Hyatt Celebrates Global Wellness Day 2019 with more than 400 Participating Properties

Hyatt hotels and spas proudly showcase their wellbeing offerings,
designed to positively impact how colleagues, customers, and community
members feel, fuel and function

CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Hyatt
Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) today celebrates Hyatt’s landmarks of
wellbeing – Feel, Fuel and Function – by educating and encouraging
colleagues and guests to participate in Global Wellness Day 2019, an
entirely not-for-profit day dedicated raising awareness around what it
means to live well in mind and body. More than 400 properties, including
Hyatt’s Miraval and Exhale brands and the Hyatt’s regional and corporate
offices, are expected to host health and wellness-related events
reflecting their specific destination and local communities.

“At Hyatt, wellbeing is at the core of our DNA,” said Mark Vondrasek,
chief commercial services officer at Hyatt. “We know that wellbeing is
increasingly important to our colleagues, guests, and customers, and
Global Wellness Day provides an opportunity to jointly celebrate our
focus on wellbeing at a global scale. Today, we’re excited to showcase
distinct wellbeing experiences and bring our landmarks of wellbeing –
Feel, Fuel and Function – to life for colleagues and guests at our
hotels around the world.”

From Delhi to Chicago and Zurich to Hong Kong, Hyatt corporate offices
and properties have chosen unique ways to recognize this day. Leading by
example, Hyatt’s global headquarters will be celebrating Global Wellness
Day with colleagues by offering a guided yoga and meditation class and a
healthy breakfast to start the day. Additionally, knowing guests and
colleagues’ alike put great value in their wellbeing, properties across
the world were passionate about planning celebrations for Global
Wellness Day. A few examples include the following:

Asia-Pacific Region

• Alila
  Ubud Bali: The hotel team will provide healthy meals
  for children using ingredients from the property’s organic garden and
  donating them to the KIM foundation, which helps children with special
  needs. Additionally, guests and villagers from Banjar Bayad are
  invited to celebrate with a Zumba class at their Sculpture Garden.
• Hyatt
  Place and Hyatt House Yinchuan Dayuecheng: This
  dual-branded property in China is promoting a Family Day Photo Contest
  where all colleagues will be asked to enjoy a family dinner at home
  and share photos with colleagues. Additionally, they are hosting a Get
  Up and Step Up Challenge for colleagues, where colleagues will use
  WeChat to count their steps in the morning, promoting efforts to start
  each day with exercise.

Europe-Middle East-Southwest Asia Region

• Andaz
  Amsterdam Prinsengracht: The property will put on a 5k
  run for both colleagues and guests, offering healthy snacks and
  refreshments at the end of the race. Colleagues will have the option
  to also participate in yoga sessions and a one-hour fitness and food
  consultation from a health professional.
• Park
  Hyatt Istanbul: During the week leading up to Global
  Wellness Day, the hotel invited a popular dietitian to deliver healthy
  eating tips during their wellness event, where colleagues and guests
  enjoyed detox shots and relaxation exercises at the pool.

The Americas

• Manchester
  Grand Hyatt San Diego: The property will host a
  wellness fair for colleagues, with events that include healthy cooking
  demonstrations, customized stretching exercises, a mandala coloring
  corner and a relaxation room offering chair massages and mini facials.
• Hyatt
  Regency Lost Pines: The Cedar Creek, Texas property
  will provide an ambient quiet room featuring meditative music, yoga
  mats and candles for colleagues and guests, while also distributing
  reusable water bottles, sleep patches, sunscreen and signature
  smoothies in the lobby. Camp Hyatt, the resort’s activity program for
  kids, will also provide a beginner’s yoga class for children, along
  with other wellness activities.
• The
  Beekman, a Thompson Hotel: The New York City property
  will host a colleague walk over the neighboring Brooklyn Bridge, while
  also offering guided mediation and morning yoga.
• Hyatt
  Centric Waikiki Beach: Colleagues at the Hawaiian
  property will join together for a group hike on Diamond Head Volcano.
• Exhale:
  To bring awareness to their many spa and fitness offerings, all Exhale
  locations will be allowing guests and members to bring a friend for
  free to fitness classes on Global Wellness Day.
• Miraval
  Resorts: Both Miraval Austin and Miraval Arizona will
  be creating a mindful moment for guests at their central gathering
  place, around their custom made Earth Gong. Guests will be invited to
  gather at the Gong at 12pm, where a poem from Thich Nhat Han will be
  recited, allowing guests to tune in, slow down, and take in the
  vibration of the gong. They will also be invited to take turns banging
  the gong and sharing their intentions on how they will take steps
  toward living a healthier, more balanced life, the key purpose of
  Global Wellness Day.

Follow #globalwellnessday and #GWD2019 to see how participants are
celebrating Global Wellness Day 2019. And for more information around
Hyatt’s commitment to wellbeing, please visit hyatt.com/aboutus/wellbeing.

The term “Hyatt” is used in this release for convenience to refer to
Hyatt Hotels Corporation and/or one or more of its affiliates.

About Hyatt Hotels Corporation

Hyatt Hotels Corporation, headquartered in Chicago, is a leading global
hospitality company with a portfolio of 19 premier brands. As of March
31, 2019, the Company’s portfolio included more than 850 properties in
over 60 countries across six continents. The Company’s purpose to care
for people so they can be their best informs its business decisions and
growth strategy and is intended to attract and retain top colleagues,
build relationships with guests and create value for shareholders. The
Company’s subsidiaries develop, own, operate, manage, franchise, license
or provide services to hotels, resorts, branded residences, vacation
ownership properties, and fitness and spa locations, including under the Park
Hyatt®, Miraval®, Grand Hyatt®, Alila®, Andaz®, The
Unbound Collection by Hyatt®, Destination®, Hyatt
Regency®, Hyatt®, Hyatt Ziva, Hyatt
Zilara, Thompson Hotels®, Hyatt
Centric®, Hyatt House®, Hyatt Place®, Joie
de Vivre®, tommie, Hyatt
Residence Club® and Exhale® brand names,
and operates the World of Hyatt® loyalty program that provides
distinct benefits and exclusive experiences to its valued members. For
more information, please visit www.hyatt.com.

Contacts

Jennifer Rubin
Hyatt
312 780 5808
Jennifer.rubin@hyatt.com