-backed securities	31		—		—		11		20
Municipal and provincial notes and bonds	3		—		—		1		2
Level Three - Significant Unobservable Inputs
Preferred shares	334		—		—		—		334
Total	$	1,245	$	69	$	46	$	135	$	995

	December 31, 2015		Cash and Cash Equivalents		Short-term Investments		Prepaids and Other Assets		Other Assets
Level One - Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets
Interest bearing money market funds	$	18	$	18	$	—	$	—	$	—
Mutual funds	333		—		—		—		333
Level Two - Significant Other Observable Inputs
Time deposits	45		—		38		—		7
U.S. government obligations	131		—		—		32		99
U.S. government agencies	83		—		6		10		67
Corporate debt securities	168		—		2		36		130
Mortgage-backed securities	26		—		—		6		20
Asset-backed securities	27		—		—		7		20
Municipal and provincial notes and bonds	3		—		—		1		2
Level Three - Significant Unobservable Inputs
Preferred shares	335		—		—		—		335
Total	$	1,169	$	18	$	46	$	92	$	1,013

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, there were no transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy. Our policy is to recognize transfers in and transfers out as of the end of each quarterly reporting period. We currently do not have non-financial assets or non-financial liabilities required to be measured at fair value on a recurring basis.

We invest a portion of our cash into short-term interest bearing money market funds that have a maturity of less than ninety days. Consequently, the balances are recorded in cash and cash equivalents. The funds are held with open-ended registered investment companies, and the fair value of the funds is classified as Level One as we are able to obtain market available pricing information on an ongoing basis. The fair value of our mutual funds is classified as Level One as they trade with sufficient frequency and volume to enable us to obtain pricing information on an ongoing basis. Time deposits are recorded at par value, which approximates fair value and are classified as Level Two. The remaining securities, other than our investment in preferred shares, are classified as Level Two due to the use and weighting of multiple market inputs being considered in the final price of the security. Market inputs include quoted market prices from active markets for identical securities, quoted market prices for identical securities in inactive markets, and quoted market prices in active and inactive markets for similar securities.

Preferred shares—During the year ended December 31, 2013, we invested $271 millionin Playa Hotels & Resorts B.V. ("Playa") for redeemable, convertible preferred shares. We have the option to convert our preferred shares and any accrued and unpaid paid in kind ("PIK") dividends thereon into shares of common stock at any time through the later of the second anniversary of the closing of our investment or an initial public offering by Playa ("Playa IPO"). The preferred investment is redeemable at our option in August 2021. In the event of a Playa IPO or other equity issuance by Playa, we have the option to request that Playa redeem up to $125 million of preferred shares at par plus any accrued and unpaid PIK dividends thereon. As a result, we have classified the preferred investment as an AFS debt security, which is re-measured quarterly at fair value on the condensed consolidated balance sheets through other comprehensive income (loss). The fair value of the preferred shares was: 

	2016			2015
Fair value at January 1	$	335		$	280
Gross unrealized gains	19			10
Gross unrealized losses	(7		)	—
Fair value at June 30	$	347		$	290
Gross unrealized gains	—			15
Gross unrealized losses	(13		)	—
Fair value at September 30	$	334		$	305

On September 27, 2016, Playa publicly filed a Registration Statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), in conjunction with its proposed initial public offering ("IPO") of common shares. In connection with the potential Playa IPO, we have committed to convert up to $50 million of our preferred shares at par plus any accrued and unpaid PIK dividends thereon at a conversion price equal to the lower of $8.40 per share or the IPO price. The remaining preferred shares and any accrued and unpaid PIK dividends thereon are expected to be redeemed by Playa with IPO proceeds. The conversion and redemption are expected to close simultaneously with the Playa IPO. There is no assurance that Playa will complete its proposed IPO. In a transaction separate from their IPO, Playa redeemed 3,458,530 of our preferred shares plus accrued and unpaid PIK dividends thereon for $41 million in October 2016.

Due to the lack of availability of market data, the preferred shares are classified as Level Three. Historically, we estimated the fair value of the Playa preferred shares using an option-pricing model. As a result of the potential Playa IPO, we revised our valuation approach at September 30, 2016 and utilized a hybrid of the option-pricing model and the probability-weighted expected return method, to estimate the fair value of our preferred shares. The hybrid model includes various scenarios, such as the successful completion of the Playa IPO and assumptions around conversion and redemption, as well as scenarios where we continue to use the option-pricing model. We assigned a probability to each scenario to arrive at our estimated fair value as of September 30, 2016. Our scenarios include assumptions regarding (i) a potential range of IPO prices and size of the offering, (ii) conversion of up to $50 million of our preferred shares into common shares of Playa and (iii) the redemption of 3,458,530 shares, which closed in October 2016. These option-pricing model scenarios include assumptions regarding the expected term, risk-free interest rate over the expected term, volatility, dividend yield and enterprise value. Financial forecasts were used in the computation of the enterprise value using the income approach, based on assumed revenue growth rates and operating margin levels. The risks associated with achieving these forecasts were assessed in selecting the appropriate weighted-average cost of capital.

The option-pricing scenarios include variations of the expected term, risk-free interest rate, volatility, and dividend yield assumptions as follows:

	September 30, 2016		December 31, 2015
Expected term	0.50 to 1.25 years		0.75 years
Risk-free Interest Rate	0.45% to 0.64%		0.57	%
Volatility	47.6% to 47.9%		46.0	%
Dividend Yield	12.0	%	12.0	%

There is inherent uncertainty in our assumptions and fluctuations in these assumptions or the probabilities assigned to each scenario may result in different estimates of fair value. At September 30, 2016, the assumption which most significantly impacted the fair value of the preferred shares is the assignment of probabilities to each potential scenario. A change to the assigned probabilities may cause the fair value to decrease up to $15 million and increase up to $60 million, representing the difference between the low and high end of the range of fair values based on each scenario.

Held-to-Maturity Debt Securities—At September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, we had investments in held-to-maturity ("HTM") debt securities of $25 million, which are investments in third-party entities that own certain of our hotels. The amortized cost of our investments approximates fair value. The securities are mandatorily redeemable between 2020 and 2025.

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Financing Receivables

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable, Gross, Allowance, and Net [Abstract]

Financing Receivables

FINANCING RECEIVABLES

Our financing receivables at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 were as follows:

	September 30, 2016			December 31, 2015
Unsecured financing to hotel owners	$	127		$	120
Less allowance for losses	(106		)	(98		)
Less current portion included in receivables, net	—			(2		)
Total long-term financing receivables, net	$	21		$	20

During the three months endedSeptember 30, 2015, all of our outstanding secured financing receivables to hotel owners were settled. We received net cash proceeds of $26 million, an unsecured financing receivable of $6 million, and preferred equity investments of $7 million. The settlements of the secured financing receivables resulted in a net recovery of $8 million, which was recognized in other income (loss), net on our condensed consolidated statements of income during the three months endedSeptember 30, 2015.

Allowance for Losses and Impairments—For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, the activity in our financing receivables allowance was as follows:

	Secured Financing		Unsecured Financing		Total
Allowance at January 1, 2016	$	—	$	98	$	98
Provisions	—		4		4
Other Adjustments	—		1		1
Allowance at June 30, 2016	—		103		103
Provisions	—		3		3
Allowance at September 30, 2016	$	—	$	106	$	106

	Secured Financing			Unsecured Financing			Total
Allowance at January 1, 2015	$	13		$	87		$	100
Provisions	2			4			6
Other Adjustments	—			(1		)	(1		)
Allowance at June 30, 2015	15			90			105
Provisions	1			1			2
Write-offs	(1		)	—			(1		)
Recoveries	(9		)	—			(9		)
Other Adjustments	(6		)	4			(2		)
Allowance at September 30, 2015	$	—		$	95		$	95

Credit Monitoring—Our unsecured financing receivables were as follows:

	September 30, 2016
	Gross Loan Balance (Principal and Interest)		Allowance			Net Financing Receivables		Gross Receivables on Non-Accrual Status
Loans	$	14	$	—		$	14	$	—
Impaired loans (1)	63		(63		)	—		63
Total loans	77		(63		)	14		63
Other financing arrangements	50		(43		)	7		43
Total unsecured financing receivables	$	127	$	(106	)	$	21	$	106

(1) The unpaid principal balance was $45 million and the average recorded loan balance was $61 million at September 30, 2016.

	December 31, 2015
	Gross Loan Balance (Principal and Interest)		Allowance			Net Financing Receivables		Gross Receivables on Non-Accrual Status
Loans	$	15	$	—		$	15	$	—
Impaired loans (2)	58		(58		)	—		58
Total loans	73		(58		)	15		58
Other financing arrangements	47		(40		)	7		40
Total unsecured financing receivables	$	120	$	(98	)	$	22	$	98

(2) The unpaid principal balance was $42 million and the average recorded loan balance was $55 million at December 31, 2015.

Fair Value—We estimated the fair value of financing receivables which are classified as Level Three in the fair value hierarchy to be approximately $22 million at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015. During the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, there were no transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy.

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Acquisitions and Dispositions

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Acquisitions and Dispositions

ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITIONS

Acquisitions

Royal Palms Resort and Spa—During the three months ended September 30, 2016, we acquired Royal Palms Resort and Spa from an unrelated third party for a net purchase price of approximately $86 million, net of $2 million of proration adjustments. Due to the iconic nature of the hotel, we retained the Royal Palms Resort and Spa name and added the hotel to The Unbound Collection by Hyatt. Of the $88 million purchase price, assets acquired and recorded in our owned and leased hotels segment consist of $75 million of property and equipment, $9 million of indefinite-lived brand intangibles, and $1 million of advanced bookings intangibles. We also recorded $3 million of management agreement intangibles in our Americas management and franchising segment, which are being amortized over a useful life of 20 years. The purchase of Royal Palms Resort and Spa was structured and identified as a replacement property in a potential reverse like-kind exchange agreement.

The Confidante Miami Beach—During the ninemonths ended September 30, 2016, we acquired Thompson Miami Beach for a purchase price of approximately $238 million, from a seller indirectly owned by a limited partnership affiliated with the brother of our Executive Chairman. Of the $238 million purchase price, assets acquired consist of $228 million of property and equipment, which was recorded in our owned and leased hotels segment, and $10 million of management agreement intangibles, which were recorded in our Americas management and franchising segment and are being amortized over a useful life of 20 years. We rebranded this hotel as The Confidante Miami Beach, and added the hotel to The Unbound Collection by Hyatt. The purchase of The Confidante Miami Beach was structured and identified as a replacement property in a potential reverse like-kind exchange agreement.

Dispositions

Hyatt Regency Birmingham (U.K.)—During the three months ended September 30, 2016, we sold the shares of the company that owns Hyatt Regency Birmingham (U.K.) to an unrelated third party for approximately $49 million, net of closing costs and proration adjustments and entered into a long-term management agreement with the owner of the property. The sale resulted in a $17 million pre-tax gain which has been deferred and is being recognized in management and franchise fees over the term of the management agreement, within our EAME/SW Asia management segment. The operating results and financial position of this hotel prior to the sale remain within our owned and leased hotels segment.

Andaz 5th Avenue—During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, we sold Andaz 5th Avenue to an unrelated third party for $240 million, net of $10 million of closing costs and proration adjustments and entered into a long-term management agreement with the owner of the property. The sale resulted in a $21 million pre-tax loss which was recognized in gains (losses) on sales of real estate on our condensed consolidated statements of income during the nine months ended September 30, 2016. The operating results and financial position of this hotel prior to the sale remain within our owned and leased hotels segment.

Hyatt Regency Indianapolis—During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, we sold Hyatt Regency Indianapolis to an unrelated third party for $69 million, net of closing costs and entered into a long-term franchise agreement with the owner of the property. The sale resulted in a pre-tax gain of $8 million, which was recognized in gains (losses) on sales of real estate on our condensed consolidated statements of income during the nine months ended September 30, 2015. The operating results and financial position of this hotel prior to the sale remain within our owned and leased hotels segment.

Land Held for Development—During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, we sold land and construction in progress for $14 million to an unconsolidated hospitality venture in which we have a 40% ownership interest, for which we received $12 million in cash proceeds as of September 30, 2015.

A Hyatt House Hotel— During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, we sold a select service property to an unrelated third party for $5 million, net of closing costs, resulting in a $1 million pre-tax gain which was recognized in gains (losses) on sales of real estate on our condensed consolidated statements of income during the nine months ended September 30, 2015. The operating results and financial position of this hotel prior to the sale remain within our owned and leased hotels segment.

As a result of certain dispositions, we have agreed to provide customary indemnifications to third-party purchasers for certain liabilities incurred prior to sale and for breach of certain representations and warranties made during the sales process, such as representations of valid title, authority, and environmental issues that may not be limited by a contractual monetary amount. These indemnification agreements survive until the applicable statutes of limitation expire, or until the agreed upon contract terms expire.

Like-Kind Exchange Agreements

Periodically, we enter into like-kind exchange agreements upon the disposition of certain hotels. Pursuant to the terms of these agreements, the proceeds from the sales are placed into an escrow account administered by a qualified intermediary. The proceeds are recorded to restricted cash on our condensed consolidated balance sheets and released once they are utilized as part of a like-kind exchange agreement or when a like-kind exchange agreement is not completed within the allowable time period.

In conjunction with the sale of five Hyatt Place properties during the year ended December 31, 2014, we entered into like-kind exchange agreements with a qualified intermediary. Pursuant to the like-kind exchange agreements, the combined net proceeds of $51 million from the sales of these hotels were placed into an escrow account administered by a qualified intermediary. During the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2015, we released the net proceeds because the identified replacement property was not acquired in order to complete the exchange.

In conjunction with the sale of thirty-eight select service properties during the year ended December 31, 2014, we entered into like-kind exchange agreements with a qualified intermediary for twenty-seven of the select service hotels. In the fourth quarter of 2014, we utilized the net proceeds from twenty-one of the twenty-seven hotels as part of the like-kind exchange agreement to acquire Park Hyatt New York. During the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2015, we released $92 million of net proceeds related to the remaining six hotels from restricted cash, as the intermediary distributed these funds from escrow to complete the reverse like-kind exchange transaction in connection with the acquisition of Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort and Spa.

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Intangible Assets

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Intangible Assets

INTANGIBLE ASSETS

The following is a summary of intangible assets at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015:

	September 30, 2016			Weighted- Average Useful Lives in Years	December 31, 2015
Management and franchise agreement intangibles	$	572		25	$	535
Lease related intangibles	121			112	136
Brand intangibles	16			—	7
Advanced booking intangibles	10			6	12
Other	6			14	8
	725				698
Accumulated amortization	(134		)		(151		)
Intangibles, net	$	591			$	547

Amortization expense relating to intangible assets for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015 was as follows:

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2016		2015		2016		2015
Amortization expense	$	7	$	8	$	20	$	23

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Debt

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Debt [Abstract]

Debt Disclosure

DEBT

Long-term debt, net of current maturities, at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, was $1,447 million and $1,042 million, respectively.

Senior Notes—During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, we issued $400 million of 4.850% senior notes due 2026, at an issue price of 99.920% (the "2026 Notes"). We received net proceeds of $396 million from the sale of the 2026 Notes, after deducting discounts and offering expenses of approximately $4 million. We used a portion of the net proceeds to pay for the redemption of the 2016 Notes (as described below), with the remaining proceeds intended to be used for general corporate purposes. Interest on the 2026 Notes is payable semi-annually on March 15 and September 15 of each year, beginning on September 15, 2016.

The 2026 Notes, together with our $250 million of 3.875% senior notes repaid in 2016 (the "2016 Notes"), $196 million of 6.875% senior notes due 2019 (the "2019 Notes"), $250 million of 5.375% senior notes due 2021 (the "2021 Notes"), and $350 million of 3.375% senior notes due 2023 (the "2023 Notes"), are collectively referred to as the "Senior Notes."

Debt Redemption—During the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2016, we redeemed all of our outstanding 2016 Notes, of which an aggregate principal amount of $250 million was outstanding. The redemption price, which was calculated in accordance with the terms of the 2016 Notes and included principal and accrued interest plus a make-whole premium, was $254 million. The make-whole premium was recorded within other income (loss), net on our condensed consolidated statements of income, see Note 17.

Senior Secured Term Loan—During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, we repaid the senior secured term loan related to Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort and Spa of $64 million.

Fair Value—We estimated the fair value of debt, excluding capital leases, which consists of our Senior Notes, bonds and other long-term debt. Our Senior Notes and bonds are classified as Level Two due to the use and weighting of multiple market inputs in the final price of the security. Market inputs include quoted market prices from active markets for identical securities, quoted market prices for identical securities in inactive markets, and quoted market prices in active and inactive markets for similar securities. We estimated the fair value of our other long-term debt instruments using a discounted cash flow analysis based on current market inputs for similar types of arrangements. Based upon the lack of availability of market data, we have classified our other long-term debt as Level Three. The primary sensitivity in these calculations is based on the selection of appropriate discount rates. Fluctuations in these assumptions will result in different estimates of fair value.

At September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, we had the following debt balances, excluding capital lease obligations, as described above:

	September 30, 2016
	Carrying Value			Fair Value			Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level One)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level Two)			Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level Three)
Debt, excluding capital lease obligations	$	(1,451	)	$	(1,604	)	$	—	$	(1,506	)	$	(98	)

	December 31, 2015
	Carrying Value			Fair Value			Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level One)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level Two)			Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level Three)
Debt, excluding capital lease obligations	$	(1,354	)	$	(1,421	)	$	—	$	(1,277	)	$	(144	)

During the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, there were no transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy.

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Liabilities

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Other Liabilities [Abstract]

Liabilities

LIABILITIES

Other long-term liabilities at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 consisted of the following:

	September 30, 2016		December 31, 2015
Deferred gains on sales of hotel properties	$	368	$	367
Deferred compensation plans	353		333
Hyatt Gold Passport Fund	259		280
Guarantee liabilities (see Note 11)	129		120
Other	342		347
Total	$	1,451	$	1,447

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities included $176 million and $166 million of liabilities related to the Hyatt Gold Passport Fund at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively.

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Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income taxes

INCOME TAXES

The effective income tax rates for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, were 30.2% and 44.6%, respectively. The effective income tax rates for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, were 28.4% and 45.3%, respectively. Our effective tax rates decreased for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 compared to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015, primarily due to the 2016 tax impact of global transfer pricing changes implemented during the fourth quarter of 2015 and a reversal of uncertain tax positions for certain filing positions in foreign jurisdictions recorded in the third quarter. In addition to the aforementioned items, the 2015 effective tax rates were higher compared to 2016 due to the effect of certain unconsolidated hospitality venture losses that were not fully benefited in 2015.

Unrecognized tax benefits were $100 million and $110 million at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively, of which $13 million and $21 million, respectively, would impact the effective tax rates if recognized.

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Commitments And Contingencies

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments And Contingencies

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

In the ordinary course of business, we enter into various commitments, guarantees, surety bonds, and letter of credit agreements, which are discussed below:

Commitments—At September 30, 2016, we committed, under certain conditions, to lend or invest up to $366 million, net of any related letters of credit, in various business ventures.

During the three months ended September 30, 2016, we entered into a commitment to fund up to $50 million of preferred equity in a third-party entity which is developing a hotel in Seattle, Washington, for which we also provided a debt repayment guarantee. During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, we also entered into a commitment to purchase land and a to-be-constructed hotel located in Portland, Oregon from the developer upon substantial completion of construction for a purchase price of approximately $160 million.

Performance Guarantees—Certain of our contractual agreements with third-party owners require us to guarantee payments to the owners if specified levels of operating profit are not achieved by their hotels.

Our most significant performance guarantee relates to four managed hotels in France that we began managing in the second quarter of 2013 ("the four managed hotels in France"), which has a term of 7 years, with approximately 3.75 years remaining, and does not have an annual cap. The remaining maximum exposure related to our performance guarantees at September 30, 2016 was $416 million, of which €344 million ($387 million using exchange rates as of September 30, 2016) related to the four managed hotels in France.

We had total net performance guarantee liabilities of $73 million and $97 million at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, which included $59 million and $81 million recorded in other long-term liabilities and $14 million and $16 million in accrued expenses and other current liabilities on our condensed consolidated balance sheets, respectively. Our total performance guarantee liabilities are comprised of the fair value of the guarantee obligation liabilities recorded upon inception, net of amortization and any separate contingent liabilities, net of cash payments. Performance guarantee expense or income and income from amortization of the guarantee obligation liabilities are recorded in other income (loss), net on the condensed consolidated statements of income, see Note 17.

The following table details the total performance guarantee liability:

	The Four Managed Hotels in France						Other Performance Guarantees						All Performance Guarantees
	2016			2015			2016			2015			2016			2015
Beginning balance, January 1	$	93		$	106		$	4		$	5		$	97		$	111
Amortization of initial guarantee obligation liability into income	(17		)	(5		)	—			—			(17		)	(5		)
Performance guarantee (income) expense, net	29			15			(2		)	(1		)	27			14
Net payments during the period	(34		)	(22		)	—			—			(34		)	(22		)
Foreign currency exchange, net	3			(9		)	—			—			3			(9		)
Ending balance, June 30	74			85			2			4			76			89
Amortization of initial guarantee obligation liability into income	(8		)	(2		)	—			(1		)	(8		)	(3		)
Performance guarantee (income) expense, net	13			(1		)	—			(1		)	13			(2		)
Net (payments) receipts during the period	(10		)	—			1			1			(9		)	1
Foreign currency exchange, net	1			—			—			—			1			—
Ending balance, September 30	$	70		$	82		$	3		$	3		$	73		$	85

Additionally, we enter into certain management contracts where we have the right, but not an obligation, to make payments to certain hotel owners if their hotels do not achieve specified levels of operating profit. If we choose not to fund the shortfall, the hotel owner has the option to terminate the management contract. At September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, there were no amounts recorded on our condensed consolidated balance sheets related to these performance test clauses.

Debt Repayment Guarantees—We enter into various debt repayment guarantees primarily related to our unconsolidated hospitality ventures and certain managed hotels. Typically, we enter into debt repayment guarantees in order to assist hotel owners in obtaining third party financing or to obtain more favorable borrowing terms. Included within debt repayment guarantees are the following:

Property Description	Maximum Potential Future Payments		Maximum Exposure Net of Recoverability from Third Parties		Other Long-term Liabilities recorded at September 30, 2016		Other Long-term Liabilities recorded at December 31, 2015		Year of Guarantee Expiration
Hotel property in Washington(1), (3), (4), (5)	$	215	$	—	$	38	$	—	2020
Hotel properties in India (2), (3)	180		180		23		27		2020
Hotel property in Brazil (1)	80		40		3		4		2020
Hotel property in Minnesota	25		25		2		2		2021
Hotel property in Arizona (1), (4)	25		—		2		3		2019
Vacation ownership property (1)	17		—		—		—		2016
Hotel property in Hawaii (1)	15		8		2		3		2017
Hotel property in Colorado	13		13		—		—		2016
Other (1)	17		1		—		—		various, through 2017
Total	$	587	$	267	$	70	$	39

(1) We have agreements with either our unconsolidated hospitality venture partner, the respective hotel owners or other third parties to recover certain amounts funded under the debt repayment guarantee; the recoverability mechanism may be in the form of cash, notes receivable, or HTM debt securities.

(2) We have the contractual right to recover amounts funded from the unconsolidated hospitality venture, which is a related party. We expect our maximum exposure to be $90 million, taking into account our partner’s 50% ownership interest in the unconsolidated hospitality venture.

(3) Under certain events or conditions, we have the right to force the sale of the property(ies) in order to recover amounts funded.

(4) If certain funding thresholds are met or if certain events occur, we have the ability to assume control of the property.

(5) We are subject to a completion guarantee whereby the parties agree to substantially complete the construction of the project by a specified date. In the event of default, we are obligated to complete construction using the funds available from the outstanding loan. Any additional funds paid by us are subject to recovery through a HTM debt security.

As of September 30, 2016, the hotel owners are current on their debt service obligations.

Insurance—We obtain commercial insurance for potential losses for general liability, workers' compensation, automobile liability, employment practices, crime, property and other miscellaneous coverages. A portion of the risk is retained on a self-insurance basis primarily through U.S. based and licensed captive insurance companies that are wholly owned subsidiaries of Hyatt and generally insure our deductibles and retentions. Reserve requirements are established based on actuarial projections of ultimate losses. Losses estimated to be paid within twelve months are $40 million and $35 million at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively, and are classified within accrued expenses and other current liabilities on our condensed consolidated balance sheets, while losses expected to be payable in future periods are $55 million and $57 million as of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively, and are included in other long-term liabilities on our condensed consolidated balance sheets. At September 30, 2016, standby letters of credit of $7 million were issued to provide collateral for the estimated claims, which are guaranteed by us. For further discussion, see the "—Letters of Credit" section of this footnote.

Collective Bargaining Agreements—At September 30, 2016, approximately 26% of our U.S. based employees were covered by various collective bargaining agreements, generally providing for basic pay rates, working hours, other conditions of employment and orderly settlement of labor disputes. Generally, labor relations have been maintained in a normal and satisfactory manner, and we believe our employee relations are good.

Surety Bonds—Surety bonds issued on our behalf were $24 million at September 30, 2016 and primarily relate to workers’ compensation, taxes, licenses and utilities related to our lodging operations.

Letters of Credit—Letters of credit outstanding on our behalf as of September 30, 2016 were $238 million, which relate to our ongoing operations and securitization of our performance under our debt repayment guarantee associated with the hotel properties in India, which is only called upon if we default on our guarantee. The letters of credit outstanding do not reduce the available capacity under our revolving credit facility.

Capital Expenditures—As part of our ongoing business operations, significant expenditures are required to complete renovation projects that were approved.

Other—We act as general partner of various partnerships owning hotel properties subject to mortgage indebtedness. These mortgage agreements generally limit the lender’s recourse to security interests in the assets financed and/or other assets of the partnership(s) and/or the general partner(s) thereof.

In conjunction with financing obtained for our unconsolidated hospitality ventures and certain managed hotels, we may provide standard indemnifications to the lender for loss, liability or damage occurring as a result of our actions or actions of the other hospitality venture owners.

We are subject, from time to time, to various claims and contingencies related to lawsuits, taxes and environmental matters, as well as commitments under contractual obligations. Many of these claims are covered under current insurance programs, subject to deductibles. We recognize a liability associated with commitments and contingencies when a loss is probable and reasonably estimable. Although the ultimate liability for these matters cannot be determined at this point, based on information currently available, we do not expect the ultimate resolution of such claims and litigation will have a material effect on our condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Equity

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Equity [Abstract]

Equity

EQUITY

Stockholders’ Equity and Noncontrolling Interests—The following tables detail the equity activity for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, respectively.

	Stockholders’ equity			Noncontrolling interests in consolidated subsidiaries		Total equity
Balance at January 1, 2016	$	3,991		$	4	$	3,995
Net income	163			—		163
Other comprehensive income (loss)	3			—		3
Repurchase of common stock	(268		)	—		(268		)
Directors compensation	2			—		2
Employee stock plan issuance	3			—		3
Share-based payment activity	19			—		19
Balance at September 30, 2016	$	3,913		$	4	$	3,917
	Stockholders’ equity			Noncontrolling interests in consolidated subsidiaries		Total equity
Balance at January 1, 2015	$	4,627		$	4	$	4,631
Net income	87			—		87
Other comprehensive income (loss)	(66		)	—		(66		)
Repurchase of common stock	(539		)	—		(539		)
Directors compensation	2			—		2
Employee stock plan issuance	3			—		3
Share-based payment activity	16			—		16
Balance at September 30, 2015	$	4,130		$	4	$	4,134

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss—The following tables detail the accumulated other comprehensive loss activity, net of tax, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, respectively.

	Balance at July 1, 2016			Current period other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassification			Amount reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss (a)		Balance at September 30, 2016
Foreign currency translation adjustments	$	(242	)	$	(15	)	$	3	$	(254	)
Unrealized gains (losses) on AFS securities	47			(8		)	—		39
Unrecognized pension cost	(7		)	—			—		(7		)
Unrealized losses on derivative instruments	(5		)	—			—		(5		)
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	$	(207	)	$	(23	)	$	3	$	(227	)
(a) The amount reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss related to the sale of the shares of the company that owns Hyatt Regency Birmingham (U.K.) and was recorded within other long-term liabilities on our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

	Balance at January 1, 2016			Current period other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassification			Amount reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss (a)		Balance at September 30, 2016
Foreign currency translation adjustments	$	(257	)	$	—		$	3	$	(254	)
Unrealized gains on AFS securities	39			—			—		39
Unrecognized pension cost	(7		)	—			—		(7		)
Unrealized losses on derivative instruments	(5		)	—			—		(5		)
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	$	(230	)	$	—		$	3	$	(227	)
(a) The amount reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss related to the sale of the shares of the company that owns Hyatt Regency Birmingham (U.K.) and was recorded within other long-term liabilities on our condensed consolidated balance sheets.
	Balance at July 1, 2015			Current period other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassification			Amount reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss (b)		Balance at September 30, 2015
Foreign currency translation adjustments	$	(202	)	$	(56	)	$	21	$	(237	)
Unrealized gains on AFS securities	12			9			—		21
Unrecognized pension cost	(5		)	—			—		(5		)
Unrealized gains (losses) on derivative instruments	(6		)	1			—		(5		)
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	$	(201	)	$	(46	)	$	21	$	(226	)
(b) The amount reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss was recognized within equity earnings (losses) from unconsolidated hospitality ventures on our condensed consolidated statements of income.
	Balance at January 1, 2015			Current period other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassification			Amount reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss (b)		Balance at September 30, 2015
Foreign currency translation adjustments	$	(155	)	$	(103	)	$	21	$	(237	)
Unrealized gains on AFS securities	6			15			—		21
Unrecognized pension cost	(5		)	—			—		(5		)
Unrealized gains (losses) on derivative instruments	(6		)	1			—		(5		)
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	$	(160	)	$	(87	)	$	21	$	(226	)

(b) The amount reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss was recognized within equity earnings (losses) from unconsolidated hospitality ventures on our condensed consolidated statements of income.

Share Repurchase—During 2016, 2015, and 2014, our board of directors authorized the repurchase of up to $250 million, $400 million and $700 million, respectively, of our common stock. These repurchases may be made from time to time in the open market, in privately negotiated transactions, or otherwise, including pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 plan, at prices we deem appropriate and subject to market conditions, applicable law and other factors deemed relevant in our sole discretion. The common stock repurchase program applies to our Class A common stock and/or our Class B common stock. The common stock repurchase program does not obligate us to repurchase any dollar amount or number of shares of common stock and the program may be suspended or discontinued at any time.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, we repurchased 5,556,424 and 9,614,463 shares of common stock, respectively. These shares of common stock were repurchased at a weighted-average price of $48.25 and $56.05 per share, respectively, for an aggregate purchase price of $268 million and $539 million, respectively, excluding related insignificant expenses in both periods. The shares repurchased during the nine months ended September 30, 2016 represented approximately 4% of our total shares of common stock outstanding as of December 31, 2015. The shares repurchased during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 represented approximately 6% of our total shares of common stock outstanding as of December 31, 2014. The shares of Class A common stock repurchased on the open market were retired and returned to the status of authorized and unissued shares while the shares of Class B common stock repurchased were retired and the total number of authorized Class B shares was reduced by the number of shares repurchased. As of September 30, 2016, we had $111 million remaining under the share repurchase authorization.

Treasury Stock Retirement—During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, we retired 195,423 shares of treasury stock. These shares were retired at a weighted-average price of $43.41 per share resulting in an $8 million reduction in treasury stock. The retired shares of treasury stock were returned to the status of authorized and unissued.

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Stock-Based Compensation

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Share-based Compensation [Abstract]

Stock-Based Compensation

STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

As part of our Long-Term Incentive Plan, we award Stock Appreciation Rights ("SARs"), Restricted Stock Units ("RSUs"), Performance Share Units ("PSUs") and Performance Vesting Restricted Stock ("PSSs") to certain employees. Stock-based compensation expense and unearned compensation presented below exclude amounts related to employees of our managed hotels and other employees whose payroll is reimbursed, as this expense has been and will continue to be reimbursed by our third-party hotel owners and is recorded in other revenues from managed properties and other costs from managed properties on our condensed consolidated statements of income. Stock-based compensation expense included in selling, general, and administrative expense on our condensed consolidated statements of income related to these awards for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015 were as follows:

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2016			2015			2016			2015
SARs	$	1		$	1		$	9		$	9
RSUs	2			3			13			14
PSUs and PSSs	(2		)	(5		)	(1		)	(3		)
Total stock-based compensation recorded within selling, general, and administrative expenses	$	1		$	(1	)	$	21		$	20

SARs—Each vested SAR gives the holder the right to the difference between the value of one share of our Class A common stock at the exercise date and the value of one share of our Class A common stock at the grant date. Vested SARs can be exercised over their life in accordance with the plan. All outstanding SARs have a 10-year contractual term, are settled in shares of our Class A common stock and are accounted for as equity instruments.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, we granted 924,424 SARs to employees with a weighted-average grant date fair value of $14.52. The fair value of each SAR was estimated on the grant date using the Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing model.

RSUs—Each vested RSU represents the right to receive a single share of our Class A common stock (or, in the case of an insignificant portion of total RSUs granted, its cash equivalent value). The value of the stock-settled RSUs is based on the fair value of our Class A common stock as of the grant date. We record compensation expense for RSUs over the vesting period of the individual award. Vesting is dependent upon continuous service by the employee, but will accelerate due to death or disability or in the event of a change in control. Compensation expense for retirement eligible grantees is recorded in full once the grantee becomes retirement eligible. In certain limited situations we also grant cash-settled RSUs which are recorded as liability instruments. During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, we granted a total of 444,629 RSUs (an insignificant portion of which are cash-settled RSUs) to employees which, with respect to stock-settled RSUs, had a weighted-average grant date fair value of $47.36.

PSUs and PSSs—We granted both PSUs and PSSs to certain executive officers.

PSUs vest and are paid out in Class A common stock based upon the performance of the Company through the end of the applicable three year performance period relative to the applicable performance target. During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, we granted to our executive officers a total of 111,620 PSUs, with a weighted-average grant date fair value of $47.36. The performance period applicable to such PSUs is a three year period beginning January 1, 2016 and ending December 31, 2018. The PSUs will vest at the end of the performance period only if the performance threshold is met and continued service requirements are satisfied; there is no interim performance metric except in the case of certain change in control transactions.

PSSs vest and restrictions on transfer thereon lapse based upon the performance of the Company through the end of the applicable three year performance period relative to the applicable performance target. The PSSs vest in full if the maximum performance metric is achieved. At the end of the performance period, the PSSs that do not vest will be forfeited. The PSSs will vest at the end of the performance period only if the performance threshold is met and applicable continued service requirements are met; there is no interim performance metric except in the case of certain change in control transactions.

Our total unearned compensation for our stock-based compensation programs as of September 30, 2016 was $7 million for SARs, $15 million for RSUs and $2 million for PSUs and PSSs, which will be recorded to compensation expense over the next three years with respect to SARs and RSUs, with a limited portion of the SAR and RSU awards extending to four years, and over the next two years with respect to PSUs and PSSs.

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Related-Party Transactions

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

Related-Party Transactions

    RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS

In addition to those included elsewhere in the Notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements, related-party transactions entered into by us are summarized as follows:

Leases—Our corporate headquarters have been located at the Hyatt Center in Chicago, Illinois, since 2005. A subsidiary of the Company holds a master lease for a portion of the Hyatt Center and has entered into sublease agreements with certain related parties. Future expected sublease income for this space from related parties is $4 million.

Equity Method Investments—We have equity method investments in entities that own properties for which we provide management and/or franchise services and receive fees. We recorded fees of $8 million and $7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, respectively. We recorded fees of $22 million and $19 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, respectively. As of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, we had receivables due from these properties of $7 million and $6 million, respectively. In addition, in some cases we provide loans (see Note 5) or guarantees (see Note 11) to these entities. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, we recorded fees related to these guarantees of $1 million and $3 million, respectively. Our ownership interest in these unconsolidated hospitality ventures generally varies from 24% to 70%. See Note 3 for further details regarding these investments.

Class B Share Repurchase—During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, we repurchased 1,881,636 shares of Class B common stock for a weighted average price of $53.15 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $100 million. The shares repurchased represented approximately 1% of our total shares of common stock outstanding prior to the repurchase. During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, we repurchased 1,776,501 shares of Class B common stock for a weighted average price of $58.91 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $105 million. The shares repurchased represented approximately 1% of our total shares of common stock outstanding prior to the repurchase. The shares of Class B common stock were repurchased in privately negotiated transactions from trusts for the benefit of certain Pritzker family members and limited partnerships owned indirectly by trusts for the benefit of certain Pritzker family members and were retired, thereby reducing the total number of shares outstanding and reducing the shares of Class B common stock authorized and outstanding by the repurchased share amount.

Class B Share Conversion—During the three months ended September 30, 2016, 500,000 shares of Class B common stock were converted on a share-for-share basis into shares of our Class A common stock, $0.01 par value per share. The shares of Class B common stock that were converted into shares of Class A common stock have been retired, thereby reducing the shares of Class B common stock authorized and outstanding.

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Segment Information

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Information

SEGMENT INFORMATION

Our reportable segments are components of the business which are managed discretely and for which discrete financial information is reviewed regularly by the chief operating decision maker to assess performance and make decisions regarding the allocation of resources. Our chief operating decision maker is the President and Chief Executive Officer. We define our reportable segments as follows:

• Owned and leased hotels—This segment derives its earnings from owned and leased hotel properties located predominantly in the United States but also in certain international locations and, for purposes of segment Adjusted Earnings Before Interest Expense, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization ("Adjusted EBITDA"), includes our pro rata share of the Adjusted EBITDA of our unconsolidated hospitality ventures, based on our ownership percentage of each venture.

• Americas management and franchising—This segment derives its earnings primarily from a combination of hotel management and licensing of our portfolio of brands to franchisees located in the United States, Latin America, Canada and the Caribbean. This segment’s revenues also include the reimbursement of costs incurred on behalf of managed hotel property owners and franchisees with no added margin. These costs relate primarily to payroll costs at managed properties where the Company is the employer. These revenues and costs are recorded within other revenues from managed properties and other costs from managed properties, respectively. The intersegment revenues relate to management fees collected from the Company’s owned hotels, which are eliminated in consolidation.

• ASPAC management and franchising—This segment derives its earnings primarily from a combination of hotel management and licensing of our portfolio of brands to franchisees located in Southeast Asia, as well as greater China, Australia, South Korea, Japan and Micronesia. This segment’s revenues also include the reimbursement of costs incurred on behalf of managed hotel property owners and franchisees with no added margin. These costs relate primarily to reservations, marketing and IT costs. These revenues and costs are recorded within other revenues from managed properties and other costs from managed properties, respectively. The intersegment revenues relate to management fees collected from the Company’s owned hotels, which are eliminated in consolidation.

• EAME/SW Asia management—This segment derives its earnings primarily from hotel management of our portfolio of brands located primarily in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, India, Central Asia and Nepal. This segment’s revenues also include the reimbursement of costs incurred on behalf of managed hotel property owners with no added margin. These costs relate primarily to reservations, marketing and IT costs. These revenues and costs are recorded within other revenues from managed properties and other costs from managed properties, respectively. The intersegment revenues relate to management fees collected from the Company’s owned hotels, which are eliminated in consolidation.

Our chief operating decision maker evaluates performance based on each segment’s revenue and Adjusted EBITDA. Adjusted EBITDA, as we define it, is a non-GAAP measure. We define Adjusted EBITDA as net income attributable to Hyatt Hotels Corporation plus our pro rata share of unconsolidated hospitality ventures Adjusted EBITDA based on our ownership percentage of each venture, adjusted to exclude equity earnings (losses) from unconsolidated hospitality ventures; stock-based compensation expense; asset impairments; gains (losses) on sales of real estate; other income (loss), net; depreciation and amortization; interest expense; and provision for income taxes.

Effective January 1, 2016, our definition of Adjusted EBITDA has been updated to exclude stock-based compensation expense, to facilitate comparison with our competitors. We have applied this change in the definition of Adjusted EBITDA to 2015 historical results to allow for comparability between the periods presented.

The table below shows summarized consolidated financial information by segment. Included within corporate and other are unallocated corporate expenses, license fees related to Hyatt Residence Club, and our co-branded credit card.

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2016			2015			2016			2015
Owned and leased hotels
Owned and leased hotels revenues	$	519		$	500		$	1,594		$	1,549
Adjusted EBITDA	120			110			400			374
Depreciation and amortization	71			69			211			208
Americas management and franchising
Management and franchise fees revenues	90			85			281			269
Other revenues from managed properties	409			409			1,266			1,225
Intersegment revenues (a)	16			15			57			55
Adjusted EBITDA	77			74			242			229
Depreciation and amortization	5			5			14			14
ASPAC management and franchising
Management and franchise fees revenues	23			21			67			65
Other revenues from managed properties	24			19			72			59
Intersegment revenues (a)	1			—			1			1
Adjusted EBITDA	14			12			38			37
Depreciation and amortization	—			—			1			1
EAME/SW Asia management
Management and franchise fees revenues	15			16			47			49
Other revenues from managed properties	15			12			47			40
Intersegment revenues (a)	2			4			8			10
Adjusted EBITDA	8			7			24			23
Depreciation and amortization	1			1			4			4
Corporate and other
Revenues	12			10			34			29
Adjusted EBITDA	(27		)	(32		)	(91		)	(92		)
Depreciation and amortization	10			3			24			6
Eliminations (a)
Revenues	(19		)	(19		)	(66		)	(66		)
Adjusted EBITDA	—			—			—			—
Depreciation and amortization	—			—			—			—
TOTAL
Revenues	$	1,088		$	1,053		$	3,342		$	3,219
Adjusted EBITDA	192			171			613			571
Depreciation and amortization	87			78			254			233

(a) Intersegment revenues are included in the management and franchise fees revenues and eliminated in Eliminations.

The table below provides a reconciliation of our consolidated Adjusted EBITDA to EBITDA and a reconciliation of EBITDA to net income attributable to Hyatt Hotels Corporation for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015.

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2016			2015			2016			2015
Adjusted EBITDA	$	192		$	171		$	613		$	571
Equity earnings (losses) from unconsolidated hospitality ventures	25			(17		)	46			(46		)
Stock-based compensation expense (see Note 13)	(1		)	1			(21		)	(20		)
Asset impairments (a)	—			(5		)	—			(5		)
Gains (losses) on sales of real estate (see Note 6)	—			—			(21		)	9
Other income (loss), net (see Note 17)	4			11			1			(3		)
Pro rata share of unconsolidated hospitality ventures Adjusted EBITDA	(23		)	(21		)	(79		)	(63		)
EBITDA	197			140			539			443
Depreciation and amortization	(87		)	(78		)	(254		)	(233		)
Interest expense	(20		)	(17		)	(57		)	(51		)
Provision for income taxes	(28		)	(20		)	(65		)	(72		)
Net income attributable to Hyatt Hotels Corporation	$	62		$	25		$	163		$	87

(a) In conjunction with our regular assessment of impairment indicators, we identified property and equipment whose carrying value exceeded its fair value and as a result recorded an impairment charge of $5 million in the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2015 to asset impairments within our owned and leased hotels segment on our condensed consolidated statements of income.

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Earnings Per Share

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings Per Share

EARNINGS PER SHARE

The calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share, including a reconciliation of the numerator and denominator, were as follows:

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2016		2015		2016		2015
Numerator:
Net income	$	62	$	25	$	163	$	87
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	—		—		—		—
Net income attributable to Hyatt Hotels Corporation	$	62	$	25	$	163	$	87
Denominator:
Basic weighted average shares outstanding	131,917,434		141,876,299		133,672,570		144,457,314
Share-based compensation	1,146,718		1,131,077		933,563		1,229,860
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding	133,064,152		143,007,376		134,606,133		145,687,174
Basic Earnings Per Share:
Net income	$	0.48	$	0.18	$	1.22	$	0.60
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	—		—		—		—
Net income attributable to Hyatt Hotels Corporation	$	0.48	$	0.18	$	1.22	$	0.60
Diluted Earnings Per Share:
Net income	$	0.47	$	0.18	$	1.21	$	0.60
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	—		—		—		—
Net income attributable to Hyatt Hotels Corporation	$	0.47	$	0.18	$	1.21	$	0.60

The computations of diluted net income per share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015 do not include the following shares of Class A common stock assumed to be issued as stock-settled SARs and RSUs because they are anti-dilutive.

	Three Months Ended September 30,		Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2016	2015	2016	2015
SARs	73,300	1,700	80,400	10,100
RSUs	—	—	4,200	—

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Other Income (Loss), Net

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Other Income and Expenses [Abstract]

Other Income (Loss), Net

OTHER INCOME (LOSS), NET

The table below provides a reconciliation of the components in other income (loss), net, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, respectively.

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2016			2015			2016			2015
Performance guarantee liability amortization (see Note 11)	$	8		$	3		$	25		$	8
Depreciation recovery	8			2			19			2
Interest income	2			2			5			6
Foreign currency gains (losses), net	(1		)	(6		)	2			(13		)
Performance guarantee income (expense), net (see Note 11)	(13		)	2			(40		)	(12		)
Debt settlement costs (see Note 8)	—			—			(3		)	—
Recoveries (provisions) on hotel loans, net (see Note 5)	—			8			(1		)	6
Other	—			—			(6		)	—
Other income (loss), net	$	4		$	11		$	1		$	(3	)

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Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

New Accounting Pronouncements

Adopted Accounting Standards—In April 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") released Accounting Standards Update No. 2015-03 ("ASU 2015-03"), Interest - Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30): Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs. ASU 2015-03 requires debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of the debt liability, consistent with debt discounts. The provisions of ASU 2015-03 are effective for interim periods and fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015. We adopted the standard on January 1, 2016, and as a result we reclassified $5 million of debt issuance costs previously included in other assets to long-term debt on our condensed consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2015.

Future Adoption of Accounting Standards—In May 2014, the FASB released Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09 ("ASU 2014-09"), Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606). ASU 2014-09 supersedes the revenue recognition requirements in Topic 605, Revenue Recognition, and provides a single, comprehensive revenue recognition model for contracts with customers. In August 2015, the FASB released Accounting Standards Update No. 2015-14 ("ASU 2015-14"), Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Deferral of the Effective Date. ASU 2015-14 delays the effective date of ASU 2014-09 by one year, making it effective for interim periods and fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, with early adoption permitted as of the original effective date under ASU 2014-09. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2014-09.

In January 2016, the FASB released Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-01 ("ASU 2016-01"), Financial Instruments - Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities. ASU 2016-01 revises the accounting for equity investments and financial liabilities under the fair value option and the presentation and disclosure requirements for financial instruments. The provisions of ASU 2016-01 are effective for interim periods and fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2016-01.

In February 2016, the FASB released Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-02 ("ASU 2016-02"), Leases (Topic 842). ASU 2016-02 requires lessees to record lease contracts on the balance sheet by recognizing a right-of-use asset and lease liability. The provisions of ASU 2016-02 are effective for interim periods and fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, with early adoption permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2016-02.

In June 2016, the FASB released Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-13 ("ASU 2016-13"), Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments. ASU 2016-13 replaces the existing impairment model for most financial assets from an incurred loss impairment model to a current expected credit loss model, which requires an entity to recognize an impairment allowance equal to its current estimate of all contractual cash flows the entity does not expect to collect. ASU 2016-13 also requires credit losses relating to available-for-sale ("AFS") debt securities to be recorded through an allowance for credit losses. The provisions of ASU 2016-13 are effective for interim periods and fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, with early adoption permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2016-13.

Basis of Accounting

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP") for interim financial information, the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all information or footnotes required by GAAP for complete annual financial statements.

Organization

We have eliminated all intercompany accounts and transactions in our condensed consolidated financial statements. We consolidate entities under our control, including entities where we are deemed to be the primary beneficiary.

Marketable Securities

We invest a portion of our cash into short-term interest bearing money market funds that have a maturity of less than ninety days. Consequently, the balances are recorded in cash and cash equivalents. The funds are held with open-ended registered investment companies, and the fair value of the funds is classified as Level One as we are able to obtain market available pricing information on an ongoing basis. The fair value of our mutual funds is classified as Level One as they trade with sufficient frequency and volume to enable us to obtain pricing information on an ongoing basis. Time deposits are recorded at par value, which approximates fair value and are classified as Level Two. The remaining securities, other than our investment in preferred shares, are classified as Level Two due to the use and weighting of multiple market inputs being considered in the final price of the security. Market inputs include quoted market prices from active markets for identical securities, quoted market prices for identical securities in inactive markets, and quoted market prices in active and inactive markets for similar securities.

Due to the lack of availability of market data, the preferred shares are classified as Level Three. Historically, we estimated the fair value of the Playa preferred shares using an option-pricing model. As a result of the potential Playa IPO, we revised our valuation approach at September 30, 2016 and utilized a hybrid of the option-pricing model and the probability-weighted expected return method, to estimate the fair value of our preferred shares. The hybrid model includes various scenarios, such as the successful completion of the Playa IPO and assumptions around conversion and redemption, as well as scenarios where we continue to use the option-pricing model. We assigned a probability to each scenario to arrive at our estimated fair value as of September 30, 2016. Our scenarios include assumptions regarding (i) a potential range of IPO prices and size of the offering, (ii) conversion of up to $50 million of our preferred shares into common shares of Playa and (iii) the redemption of 3,458,530 shares, which closed in October 2016. These option-pricing model scenarios include assumptions regarding the expected term, risk-free interest rate over the expected term, volatility, dividend yield and enterprise value. Financial forecasts were used in the computation of the enterprise value using the income approach, based on assumed revenue growth rates and operating margin levels. The risks associated with achieving these forecasts were assessed in selecting the appropriate weighted-average cost of capital.

Performance Guarantee

Certain of our contractual agreements with third-party owners require us to guarantee payments to the owners if specified levels of operating profit are not achieved by their hotels.

Additionally, we enter into certain management contracts where we have the right, but not an obligation, to make payments to certain hotel owners if their hotels do not achieve specified levels of operating profit. If we choose not to fund the shortfall, the hotel owner has the option to terminate the management contract.

We have agreements with either our unconsolidated hospitality venture partner, the respective hotel owners or other third parties to recover certain amounts funded under the debt repayment guarantee; the recoverability mechanism may be in the form of cash, notes receivable, or HTM debt securities.

Self Insurance

We obtain commercial insurance for potential losses for general liability, workers' compensation, automobile liability, employment practices, crime, property and other miscellaneous coverages. A portion of the risk is retained on a self-insurance basis primarily through U.S. based and licensed captive insurance companies that are wholly owned subsidiaries of Hyatt and generally insure our deductibles and retentions. Reserve requirements are established based on actuarial projections of ultimate losses.

Commitments and Contingencies Other

We act as general partner of various partnerships owning hotel properties subject to mortgage indebtedness. These mortgage agreements generally limit the lender’s recourse to security interests in the assets financed and/or other assets of the partnership(s) and/or the general partner(s) thereof.

In conjunction with financing obtained for our unconsolidated hospitality ventures and certain managed hotels, we may provide standard indemnifications to the lender for loss, liability or damage occurring as a result of our actions or actions of the other hospitality venture owners.

We are subject, from time to time, to various claims and contingencies related to lawsuits, taxes and environmental matters, as well as commitments under contractual obligations. Many of these claims are covered under current insurance programs, subject to deductibles. We recognize a liability associated with commitments and contingencies when a loss is probable and reasonably estimable. Although the ultimate liability for these matters cannot be determined at this point, based on information currently available, we do not expect the ultimate resolution of such claims and litigation will have a material effect on our condensed consolidated financial statements.

Segment Reporting

Our reportable segments are components of the business which are managed discretely and for which discrete financial information is reviewed regularly by the chief operating decision maker to assess performance and make decisions regarding the allocation of resources. Our chief operating decision maker is the President and Chief Executive Officer. We define our reportable segments as follows:

• Owned and leased hotels—This segment derives its earnings from owned and leased hotel properties located predominantly in the United States but also in certain international locations and, for purposes of segment Adjusted Earnings Before Interest Expense, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization ("Adjusted EBITDA"), includes our pro rata share of the Adjusted EBITDA of our unconsolidated hospitality ventures, based on our ownership percentage of each venture.

• Americas management and franchising—This segment derives its earnings primarily from a combination of hotel management and licensing of our portfolio of brands to franchisees located in the United States, Latin America, Canada and the Caribbean. This segment’s revenues also include the reimbursement of costs incurred on behalf of managed hotel property owners and franchisees with no added margin. These costs relate primarily to payroll costs at managed properties where the Company is the employer. These revenues and costs are recorded within other revenues from managed properties and other costs from managed properties, respectively. The intersegment revenues relate to management fees collected from the Company’s owned hotels, which are eliminated in consolidation.

• ASPAC management and franchising—This segment derives its earnings primarily from a combination of hotel management and licensing of our portfolio of brands to franchisees located in Southeast Asia, as well as greater China, Australia, South Korea, Japan and Micronesia. This segment’s revenues also include the reimbursement of costs incurred on behalf of managed hotel property owners and franchisees with no added margin. These costs relate primarily to reservations, marketing and IT costs. These revenues and costs are recorded within other revenues from managed properties and other costs from managed properties, respectively. The intersegment revenues relate to management fees collected from the Company’s owned hotels, which are eliminated in consolidation.

• EAME/SW Asia management—This segment derives its earnings primarily from hotel management of our portfolio of brands located primarily in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, India, Central Asia and Nepal. This segment’s revenues also include the reimbursement of costs incurred on behalf of managed hotel property owners with no added margin. These costs relate primarily to reservations, marketing and IT costs. These revenues and costs are recorded within other revenues from managed properties and other costs from managed properties, respectively. The intersegment revenues relate to management fees collected from the Company’s owned hotels, which are eliminated in consolidation.

Our chief operating decision maker evaluates performance based on each segment’s revenue and Adjusted EBITDA. Adjusted EBITDA, as we define it, is a non-GAAP measure. We define Adjusted EBITDA as net income attributable to Hyatt Hotels Corporation plus our pro rata share of unconsolidated hospitality ventures Adjusted EBITDA based on our ownership percentage of each venture, adjusted to exclude equity earnings (losses) from unconsolidated hospitality ventures; stock-based compensation expense; asset impairments; gains (losses) on sales of real estate; other income (loss), net; depreciation and amortization; interest expense; and provision for income taxes.

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Equity And Cost Method Investments (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Equity And Cost Method Investments [Abstract]

Schedule of Equity and Cost Method Investments

Our equity and cost method investment balances recorded at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 were as follows:

	September 30, 2016		December 31, 2015
Equity method investments	$	299	$	304
Cost method investments	7		23
Total investments	$	306	$	327

Summarized Financial Information

The following table presents summarized financial information for all unconsolidated hospitality ventures in which we hold an investment accounted for under the equity method:

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2016		2015		2016		2015
Total revenues	$	326	$	280	$	952	$	825
Gross operating profit	110		88		312		236
Income from continuing operations	40		42		118		26
Net income	40		42		118		26

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Marketable Securities (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Marketable Securities [Abstract]

Marketable Securities Held to Fund Operating Programs

At September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, our total marketable securities held to fund operating programs, which are recorded at fair value and included on the condensed consolidated balance sheets, were as follows:

	September 30, 2016			December 31, 2015
Marketable securities held by Hyatt Gold Passport Fund	$	401		$	384
Marketable securities held to fund deferred compensation plans held in rabbi trusts (Note 9)	353			333
Marketable securities held to fund our captive insurance companies	65			82
Total marketable securities held to fund operating programs	819			799
Less current portion of marketable securities held to fund operating programs included in cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, and prepaids and other assets	(158		)	(121		)
Marketable securities held to fund operating programs included in other assets	$	661		$	678

Net Gains (Losses) and Interest Income from Marketable Securities Held to Fund Operating Programs

Net gains (losses) and interest income from marketable securities held to fund operating programs on the condensed consolidated statements of income included realized and unrealized gains and losses and interest income related to the following:

	Three Months Ended September 30,					Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2016		2015			2016		2015
Hyatt Gold Passport Fund	$	—	$	—		$	3	$	1
Deferred compensation plans held in rabbi trusts	12		(15		)	17		(7		)
Total net gains (losses) and interest income from marketable securities held to fund operating programs	$	12	$	(15	)	$	20	$	(6	)

Marketable Securities Held for Investment Purposes

At September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, our total marketable securities held for investment purposes, which are recorded at fair value and included on the condensed consolidated balance sheets, were as follows:

	September 30, 2016			December 31, 2015
Interest bearing money market funds	$	62		$	5
Time deposits	30			30
Preferred shares	334			335
Total marketable securities held for investment purposes	$	426		$	370
Less current portion of marketable securities held for investment purposes included in cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments	(92		)	(35		)
Marketable securities held for investment purposes included in other assets	$	334		$	335

Assets And Liabilities Measured At Fair Value On A Recurring Basis

As of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, we measured the following financial assets at fair value on a recurring basis:

	September 30, 2016		Cash and Cash Equivalents		Short-term Investments		Prepaids and Other Assets		Other Assets
Level One - Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets
Interest bearing money market funds	$	69	$	69	$	—	$	—	$	—
Mutual funds	353		—		—		—		353
Level Two - Significant Other Observable Inputs
Time deposits	43		—		32		—		11
U.S. government obligations	140		—		—		48		92
U.S. government agencies	61		—		13		12		36
Corporate debt securities	185		—		1		54		130
Mortgage-backed securities	26		—		—		9		17
Asset-backed securities	31		—		—		11		20
Municipal and provincial notes and bonds	3		—		—		1		2
Level Three - Significant Unobservable Inputs
Preferred shares	334		—		—		—		334
Total	$	1,245	$	69	$	46	$	135	$	995

	December 31, 2015		Cash and Cash Equivalents		Short-term Investments		Prepaids and Other Assets		Other Assets
Level One - Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets
Interest bearing money market funds	$	18	$	18	$	—	$	—	$	—
Mutual funds	333		—		—		—		333
Level Two - Significant Other Observable Inputs
Time deposits	45		—		38		—		7
U.S. government obligations	131		—		—		32		99
U.S. government agencies	83		—		6		10		67
Corporate debt securities	168		—		2		36		130
Mortgage-backed securities	26		—		—		6		20
Asset-backed securities	27		—		—		7		20
Municipal and provincial notes and bonds	3		—		—		1		2
Level Three - Significant Unobservable Inputs
Preferred shares	335		—		—		—		335
Total	$	1,169	$	18	$	46	$	92	$	1,013

Investments Classified As Available For Sale

The fair value of the preferred shares was: 

	2016			2015
Fair value at January 1	$	335		$	280
Gross unrealized gains	19			10
Gross unrealized losses	(7		)	—
Fair value at June 30	$	347		$	290
Gross unrealized gains	—			15
Gross unrealized losses	(13		)	—
Fair value at September 30	$	334		$	305

Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information

he option-pricing scenarios include variations of the expected term, risk-free interest rate, volatility, and dividend yield assumptions as follows:

	September 30, 2016		December 31, 2015
Expected term	0.50 to 1.25 years		0.75 years
Risk-free Interest Rate	0.45% to 0.64%		0.57	%
Volatility	47.6% to 47.9%		46.0	%
Dividend Yield	12.0	%	12.0	%

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Financing Receivables (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable, Gross, Allowance, and Net [Abstract]

Financing Receivables

Our financing receivables at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 were as follows:

	September 30, 2016			December 31, 2015
Unsecured financing to hotel owners	$	127		$	120
Less allowance for losses	(106		)	(98		)
Less current portion included in receivables, net	—			(2		)
Total long-term financing receivables, net	$	21		$	20

Allowance for Losses and Impairments

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, the activity in our financing receivables allowance was as follows:

	Secured Financing		Unsecured Financing		Total
Allowance at January 1, 2016	$	—	$	98	$	98
Provisions	—		4		4
Other Adjustments	—		1		1
Allowance at June 30, 2016	—		103		103
Provisions	—		3		3
Allowance at September 30, 2016	$	—	$	106	$	106

	Secured Financing			Unsecured Financing			Total
Allowance at January 1, 2015	$	13		$	87		$	100
Provisions	2			4			6
Other Adjustments	—			(1		)	(1		)
Allowance at June 30, 2015	15			90			105
Provisions	1			1			2
Write-offs	(1		)	—			(1		)
Recoveries	(9		)	—			(9		)
Other Adjustments	(6		)	4			(2		)
Allowance at September 30, 2015	$	—		$	95		$	95

Credit Monitoring

Our unsecured financing receivables were as follows:

	September 30, 2016
	Gross Loan Balance (Principal and Interest)		Allowance			Net Financing Receivables		Gross Receivables on Non-Accrual Status
Loans	$	14	$	—		$	14	$	—
Impaired loans (1)	63		(63		)	—		63
Total loans	77		(63		)	14		63
Other financing arrangements	50		(43		)	7		43
Total unsecured financing receivables	$	127	$	(106	)	$	21	$	106

(1) The unpaid principal balance was $45 million and the average recorded loan balance was $61 million at September 30, 2016.

	December 31, 2015
	Gross Loan Balance (Principal and Interest)		Allowance			Net Financing Receivables		Gross Receivables on Non-Accrual Status
Loans	$	15	$	—		$	15	$	—
Impaired loans (2)	58		(58		)	—		58
Total loans	73		(58		)	15		58
Other financing arrangements	47		(40		)	7		40
Total unsecured financing receivables	$	120	$	(98	)	$	22	$	98

(2) The unpaid principal balance was $42 million and the average recorded loan balance was $55 million at December 31, 2015

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Intangible Assets (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Intangible Assets by Major Class

The following is a summary of intangible assets at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015:

	September 30, 2016			Weighted- Average Useful Lives in Years	December 31, 2015
Management and franchise agreement intangibles	$	572		25	$	535
Lease related intangibles	121			112	136
Brand intangibles	16			—	7
Advanced booking intangibles	10			6	12
Other	6			14	8
	725				698
Accumulated amortization	(134		)		(151		)
Intangibles, net	$	591			$	547

Schedule of Intangible Assets Amortization Expense

Amortization expense relating to intangible assets for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015 was as follows:

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2016		2015		2016		2015
Amortization expense	$	7	$	8	$	20	$	23

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Debt (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Debt [Abstract]

Fair Value, by Balance Sheet Grouping

We estimated the fair value of debt, excluding capital leases, which consists of our Senior Notes, bonds and other long-term debt. Our Senior Notes and bonds are classified as Level Two due to the use and weighting of multiple market inputs in the final price of the security. Market inputs include quoted market prices from active markets for identical securities, quoted market prices for identical securities in inactive markets, and quoted market prices in active and inactive markets for similar securities. We estimated the fair value of our other long-term debt instruments using a discounted cash flow analysis based on current market inputs for similar types of arrangements. Based upon the lack of availability of market data, we have classified our other long-term debt as Level Three. The primary sensitivity in these calculations is based on the selection of appropriate discount rates. Fluctuations in these assumptions will result in different estimates of fair value.

At September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, we had the following debt balances, excluding capital lease obligations, as described above:

	September 30, 2016
	Carrying Value			Fair Value			Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level One)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level Two)			Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level Three)
Debt, excluding capital lease obligations	$	(1,451	)	$	(1,604	)	$	—	$	(1,506	)	$	(98	)

	December 31, 2015
	Carrying Value			Fair Value			Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level One)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level Two)			Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level Three)
Debt, excluding capital lease obligations	$	(1,354	)	$	(1,421	)	$	—	$	(1,277	)	$	(144	)

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Liabilities (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Other Liabilities [Abstract]

Liabilities

Other long-term liabilities at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 consisted of the following:

	September 30, 2016		December 31, 2015
Deferred gains on sales of hotel properties	$	368	$	367
Deferred compensation plans	353		333
Hyatt Gold Passport Fund	259		280
Guarantee liabilities (see Note 11)	129		120
Other	342		347
Total	$	1,451	$	1,447

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Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Guarantor Obligations

The following table details the total performance guarantee liability:

	The Four Managed Hotels in France						Other Performance Guarantees						All Performance Guarantees
	2016			2015			2016			2015			2016			2015
Beginning balance, January 1	$	93		$	106		$	4		$	5		$	97		$	111
Amortization of initial guarantee obligation liability into income	(17		)	(5		)	—			—			(17		)	(5		)
Performance guarantee (income) expense, net	29			15			(2		)	(1		)	27			14
Net payments during the period	(34		)	(22		)	—			—			(34		)	(22		)
Foreign currency exchange, net	3			(9		)	—			—			3			(9		)
Ending balance, June 30	74			85			2			4			76			89
Amortization of initial guarantee obligation liability into income	(8		)	(2		)	—			(1		)	(8		)	(3		)
Performance guarantee (income) expense, net	13			(1		)	—			(1		)	13			(2		)
Net (payments) receipts during the period	(10		)	—			1			1			(9		)	1
Foreign currency exchange, net	1			—			—			—			1			—
Ending balance, September 30	$	70		$	82		$	3		$	3		$	73		$	85

Debt Repayment Guarantees

Included within debt repayment guarantees are the following:

Property Description	Maximum Potential Future Payments		Maximum Exposure Net of Recoverability from Third Parties		Other Long-term Liabilities recorded at September 30, 2016		Other Long-term Liabilities recorded at December 31, 2015		Year of Guarantee Expiration
Hotel property in Washington(1), (3), (4), (5)	$	215	$	—	$	38	$	—	2020
Hotel properties in India (2), (3)	180		180		23		27		2020
Hotel property in Brazil (1)	80		40		3		4		2020
Hotel property in Minnesota	25		25		2		2		2021
Hotel property in Arizona (1), (4)	25		—		2		3		2019
Vacation ownership property (1)	17		—		—		—		2016
Hotel property in Hawaii (1)	15		8		2		3		2017
Hotel property in Colorado	13		13		—		—		2016
Other (1)	17		1		—		—		various, through 2017
Total	$	587	$	267	$	70	$	39

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Equity (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Equity [Abstract]

Stockholders' Equity and Noncontrolling Interests

Stockholders’ Equity and Noncontrolling Interests—The following tables detail the equity activity for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, respectively.

	Stockholders’ equity			Noncontrolling interests in consolidated subsidiaries		Total equity
Balance at January 1, 2016	$	3,991		$	4	$	3,995
Net income	163			—		163
Other comprehensive income (loss)	3			—		3
Repurchase of common stock	(268		)	—		(268		)
Directors compensation	2			—		2
Employee stock plan issuance	3			—		3
Share-based payment activity	19			—		19
Balance at September 30, 2016	$	3,913		$	4	$	3,917
	Stockholders’ equity			Noncontrolling interests in consolidated subsidiaries		Total equity
Balance at January 1, 2015	$	4,627		$	4	$	4,631
Net income	87			—		87
Other comprehensive income (loss)	(66		)	—		(66		)
Repurchase of common stock	(539		)	—		(539		)
Directors compensation	2			—		2
Employee stock plan issuance	3			—		3
Share-based payment activity	16			—		16
Balance at September 30, 2015	$	4,130		$	4	$	4,134

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss—The following tables detail the accumulated other comprehensive loss activity, net of tax, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, respectively.

	Balance at July 1, 2016			Current period other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassification			Amount reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss (a)		Balance at September 30, 2016
Foreign currency translation adjustments	$	(242	)	$	(15	)	$	3	$	(254	)
Unrealized gains (losses) on AFS securities	47			(8		)	—		39
Unrecognized pension cost	(7		)	—			—		(7		)
Unrealized losses on derivative instruments	(5		)	—			—		(5		)
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	$	(207	)	$	(23	)	$	3	$	(227	)
(a) The amount reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss related to the sale of the shares of the company that owns Hyatt Regency Birmingham (U.K.) and was recorded within other long-term liabilities on our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

	Balance at January 1, 2016			Current period other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassification			Amount reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss (a)		Balance at September 30, 2016
Foreign currency translation adjustments	$	(257	)	$	—		$	3	$	(254	)
Unrealized gains on AFS securities	39			—			—		39
Unrecognized pension cost	(7		)	—			—		(7		)
Unrealized losses on derivative instruments	(5		)	—			—		(5		)
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	$	(230	)	$	—		$	3	$	(227	)
(a) The amount reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss related to the sale of the shares of the company that owns Hyatt Regency Birmingham (U.K.) and was recorded within other long-term liabilities on our condensed consolidated balance sheets.
	Balance at July 1, 2015			Current period other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassification			Amount reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss (b)		Balance at September 30, 2015
Foreign currency translation adjustments	$	(202	)	$	(56	)	$	21	$	(237	)
Unrealized gains on AFS securities	12			9			—		21
Unrecognized pension cost	(5		)	—			—		(5		)
Unrealized gains (losses) on derivative instruments	(6		)	1			—		(5		)
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	$	(201	)	$	(46	)	$	21	$	(226	)
(b) The amount reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss was recognized within equity earnings (losses) from unconsolidated hospitality ventures on our condensed consolidated statements of income.
	Balance at January 1, 2015			Current period other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassification			Amount reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss (b)		Balance at September 30, 2015
Foreign currency translation adjustments	$	(155	)	$	(103	)	$	21	$	(237	)
Unrealized gains on AFS securities	6			15			—		21
Unrecognized pension cost	(5		)	—			—		(5		)
Unrealized gains (losses) on derivative instruments	(6		)	1			—		(5		)
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	$	(160	)	$	(87	)	$	21	$	(226	)

(b) The amount reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss was recognized within equity earnings (losses) from unconsolidated hospitality ventures on our condensed consolidated statements of income.

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Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Share-based Compensation [Abstract]

Compensation Expense Related To Long-Term Incentive Plan

Stock-based compensation expense included in selling, general, and administrative expense on our condensed consolidated statements of income related to these awards for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015 were as follows:

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2016			2015			2016			2015
SARs	$	1		$	1		$	9		$	9
RSUs	2			3			13			14
PSUs and PSSs	(2		)	(5		)	(1		)	(3		)
Total stock-based compensation recorded within selling, general, and administrative expenses	$	1		$	(1	)	$	21		$	20

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Segment Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Summarized Consolidated Financial Information by Segment

The table below shows summarized consolidated financial information by segment. Included within corporate and other are unallocated corporate expenses, license fees related to Hyatt Residence Club, and our co-branded credit card.

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2016			2015			2016			2015
Owned and leased hotels
Owned and leased hotels revenues	$	519		$	500		$	1,594		$	1,549
Adjusted EBITDA	120			110			400			374
Depreciation and amortization	71			69			211			208
Americas management and franchising
Management and franchise fees revenues	90			85			281			269
Other revenues from managed properties	409			409			1,266			1,225
Intersegment revenues (a)	16			15			57			55
Adjusted EBITDA	77			74			242			229
Depreciation and amortization	5			5			14			14
ASPAC management and franchising
Management and franchise fees revenues	23			21			67			65
Other revenues from managed properties	24			19			72			59
Intersegment revenues (a)	1			—			1			1
Adjusted EBITDA	14			12			38			37
Depreciation and amortization	—			—			1			1
EAME/SW Asia management
Management and franchise fees revenues	15			16			47			49
Other revenues from managed properties	15			12			47			40
Intersegment revenues (a)	2			4			8			10
Adjusted EBITDA	8			7			24			23
Depreciation and amortization	1			1			4			4
Corporate and other
Revenues	12			10			34			29
Adjusted EBITDA	(27		)	(32		)	(91		)	(92		)
Depreciation and amortization	10			3			24			6
Eliminations (a)
Revenues	(19		)	(19		)	(66		)	(66		)
Adjusted EBITDA	—			—			—			—
Depreciation and amortization	—			—			—			—
TOTAL
Revenues	$	1,088		$	1,053		$	3,342		$	3,219
Adjusted EBITDA	192			171			613			571
Depreciation and amortization	87			78			254			233

(a) Intersegment revenues are included in the management and franchise fees revenues and eliminated in Eliminations.

Reconciliation of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA to EBITDA and a Reconciliation of EBITDA to Net Income Attributable to Hyatt Hotels Corporation

The table below provides a reconciliation of our consolidated Adjusted EBITDA to EBITDA and a reconciliation of EBITDA to net income attributable to Hyatt Hotels Corporation for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015.

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2016			2015			2016			2015
Adjusted EBITDA	$	192		$	171		$	613		$	571
Equity earnings (losses) from unconsolidated hospitality ventures	25			(17		)	46			(46		)
Stock-based compensation expense (see Note 13)	(1		)	1			(21		)	(20		)
Asset impairments (a)	—			(5		)	—			(5		)
Gains (losses) on sales of real estate (see Note 6)	—			—			(21		)	9
Other income (loss), net (see Note 17)	4			11			1			(3		)
Pro rata share of unconsolidated hospitality ventures Adjusted EBITDA	(23		)	(21		)	(79		)	(63		)
EBITDA	197			140			539			443
Depreciation and amortization	(87		)	(78		)	(254		)	(233		)
Interest expense	(20		)	(17		)	(57		)	(51		)
Provision for income taxes	(28		)	(20		)	(65		)	(72		)
Net income attributable to Hyatt Hotels Corporation	$	62		$	25		$	163		$	87

(a) In conjunction with our regular assessment of impairment indicators, we identified property and equipment whose carrying value exceeded its fair value and as a result recorded an impairment charge of $5 million in the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2015 to asset impairments within our owned and leased hotels segment on our condensed consolidated statements of income.

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Earnings Per Share (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Schedule of the Calculation of Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share

The calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share, including a reconciliation of the numerator and denominator, were as follows:

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2016		2015		2016		2015
Numerator:
Net income	$	62	$	25	$	163	$	87
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	—		—		—		—
Net income attributable to Hyatt Hotels Corporation	$	62	$	25	$	163	$	87
Denominator:
Basic weighted average shares outstanding	131,917,434		141,876,299		133,672,570		144,457,314
Share-based compensation	1,146,718		1,131,077		933,563		1,229,860
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding	133,064,152		143,007,376		134,606,133		145,687,174
Basic Earnings Per Share:
Net income	$	0.48	$	0.18	$	1.22	$	0.60
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	—		—		—		—
Net income attributable to Hyatt Hotels Corporation	$	0.48	$	0.18	$	1.22	$	0.60
Diluted Earnings Per Share:
Net income	$	0.47	$	0.18	$	1.21	$	0.60
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	—		—		—		—
Net income attributable to Hyatt Hotels Corporation	$	0.47	$	0.18	$	1.21	$	0.60

Schedule of Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share

The computations of diluted net income per share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015 do not include the following shares of Class A common stock assumed to be issued as stock-settled SARs and RSUs because they are anti-dilutive.

	Three Months Ended September 30,		Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2016	2015	2016	2015
SARs	73,300	1,700	80,400	10,100
RSUs	—	—	4,200	—

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Other Income (Loss), Net (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Other Income and Expenses [Abstract]

Other Income (Loss), Net

The table below provides a reconciliation of the components in other income (loss), net, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015, respectively.

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2016			2015			2016			2015
Performance guarantee liability amortization (see Note 11)	$	8		$	3		$	25		$	8
Depreciation recovery	8			2			19			2
Interest income	2			2			5			6
Foreign currency gains (losses), net	(1		)	(6		)	2			(13		)
Performance guarantee income (expense), net (see Note 11)	(13		)	2			(40		)	(12		)
Debt settlement costs (see Note 8)	—			—			(3		)	—
Recoveries (provisions) on hotel loans, net (see Note 5)	—			8			(1		)	6
Other	—			—			(6		)	—
Other income (loss), net	$	4		$	11		$	1		$	(3	)

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Organization (Details)	Sep. 30, 2016 Hotels Countries Rooms
Organization
Number of Countries in which Entity Operates (Number of countries) | Countries	54
Full Service
Organization
Number of hotels operated or franchised (Number of hotels)	307
Number of rooms operated or franchised (Number of rooms) | Rooms	120,528
Select Service
Organization
Number of hotels operated or franchised (Number of hotels)	332
Number of rooms operated or franchised (Number of rooms) | Rooms	46,203
Select Service | United States
Organization
Number of hotels operated or franchised (Number of hotels)	307
All inclusive
Organization
Number of hotels operated or franchised (Number of hotels)	6
Number of rooms operated or franchised (Number of rooms) | Rooms	2,401

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Recently Issued Accounting Standards Adopted Accounting Standards (Details) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles [Abstract]
Prior Period Reclassification Adjustment	$ 5

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Equity And Cost Method Investments (Equity And Cost Method Investment Balances) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Equity And Cost Method Investments [Abstract]
Equity method investments	$ 299	$ 304
Cost method investments	7	23
Total investments	$ 306	$ 327

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Equity And Cost Method Investments Equity and Cost Method Investments Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Equity and Cost Method Investments Narrative [Abstract]
Proceeds from Sale of Equity Method Investments	$ 7	$ 3
Equity Method Investment, Realized Gain (Loss) on Disposal	5
Reclassification from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, Current Period, Net of Tax	3	$ 21	$ 3	$ 21
Cost-method Investments, Realized Losses	0		2
Equity Method Investment, Other than Temporary Impairment	$ 2		$ 4

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Equity Method Investments (Summarized Financial Information) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Equity Method Investments [Abstract]
Total revenues	$ 326	$ 280	$ 952	$ 825
Gross operating profit	110	88	312	236
Income from continuing operations	40	42	118	26
Net income	$ 40	$ 42	$ 118	$ 26

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Marketable Securities (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2016	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2013
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Held-to-maturity Securities		$ 25	$ 25	$ 25
Playa Hotels & Resorts B.V. | Preferred Shares
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Preferred Stock, Conversion Commitment		50	50
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis					$ 271
Option to Redeem Investment in Preferred Shares		$ 125	$ 125
Convertible Preferred Stock, Redemption Price Per Share		$ 8.40	$ 8.40
Minimum | Playa Hotels & Resorts B.V. | Preferred Shares
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Preferred Stock, Conversion Commitment		$ 0	$ 0
Sensitivity Analysis of Fair Value, Impact of Assigned Probabilities		15
Maximum | Playa Hotels & Resorts B.V. | Preferred Shares
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Preferred Stock, Conversion Commitment		50	50
Sensitivity Analysis of Fair Value, Impact of Assigned Probabilities		60
Held for operating programs
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gain (Loss)		$ 0	$ 1
Subsequent Event [Member] | Playa Hotels & Resorts B.V. | Preferred Shares
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Stock Redeemed or Called During Period, Shares	3,458,530
Preferred Stock, Redeemed	$ 41

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Marketable Securities Marketable Securities (Marketable Securities Held to Fund Operating Programs) (Details) - Held for operating programs - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Schedule of Investments
Total marketable securities held to fund operating programs	$ 819	$ 799
Less current portion of marketable securities held to fund operating programs included in cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, and prepaids and other assets	(158)	(121)
Marketable securities held to fund operating programs included in other assets	661	678
Gold Passport Fund
Schedule of Investments
Total marketable securities held to fund operating programs	401	384
Deferred compensation plans held rabbi trusts
Schedule of Investments
Total marketable securities held to fund operating programs	353	333
Captive insurance companies
Schedule of Investments
Total marketable securities held to fund operating programs	$ 65	$ 82

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Marketable Securities Marketable Securities (Gain (Loss) on Investments Held to Fund Operating Programs) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Schedule of Investments
Net gains (losses) and interest income from marketable securities held to fund operating programs	$ 12	$ (15)	$ 20	$ (6)
Gold Passport Fund
Schedule of Investments
Net gains (losses) and interest income from marketable securities held to fund operating programs	0	0	3	1
Deferred compensation plans held rabbi trusts
Schedule of Investments
Net gains (losses) and interest income from marketable securities held to fund operating programs	$ 12	$ (15)	$ 17	$ (7)

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Marketable Securities Marketable Securities (Marketable Securities Held for Investment Purposes) (Details) - Held for Investment Purposes - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Schedule of Investments
Interest bearing money market funds	$ 62	$ 5
Time deposits	30	30
Preferred shares	334	335
Total marketable securities held for investment purposes	426	370
Less current portion of marketable securities held for investment purposes included in cash and cash equivalents, and short-term investments	(92)	(35)
Marketable securities held for investment purposes included in other assets	$ 334	$ 335

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Marketable Securities (Assets And Liabilities Measured At Fair Value On A Recurring Basis) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	$ 1,245	$ 1,169
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	69	18
Short-term Investments
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	46	46
Prepaids and Other Assets
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	135	92
Other Assets
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	995	1,013
Level One - Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets | Interest Bearing Money Market Funds
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	69	18
Level One - Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets | Mutual Funds
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	353	333
Level One - Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets | Cash and Cash Equivalents | Interest Bearing Money Market Funds
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	69	18
Level One - Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets | Cash and Cash Equivalents | Mutual Funds
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
Level One - Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets | Short-term Investments | Interest Bearing Money Market Funds
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
Level One - Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets | Short-term Investments | Mutual Funds
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
Level One - Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets | Prepaids and Other Assets | Interest Bearing Money Market Funds
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
Level One - Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets | Prepaids and Other Assets | Mutual Funds
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
Level One - Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets | Other Assets | Interest Bearing Money Market Funds
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
Level One - Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets | Other Assets | Mutual Funds
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	353	333
Level Two - Significant Other Observable Inputs | Time Deposits
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	43	45
Level Two - Significant Other Observable Inputs | U.S. Government Obligations
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	140	131
Level Two - Significant Other Observable Inputs | U.S. Government Agencies
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	61	83
Level Two - Significant Other Observable Inputs | Corporate Debt Securities
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	185	168
Level Two - Significant Other Observable Inputs | Mortgage-Backed Securities
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	26	26
Level Two - Significant Other Observable Inputs | Asset-Backed Securities
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	31	27
Level Two - Significant Other Observable Inputs | Municipal and provincial notes and bonds
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	3	3
Level Two - Significant Other Observable Inputs | Cash and Cash Equivalents | Time Deposits
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
Level Two - Significant Other Observable Inputs | Cash and Cash Equivalents | U.S. Government Obligations
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
Level Two - Significant Other Observable Inputs | Cash and Cash Equivalents | U.S. Government Agencies
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
Level Two - Significant Other Observable Inputs | Cash and Cash Equivalents | Corporate Debt Securities
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
Level Two - Significant Other Observable Inputs | Cash and Cash Equivalents | Mortgage-Backed Securities
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
Level Two - Significant Other Observable Inputs | Cash and Cash Equivalents | Asset-Backed Securities
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
Level Two - Significant Other Observable Inputs | Cash and Cash Equivalents | Municipal and provincial notes and bonds
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
Level Two - Significant Other Observable Inputs | Short-term Investments | Time Deposits
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	32	38
Level Two - Significant Other Observable Inputs | Short-term Investments | U.S. Government Obligations
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
Level Two - Significant Other Observable Inputs | Short-term Investments | U.S. Government Agencies
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	13	6
Level Two - Significant Other Observable Inputs | Short-term Investments | Corporate Debt Securities
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	1	2
Level Two - Significant Other Observable Inputs | Short-term Investments | Mortgage-Backed Securities
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
Level Two - Significant Other Observable Inputs | Short-term Investments | Asset-Backed Securities
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
Level Two - Significant Other Observable Inputs | Short-term Investments | Municipal and provincial notes and bonds
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
Level Two - Significant Other Observable Inputs | Prepaids and Other Assets | Time Deposits
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
Level Two - Significant Other Observable Inputs | Prepaids and Other Assets | U.S. Government Obligations
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	48	32
Level Two - Significant Other Observable Inputs | Prepaids and Other Assets | U.S. Government Agencies
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	12	10
Level Two - Significant Other Observable Inputs | Prepaids and Other Assets | Corporate Debt Securities
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	54	36
Level Two - Significant Other Observable Inputs | Prepaids and Other Assets | Mortgage-Backed Securities
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	9	6
Level Two - Significant Other Observable Inputs | Prepaids and Other Assets | Asset-Backed Securities
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	11	7
Level Two - Significant Other Observable Inputs | Prepaids and Other Assets | Municipal and provincial notes and bonds
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	1	1
Level Two - Significant Other Observable Inputs | Other Assets | Time Deposits
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	11	7
Level Two - Significant Other Observable Inputs | Other Assets | U.S. Government Obligations
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	92	99
Level Two - Significant Other Observable Inputs | Other Assets | U.S. Government Agencies
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	36	67
Level Two - Significant Other Observable Inputs | Other Assets | Corporate Debt Securities
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	130	130
Level Two - Significant Other Observable Inputs | Other Assets | Mortgage-Backed Securities
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	17	20
Level Two - Significant Other Observable Inputs | Other Assets | Asset-Backed Securities
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	20	20
Level Two - Significant Other Observable Inputs | Other Assets | Municipal and provincial notes and bonds
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	2	2
Level Three - Significant Unobservable Inputs | Preferred Shares
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	334	335
Level Three - Significant Unobservable Inputs | Cash and Cash Equivalents | Preferred Shares
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
Level Three - Significant Unobservable Inputs | Short-term Investments | Preferred Shares
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
Level Three - Significant Unobservable Inputs | Prepaids and Other Assets | Preferred Shares
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
Level Three - Significant Unobservable Inputs | Other Assets | Preferred Shares
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	$ 334	$ 335

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Marketable Securities (Investments Classified as Available for Sale) (Details) - Playa Hotels & Resorts B.V. - Preferred Shares - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Bases [Line Items]
Fair value beginning balance	$ 347	$ 290	$ 335	$ 280
Gross unrealized gains	0	15	19	10
Gross unrealized losses	(13)	0	(7)	0
Fair value ending balance	$ 334	$ 305	$ 347	$ 290

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Marketable Securities (Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information) (Details) - Preferred Shares - Playa Hotels & Resorts B.V.	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information
Expected term		9 months
Risk-free Interest Rate		0.57%
Volatility		46.00%
Dividend Yield	12.00%	12.00%
Minimum
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information
Expected term	6 months
Risk-free Interest Rate	0.45%
Volatility	47.60%
Maximum
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information
Expected term	1 year 3 months
Risk-free Interest Rate	0.64%
Volatility	47.90%

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Financing Receivables (Schedule Of Financing Receivables) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Sep. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable, Gross, Allowance, and Net [Abstract]
Financing Receivable, Gross	$ 127		$ 120
Less allowance for losses	(106)	$ (103)	(98)	$ (95)	$ (105)	$ (100)
Less current portion included in receivables, net	0		(2)
Total long-term financing receivables, net	$ 21		$ 20

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Financing Receivables Financing Receivables - Secured Financing (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, Gross		$ 127	$ 120
Equity Method Investments		$ 299	$ 304
Settlement of Secured Financing to Hotel Owners
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Proceeds from financing receivables	$ 26
Financing Receivable, Gross	6
Equity Method Investments	7
Recoveries on hotel loans, net	$ 8

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Financing Receivables (Allowance For Credit Losses) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses
Beginning Balance	$ 103	$ 105	$ 98	$ 100
Provisions	3	2	4	6
Write-offs		(1)
Recoveries		(9)
Other Adjustments		(2)	1	(1)
Ending Balance	106	95	103	105
Secured Financing
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses
Beginning Balance	0	15	0	13
Provisions	0	1	0	2
Write-offs		(1)
Recoveries		(9)
Other Adjustments		(6)	0	0
Ending Balance	0	0	0	15
Unsecured Financing
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses
Beginning Balance	103	90	98	87
Provisions	3	1	4	4
Write-offs		0
Recoveries		0
Other Adjustments		4	1	(1)
Ending Balance	$ 106	$ 95	$ 103	$ 90

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Financing Receivables (Credit Monitoring Unsecured Financing Receivables) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Jun. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Unsecured Financing Receivables
Gross Loan Balance (Principal and Interest)	$ 127	$ 120
Related Allowance	(106)	(98)	$ (103)	$ (95)	$ (105)	$ (100)
Unsecured Financing
Unsecured Financing Receivables
Gross Loan Balance (Principal and Interest)	127	120
Related Allowance	(106)	(98)
Net Financing Receivables	21	22
Gross Receivables on Non-Accrual Status	106	98
Loans | Unsecured Financing
Unsecured Financing Receivables
Gross Loan Balance (Principal and Interest)	14	15
Related Allowance	0	0
Net Financing Receivables	14	15
Gross Receivables on Non-Accrual Status	0	0
Impaired Loans | Unsecured Financing
Unsecured Financing Receivables
Impaired Loans, Gross	63	58
Impaired Financing Receivable, Related Allowance	(63)	(58)
Net Financing Receivables	0	0
Gross Receivables on Non-Accrual Status	63	58
Impaired Financing Receivable, Unpaid Principal Balance	45	42
Impaired Financing Receivable, Average Recorded Investment	61	55
Total Loans | Unsecured Financing
Unsecured Financing Receivables
Gross Loan Balance (Principal and Interest)	77	73
Related Allowance	(63)	(58)
Net Financing Receivables	14	15
Gross Receivables on Non-Accrual Status	63	58
Other financing arrangements | Unsecured Financing
Unsecured Financing Receivables
Gross Loan Balance (Principal and Interest)	50	47
Related Allowance	(43)	(40)
Net Financing Receivables	7	7
Gross Receivables on Non-Accrual Status	$ 43	$ 40

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Financing Receivables Financing Receivables (Fair Value) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Receivables [Abstract]
Notes Receivable, Fair Value Disclosure	$ 22	$ 22

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Acquisitions and Dispositions Business Acquisitions (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Business Acquisition
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired		$ 331	$ 0
Royal Palms Resort and Spa
Business Acquisition
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired	$ 86
Closing costs and proration adjustments	2
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross	88
The Confidante
Business Acquisition
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross		238
Property, Plant and Equipment | Royal Palms Resort and Spa
Business Acquisition
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Assets	75	75
Property, Plant and Equipment | The Confidante
Business Acquisition
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Assets	228	228
Management and franchise intangibles | The Confidante
Business Acquisition
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Assets	10	10
Brand intangibles | Royal Palms Resort and Spa
Business Acquisition
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Assets	9	$ 9
Advanced booking intangibles
Business Acquisition
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life		6 years
Advanced booking intangibles | Royal Palms Resort and Spa
Business Acquisition
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Finite-Lived Intangibles	1	$ 1
Management and franchise intangibles
Business Acquisition
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life		25 years
Management and franchise intangibles | Royal Palms Resort and Spa
Business Acquisition
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Finite-Lived Intangibles	$ 3	$ 3
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life	20 years
Management and franchise intangibles | The Confidante
Business Acquisition
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life		20 years

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Acquisitions and Dispositions (Dispositions Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015
Significant Acquisitions and Disposals
Proceeds from sale of real estate, net of cash disposed			$ 289	$ 86
Deferred Gain on Sale of Property	$ 368		368		$ 367
Gains (losses) on sales of real estate	0	$ 0	(21)	9
Hyatt Regency Birmingham
Significant Acquisitions and Disposals
Proceeds from sale of real estate, net of cash disposed	49
Deferred Gain on Sale of Property	$ 17		17
Andaz 5th Avenue
Significant Acquisitions and Disposals
Proceeds from sale of real estate, net of cash disposed			240
Closing costs and proration adjustments			10
Gains (losses) on sales of real estate			$ (21)
Hyatt Regency Indianapolis
Significant Acquisitions and Disposals
Proceeds from sale of real estate, net of cash disposed				69
Gains (losses) on sales of real estate				8
Land Held for Development
Significant Acquisitions and Disposals
Proceeds from sale of real estate, net of cash disposed				12
Proceeds from Sales of Assets, Investing Activities				$ 14
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage		40.00%		40.00%
Hyatt House 2015
Significant Acquisitions and Disposals
Proceeds from sale of real estate, net of cash disposed				$ 5
Gains (losses) on sales of real estate				$ 1

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Acquisitions and Dispositions Like Kind Exchange (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014 Hotels	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) Hotels	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) Hotels
Like-Kind Exchange
Sales proceeds transferred from escrow to cash and cash equivalents | $		$ 29	$ 143
Hyatt Place 2014
Like-Kind Exchange
Sales proceeds transferred from escrow to cash and cash equivalents | $			51
Number of hotels sold | Hotels				5
Real Estate Sale Proceeds Transferred To Escrow As Restricted Cash In Investing Activities | $				$ (51)
Hyatt Place, Hyatt House 2014
Like-Kind Exchange
Number of hotels sold | Hotels				38
Like-Kind Exchange | Hyatt Place, Hyatt House 2014
Like-Kind Exchange
Number of hotels sold | Hotels				27
Like-Kind exchange released from restricted cash | Hyatt Place, Hyatt House 2014
Like-Kind Exchange
Sales proceeds transferred from escrow to cash and cash equivalents | $			$ 92
Number of hotels sold | Hotels	21		6

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Intangible Assets (Intangible Assets Table) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Schedule of Intangible Asset by Major Class
Intangible Assets, Gross (Excluding Goodwill)	$ 725	$ 698
Accumulated amortization	(134)	(151)
Intangibles, net	591	547
Management and franchise agreement intangibles
Schedule of Intangible Asset by Major Class
Management and franchise agreement intangibles	$ 572	535
Weighted-Average Useful Life	25 years
Lease related intangibles
Schedule of Intangible Asset by Major Class
Lease related intangibles	$ 121	136
Weighted-Average Useful Life	112 years
Advanced booking intangibles
Schedule of Intangible Asset by Major Class
Advanced booking intangibles	$ 10	12
Weighted-Average Useful Life	6 years
Other
Schedule of Intangible Asset by Major Class
Other	$ 6	8
Weighted-Average Useful Life	14 years
Brand intangibles
Schedule of Intangible Asset by Major Class
Brand intangibles	$ 16	$ 7

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Intangible Assets (Amortization Expense Table) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]
Amortization expense	$ 7	$ 8	$ 20	$ 23

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Debt (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015
Debt Instrument
Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations	$ 1,447		$ 1,042
Debt Issuance Cost	4	$ 0
Repayments of long-term debt	(435)	$ (5)
Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort and Spa
Debt Instrument
Repayments of long-term debt	(64)
2026 Notes
Debt Instrument
Senior Notes	$ 400
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	4.85%
Discount Price Percentage	99.92%
Proceeds from Debt, Net of Issuance Costs	$ 396
Debt Issuance Cost	4
2016 Notes
Debt Instrument
Senior Notes	$ 250
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	3.875%
Repayments of long-term debt	$ (254)
2019 Notes
Debt Instrument
Senior Notes	$ 196
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	6.875%
2021 Notes
Debt Instrument
Senior Notes	$ 250
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	5.375%
2023 Notes
Debt Instrument
Senior Notes	$ 350
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	3.375%

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Debt (Fair Value) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Debt Instrument
Long-term Debt, excluding capital lease obligations	$ (1,451)	$ (1,354)
Long-term Debt, excluding capital lease obligations, Fair Value Disclosure	(1,604)	(1,421)
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level One)
Debt Instrument
Long-term Debt, excluding capital lease obligations, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level Two)
Debt Instrument
Long-term Debt, excluding capital lease obligations, Fair Value Disclosure	(1,506)	(1,277)
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level Three)
Debt Instrument
Long-term Debt, excluding capital lease obligations, Fair Value Disclosure	$ (98)	$ (144)

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Liabilities (Liabilities Table) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Other Liabilities [Abstract]
Deferred gains on sales of hotel properties	$ 368	$ 367
Deferred compensation plans	353	333
Hyatt Gold Passport Fund	259	280
Guarantee liabilities	129	120
Other	342	347
Total	$ 1,451	$ 1,447

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Liabilities (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Other Liabilities
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	$ 565	$ 516
Gold Passport Fund
Other Liabilities
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	$ 176	$ 166

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Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Effective income tax rate	30.20%	44.60%	28.40%	45.30%
Total unrecognized tax benefits	$ 100		$ 100		$ 110
Amount of unrecognized tax benefits that would affect the tax rate if recognized	$ 13		$ 13		$ 21

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Commitments And Contingencies (Guarantees And Commitments Narrative) (Details) € in Millions, $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 EUR (€)	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Loss Contingencies
Commitment to Loan or Investment	$ 366
Guarantor Obligations, Carrying Value, Noncurrent	129			$ 120
Performance Guarantee
Loss Contingencies
Maximum Potential Future Payments	416
Guarantor Obligations, Current Carrying Value	73		$ 76	97	$ 85	$ 89	$ 111
Guarantor Obligations, Carrying Value, Noncurrent	59			81
Guarantor Obligations, Carrying Value, Current	14			16
Performance Test Clause
Loss Contingencies
Guarantor Obligations, Current Carrying Value	0			0
Debt Repayment Guarantees
Loss Contingencies
Maximum Potential Future Payments	587
Maximum Exposure Net of Recoverability from Third Parties	267
Guarantor Obligations, Carrying Value, Noncurrent	70			39
Hotel properties in India | Debt Repayment Guarantees
Loss Contingencies
Maximum Potential Future Payments	180
Maximum Exposure Net of Recoverability from Third Parties	180
Guarantor Obligations, Carrying Value, Noncurrent	$ 23			27
Four Hotels in France | Performance Guarantee
Loss Contingencies
Performance Guarantee Term	7 years
Remaining Performance Guarantee Term	3 years 9 months
Maximum Potential Future Payments	$ 387	€ 344
Guarantor Obligations, Current Carrying Value	70		$ 74	$ 93	$ 82	$ 85	$ 106
Hotel in Portland, Oregon
Loss Contingencies
Commitment to Loan or Investment	160
Hotel in Seattle, Washington
Loss Contingencies
Commitment to Loan or Investment	50
Joint Venture | Hotel properties in India | Debt Repayment Guarantees
Loss Contingencies
Maximum Exposure Net of Recoverability from Third Parties	$ 90
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage	50.00%	50.00%

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Commitments And Contingencies Commitments and Contingencies (Schedule of Guarantor Obligations) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Guarantor Obligations
Amortization of initial guarantee obligation liability into income	$ (8)	$ (3)			$ (25)	$ (8)
Performance guarantee (income) expense, net	13	(2)			40	12
Foreign currency exchange, net	1	6			(2)	13
Performance Guarantee
Guarantor Obligations
Beginning Balance	76	89	$ 97	$ 111	97	111
Amortization of initial guarantee obligation liability into income	(8)	(3)	(17)	(5)
Performance guarantee (income) expense, net	13	(2)	27	14
Net (payments) receipts during the period	(9)	1	(34)	(22)
Foreign currency exchange, net	1	0	3	(9)
Ending Balance	73	85	76	89	73	85
Four Hotels in France | Performance Guarantee
Guarantor Obligations
Beginning Balance	74	85	93	106	93	106
Amortization of initial guarantee obligation liability into income	(8)	(2)	(17)	(5)
Performance guarantee (income) expense, net	13	(1)	29	15
Net (payments) receipts during the period	(10)	0	(34)	(22)
Foreign currency exchange, net	1	0	3	(9)
Ending Balance	70	82	74	85	70	82
Other Performance Guarantee | Performance Guarantee
Guarantor Obligations
Beginning Balance	2	4	4	5	4	5
Amortization of initial guarantee obligation liability into income	0	(1)	0	0
Performance guarantee (income) expense, net	0	(1)	(2)	(1)
Net (payments) receipts during the period	1	1	0	0
Foreign currency exchange, net	0	0	0	0
Ending Balance	$ 3	$ 3	$ 2	$ 4	$ 3	$ 3

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Commitments and Contingencies (Debt Guarantees Table) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Loss Contingencies
Guarantor Obligations, Carrying Value, Noncurrent	$ 129	$ 120
Debt Repayment Guarantees
Loss Contingencies
Maximum Potential Future Payments	587
Maximum Exposure Net of Recoverability from Third Parties	267
Guarantor Obligations, Carrying Value, Noncurrent	70	39
Debt Repayment Guarantees | Hotel Property in Washington
Loss Contingencies
Maximum Potential Future Payments	215
Maximum Exposure Net of Recoverability from Third Parties	0
Guarantor Obligations, Carrying Value, Noncurrent	38	0
Debt Repayment Guarantees | Hotel properties in India
Loss Contingencies
Maximum Potential Future Payments	180
Maximum Exposure Net of Recoverability from Third Parties	180
Guarantor Obligations, Carrying Value, Noncurrent	23	27
Debt Repayment Guarantees | Hotel property in Brazil
Loss Contingencies
Maximum Potential Future Payments	80
Maximum Exposure Net of Recoverability from Third Parties	40
Guarantor Obligations, Carrying Value, Noncurrent	3	4
Debt Repayment Guarantees | Hotel property in Minnesota
Loss Contingencies
Maximum Potential Future Payments	25
Maximum Exposure Net of Recoverability from Third Parties	25
Guarantor Obligations, Carrying Value, Noncurrent	2	2
Debt Repayment Guarantees | Hotel property in Arizona
Loss Contingencies
Maximum Potential Future Payments	25
Maximum Exposure Net of Recoverability from Third Parties	0
Guarantor Obligations, Carrying Value, Noncurrent	2	3
Debt Repayment Guarantees | Vacation ownership property
Loss Contingencies
Maximum Potential Future Payments	17
Maximum Exposure Net of Recoverability from Third Parties	0
Guarantor Obligations, Carrying Value, Noncurrent	0	0
Debt Repayment Guarantees | Hotel property in Hawaii
Loss Contingencies
Maximum Potential Future Payments	15
Maximum Exposure Net of Recoverability from Third Parties	8
Guarantor Obligations, Carrying Value, Noncurrent	2	3
Debt Repayment Guarantees | Hotel property in Colorado
Loss Contingencies
Maximum Potential Future Payments	13
Maximum Exposure Net of Recoverability from Third Parties	13
Guarantor Obligations, Carrying Value, Noncurrent	0	0
Debt Repayment Guarantees | Other
Loss Contingencies
Maximum Potential Future Payments	17
Maximum Exposure Net of Recoverability from Third Parties	1
Guarantor Obligations, Carrying Value, Noncurrent	$ 0	$ 0

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Commitments And Contingencies (Insurance, Collective Bargaining Agreements, Surety Bonds, and Letters Of Credit Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Loss Contingencies
Self Insurance Reserve, Current	$ 40	$ 35
Self Insurance Reserve, Noncurrent	55	$ 57
Surety bonds	24
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount	238
Self Insurance Collateral
Loss Contingencies
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount	7
Borrowing Capacity Reduction
Loss Contingencies
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount	$ 0
United States
Loss Contingencies
Multiemployer Plans, Collective-Bargaining Arrangement, Percentage of Participants	26.00%

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Equity (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Share Repurchase
Stock Repurchase Program, Authorized Amount	$ 250		$ 400	$ 700
Stock Repurchased and Retired During Period, Shares	5,556,424	9,614,463
Stock Repurchased and Retired During Period, Value	$ 268	$ 539
Stock repurchase related costs	$ 0	$ 0
Percent of Stock Outstanding Repurchased During Period	4.00%	6.00%
Stock Repurchase Program, Remaining Authorized Repurchase Amount	$ 111
Treasury Stock, Shares, Retired		195,423
Treasury Stock Acquired, Average Cost Per Share		$ 43.41
Treasury Stock, Value, Acquired, Cost Method		$ 8
Weighted Average
Share Repurchase
Stock Repurchased and Retired During Period Per Share Value	$ 48.25	$ 56.05

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Equity (Schedule Of Stockholders' Equity And Noncontrolling Interests) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Stockholders' Equity and Noncontrolling Interests
Beginning balance - Attributable to Parent			$ 3,991
Beginning balance - Attributable to noncontrolling interests			4
Beginning balance - Including noncontrolling interests			3,995	$ 4,631
Net Income Attributable to Parent	$ 62	$ 25	163	87
Net Income	62	25	163	87
Other comprehensive income (loss)	(20)	(25)	3	(66)
Repurchase of common stock			(268)	(539)
Directors compensation			2	2
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	0	0	0	0
Employee stock plan issuance			3	3
Share based payment activity			19	16
Ending balance - Attributable to Parent	3,913		3,913
Ending balance - Attributable to noncontrolling interests	4		4
Ending balance - Including noncontrolling interests	3,917	4,134	3,917	4,134
Stockholders' equity
Stockholders' Equity and Noncontrolling Interests
Beginning balance - Attributable to Parent			3,991	4,627
Net Income Attributable to Parent			163	87
Other comprehensive income (loss)			3	(66)
Repurchase of common stock			(268)	(539)
Directors compensation			2	2
Employee stock plan issuance			3	3
Share based payment activity			19	16
Ending balance - Attributable to Parent	3,913	4,130	3,913	4,130
Noncontrolling interests in consolidated subsidiaries
Stockholders' Equity and Noncontrolling Interests
Beginning balance - Attributable to noncontrolling interests			4	4
Other comprehensive income (loss)			0	0
Repurchase of common stock			0	0
Directors compensation			0	0
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests			0	0
Employee stock plan issuance			0	0
Share based payment activity			0	0
Ending balance - Attributable to noncontrolling interests	$ 4	$ 4	$ 4	$ 4

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Equity (Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
Beginning Balance - Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	$ (207)	$ (201)	$ (230)	$ (160)
Current period other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassification	(23)	(46)	0	(87)
Amount Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss	3	21	3	21
Ending Balance - Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	(227)	(226)	(227)	(226)
Foreign currency translation adjustments
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
Beginning Balance - Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	(242)	(202)	(257)	(155)
Current period other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassification	(15)	(56)	0	(103)
Amount Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss	3	21	3	21
Ending Balance - Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	(254)	(237)	(254)	(237)
Unrealized gains on AFS securities
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
Beginning Balance - Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	47	12	39	6
Current period other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassification	(8)	9	0	15
Amount Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss	0	0	0	0
Ending Balance - Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	39	21	39	21
Unrecognized pension cost
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
Beginning Balance - Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	(7)	(5)	(7)	(5)
Current period other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassification	0	0	0	0
Amount Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss	0	0	0	0
Ending Balance - Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	(7)	(5)	(7)	(5)
Unrealized gains (losses) on derivative instruments
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
Beginning Balance - Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	(5)	(6)	(5)	(6)
Current period other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassification	0	1	0	1
Amount Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss	0	0	0	0
Ending Balance - Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	$ (5)	$ (5)	$ (5)	$ (5)

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Stock-Based Compensation (Narrative) (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares shares
Stock Appreciation Rights (SARS)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Expiration Period	10 years
Grants in period (in shares)	924,424
Grants in period, Weighted-average fair value at grant date (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 14.52
Total unearned compensation | $	$ 7
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award
Grants in period (in shares)	444,629
Grants in period, Weighted-average fair value at grant date (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 47.36
Total unearned compensation | $	$ 15
Cash Settled Grants in period (in shares)	0
Performance Shares (PSUs and PSSs)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award
Total unearned compensation | $	$ 2
Amortization period, deferred compensation expense (years)	2 years
Performance Shares (PSUs and PSSs) | Performance Share Units (PSUs)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award
Grants in period (in shares)	111,620
Grants in period, Weighted-average fair value at grant date (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 47.36
Performance period (in years)	3 years
Performance Shares (PSUs and PSSs) | Performance Vested Restricted Stock (PSS)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award
Performance period (in years)	3 years
SARs and RSUs
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award
Amortization period, deferred compensation expense (years)	3 years
Maximum | SARs and RSUs
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award
Amortization period, deferred compensation expense (years)	4 years

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Stock-Based Compensation (Compensation Expense Related To Long-Term Incentive Plan) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award
Compensation expense	$ 1	$ (1)	$ 21	$ 20
Stock Appreciation Rights (SARS)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award
Compensation expense	1	1	9	9
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award
Compensation expense	2	3	13	14
Performance Shares (PSUs and PSSs)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award
Compensation expense	$ (2)	$ (5)	$ (1)	$ (3)

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Related-Party Transactions (Leases Narrative) (Details) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)
Related Party
Related Party Transaction
Future sublease income	$ 4

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Related-Party Transactions (Equity Method Investments Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015
Related Party Transaction
Management and franchise fees	$ 110	$ 103	$ 332	$ 320
Equity Method Investee
Related Party Transaction
Management and franchise fees	8	$ 7	22	$ 19
Due from related parties	7		7		$ 6
Guarantee Fees	$ 1		$ 3
Minimum
Related Party Transaction
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage	24.00%		24.00%
Maximum
Related Party Transaction
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage	70.00%		70.00%

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Related Party Transactions (Share Repurchase Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Related Party Transaction
Stock Repurchased and Retired During Period, Shares		5,556,424	9,614,463
Stock Repurchased and Retired During Period, Value		$ 268	$ 539
Percent of Stock Outstanding Repurchased During Period		4.00%	6.00%
Common Class B
Related Party Transaction
Stock Repurchased and Retired During Period, Shares	1,881,636		1,776,501
Stock Repurchased and Retired During Period, Value	$ 100		$ 105
Percent of Stock Outstanding Repurchased During Period	1.00%		1.00%
Weighted Average
Related Party Transaction
Stock Repurchased and Retired During Period Per Share Value		$ 48.25	$ 56.05
Weighted Average | Common Class B
Related Party Transaction
Stock Repurchased and Retired During Period Per Share Value	$ 53.15		$ 58.91

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Related-Party Transactions Related Party Transactions (Share Conversion Narrative) (Details) - $ / shares	3 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Common Class B
Related Party Transaction
Conversion of Stock, Shares Converted	500,000
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share (per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common Class A
Related Party Transaction
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share (per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01

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Segment Information (Summarized Consolidated Financial Information by Segment) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Segment Reporting Information
Owned and leased hotels revenues	$ 519	$ 500	$ 1,594	$ 1,549
Management and franchise fees revenues	110	103	332	320
Other revenues from managed properties	448	440	1,385	1,324
Revenues	1,088	1,053	3,342	3,219
Adjusted EBITDA	192	171	613	571
Depreciation and amortization	87	78	254	233
Operating Segments | Owned and Leased Hotels
Segment Reporting Information
Owned and leased hotels revenues	519	500	1,594	1,549
Adjusted EBITDA	120	110	400	374
Depreciation and amortization	71	69	211	208
Operating Segments | Americas Management and Franchising
Segment Reporting Information
Management and franchise fees revenues	90	85	281	269
Other revenues from managed properties	409	409	1,266	1,225
Adjusted EBITDA	77	74	242	229
Depreciation and amortization	5	5	14	14
Operating Segments | ASPAC Management and Franchising
Segment Reporting Information
Management and franchise fees revenues	23	21	67	65
Other revenues from managed properties	24	19	72	59
Adjusted EBITDA	14	12	38	37
Depreciation and amortization	0	0	1	1
Operating Segments | EAME/SW Asia Management
Segment Reporting Information
Management and franchise fees revenues	15	16	47	49
Other revenues from managed properties	15	12	47	40
Adjusted EBITDA	8	7	24	23
Depreciation and amortization	1	1	4	4
Operating Segments | Corporate and Other
Segment Reporting Information
Revenues	12	10	34	29
Adjusted EBITDA	(27)	(32)	(91)	(92)
Depreciation and amortization	10	3	24	6
Intersegment Eliminations
Segment Reporting Information
Revenues	(19)	(19)	(66)	(66)
Adjusted EBITDA	0	0	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	0	0	0	0
Intersegment Eliminations | Americas Management and Franchising
Segment Reporting Information
Revenues	16	15	57	55
Intersegment Eliminations | ASPAC Management and Franchising
Segment Reporting Information
Revenues	1	0	1	1
Intersegment Eliminations | EAME/SW Asia Management
Segment Reporting Information
Revenues	$ 2	$ 4	$ 8	$ 10

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Segment Information (Reconciliation of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA to EBITDA and a Reconciliation of EBITDA to Net Income attributable to Hyatt Hotels Corporation) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Segment Reporting [Abstract]
Adjusted EBITDA	$ 192	$ 171	$ 613	$ 571
Equity earnings (losses) from unconsolidated hospitality ventures	25	(17)	46	(46)
Stock-based compensation expense	(1)	1	(21)	(20)
Asset impairments	0	(5)	0	(5)
Gains (losses) on sales of real estate	0	0	(21)	9
Other income (loss), net	4	11	1	(3)
Pro rata share of unconsolidated hospitality ventures Adjusted EBITDA	(23)	(21)	(79)	(63)
EBITDA	197	140	539	443
Depreciation and amortization	(87)	(78)	(254)	(233)
Interest expense	(20)	(17)	(57)	(51)
Provision for income taxes	(28)	(20)	(65)	(72)
NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION	$ 62	$ 25	$ 163	$ 87

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Earnings Per Share (Schedule of the Calculation of Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share) (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]
NET INCOME	$ 62	$ 25	$ 163	$ 87
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	0	0	0	0
Net income attributable to Hyatt Hotels Corporation	$ 62	$ 25	$ 163	$ 87
Basic weighted average shares outstanding (in shares)	131,917,434	141,876,299	133,672,570	144,457,314
Share-based compensation (in shares)	1,146,718	1,131,077	933,563	1,229,860
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding (in shares)	133,064,152	143,007,376	134,606,133	145,687,174
Net income - Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 0.48	$ 0.18	$ 1.22	$ 0.60
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests - Basic (in dollars per share)	0	0	0	0
Net income attributable to Hyatt Hotels Corporation - Basic (in dollars per share)	0.48	0.18	1.22	0.60
Net income - Diluted (in dollars per share)	0.47	0.18	1.21	0.60
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests - Diluted (in dollars per share)	0	0	0	0
Net income attributable to Hyatt Hotels Corporation - Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.47	$ 0.18	$ 1.21	$ 0.60

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Earnings Per Share (Anti-dilutive Shares Issued) (Details) - shares	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Stock Appreciation Rights (SARS)
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount	73,300	1,700	80,400	10,100
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount	0	0	4,200	0

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Other Income (Loss), Net (Reconciliation of Components in Other Loss, Net) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Other Income and Expenses [Abstract]
Performance guarantee liability amortization	$ 8	$ 3	$ 25	$ 8
Depreciation recovery	8	2	19	2
Interest income	2	2	5	6
Foreign currency gains (losses), net	(1)	(6)	2	(13)
Performance guarantee income (expense), net	(13)	2	(40)	(12)
Debt Settlement Costs	0	0	(3)	0
Recoveries (provisions) on hotel loans, net	0	8	(1)	6
Other	0	0	(6)	0
Other income (loss), net	$ 4	$ 11	$ 1	$ (3)