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Article: Hyatt Corporation
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- International Directory of Company Histories
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Hyatt Corporation
200 West Madison Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60606
U.S.A.
(312) 750-8023
Fax: (312) 750-8550
Private Company
Incorporated:
1957 as Hyatt Hotels Corporation
Employees:
50,000
Sales:
$2.40 billion
Owned, operated, and privately held by the Pritzker family of Chicago, the Hyatt hotels are a worldwide chain that has made business travelers and the development of spectacular
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fantasy
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properties its niche. The two most important historical events associated with the Hyatt Hotel chain are the development of its trademark high-rise atrium lobbies, first pioneered at Peachtree Plaza in Atlanta in 1967, and the collapse of the sky walk at the Kansas City, Missouri, Hyatt ...