United States of America
Hyatt Hotels Corporation manages, franchises, owns and leases 1,528 hotels and all-inclusive resorts across 83 countries from its Chicago headquarters. About 242,000 colleagues worked at its properties and offices at December 31, 2025, with about 50,000 employed directly by Hyatt. Revenue for 2025 was $7,101 million.
Hyatt Hotels Corporation manages, franchises, owns and leases hotels and all-inclusive resorts. For the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported three segments: management and franchising ($4,831 million of revenue, $3,629 million of it reimbursed costs), owned and leased ($1,397 million) and distribution ($946 million), $7,101 million in total after eliminations. The portfolio held 1,528 hotels and resorts in 83 countries: 682 managed, 700 franchised, 28 owned or leased. Headquarters: 150 North Riverside Plaza, Chicago. About 242,000 colleagues worked at Hyatt properties and offices at December 31, 2025, but Hyatt directly employs only about 50,000.
Calendar 2025 H-1B labor condition applications under Hyatt Corporation numbered 51 (h1bdata.info). No worksite city reached 25 filings. Top three: Chicago, IL 23, Fremont, CA 3, then four cities tied at 2. On October 23, 2026, careers.hyatt.com listed 3,954 open postings, not hires. Its two Americas listings showed 692 and 702 United States postings, led by Texas (326), Austin (117) and Chicago (52). The annual report names US offices in Chandler, AZ, Coral Gables, FL, Moore, OK, Omaha, NE and New York, and 736 US hotels at December 31, 2025.
The 2025 LCA filings are mostly technology and data roles at the Chicago office: Data Engineer 4, Sr. Data Engineer 3, Senior Data Product Manager 3. The careers site filters by nine levels, from Hourly/Entry Level Employee to Director and General Manager. Hourly hotel roles carry numbered grades ("Pastry Cook II", Hyatt Regency Salt Lake City), corporate roles use Senior and Lead ("Senior Data Engineer (Remote)", Hyatt Corporate Office, Chicago, posted October 23, 2026).
The three segments report to the President and Chief Executive Officer. Hotel operations run by region under a Group President for the Americas, Asia Pacific and EAME, plus a President of the Inclusive Collection, enlarged by the Playa Hotels & Resorts acquisition on June 17, 2025. Brands sit in five portfolios: Luxury, Lifestyle, Inclusive Collection, Classics and Essentials.
Colleagues went from about 206,000 (December 31, 2023) to 227,000 (2024) and 242,000 (2025), while direct employees moved from about 51,000 to 52,000 to 50,000. At December 31, 2025, 22% of US-based employees (18% worldwide) were union-represented or under a labor agreement. In Chicago, UNITE HERE Local 1 contracts covering more than 7,000 workers at 46 hotels expired August 31, 2026, 85% of members voted to strike, and hundreds of workers at the Hyatt Regency Chicago walked out on October 18, 2026. A Nebraska WARN notice dated June 17, 2025 covered 286 Hyatt Corporation employees in Omaha, the week Hyatt told Hotel Dive it had cut about 30% of its Americas Global Care Center staff. WARNTracker lists 126 workers at the Hyatt Regency in Austin (notice March 31, 2026, effective May 31) and 52 at a Hyatt site in New York (notice July 1, effective September 29, 2026). LCA filings rose from 16 (2023) to 27 (2024) to 51 (2025).