June 05, 2012 // Franchising.com // CHICAGO – Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) announced today that June will be its official month of community service. Several activities and initiatives this month will give back to the communities where Hyatt hotels are located and where Hyatt associates live.
In 2011, Hyatt unveiled its global corporate responsibility platform, Hyatt Thrive, which is designed to help make communities places where Hyatt associates are proud to work, where guests want to visit, where neighbors want to live and where hotel owners want to invest. The platform is grounded in four key pillars that Hyatt believes are crucial to foster thriving communities: environmental sustainability, economic development and investment, education and personal advancement, and health and wellness.
To celebrate the first year of Hyatt Thrive, Hyatt hotels and associates will give back to local communities throughout the month of June with its Global Volunteer Initiative, which brings Hyatt associates from around the world together in a common effort to volunteer in their local communities. As a part of this initiative, team members from Hyatt corporate headquarters and colleagues from area Hyatt hotels including Park Hyatt Chicago, Hyatt Regency Chicago and Hyatt Regency McCormick Place, will join together to improve Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. Known as one of the most dense and ethnically diverse areas of the city, Hyatt volunteers will make an impact in the neighborhood by partnering with a variety of organizations that are serving the needs of the Uptown community, including the American Indian Center, McCutcheon Elementary School, Alternatives Inc., and the Robert B. McCormick Boys and Girls Club. To see last year’s volunteer efforts in Chicago, click here.
Around the world, associates at Hyatt hotels will also be giving back to their local communities throughout the month of June. Some highlights include:
To view volunteer initiatives from Hyatt hotels throughout 2011, click here.
Hyatt is continuing to show its dedication to responsible business practices around the globe, and specifically this month, Hyatt will showcase its support through the following:
The corporate responsibility report will be released mid-June and will be available at www.hyattthrive.com.
“We are so proud of the progress we’ve made in the last year since the introduction of Hyatt Thrive, and we are committed to focusing on projects that contribute to the prosperity, health and advancement of the many communities around the world that our hotels call home,” said Brigitta Witt, vice president corporate responsibility for Hyatt Hotels & Resorts. “While June is our official volunteer and service month, our efforts extend well beyond this – we are working each and every day to involve ourselves in initiatives that promote community engagement and environmental stewardship and that truly help to make a difference in the lives of our guests, associates, owners and neighbors.”
To learn more about Hyatt’s corporate responsibility programs, visit www.HyattThrive.com.
Hyatt Hotels Corporation, headquartered in Chicago, is a leading global hospitality company with a proud heritage of making guests feel more than welcome. Thousands of members of the Hyatt family strive to make a difference in the lives of the guests they encounter every day by providing authentic hospitality. The Company's subsidiaries manage, franchise, own and develop hotels and resorts under the Hyatt®, Park Hyatt®, Andaz®, Grand Hyatt®, Hyatt Regency®, Hyatt Place® and Hyatt HouseTM brand names and have locations on six continents. Hyatt House is changing its brand identity from Hyatt Summerfield Suites®. Hyatt Residential Group, Inc., a Hyatt Hotels Corporation subsidiary, develops, operates, markets or licenses Hyatt ResidencesTM and Hyatt Vacation Club®, which is changing its name to Hyatt Residence ClubTM. As of March 31, 2012, the Company's worldwide portfolio consisted of 488 properties in 45 countries. For more information, please visit www.hyatt.com.
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Jamie Zimmerman
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Hyatt Hotels Corporation, headquartered in Chicago, is a hospitality company.