Hyatt Announces Thomas J. Pritzker Retires as Executive Chairman and Will Not Seek Re-Election to Board of Directors; Mark S.

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hyatt Hotels Corporation ("Hyatt," "the Company," "we," "us," or "our") (NYSE: H) today announced that Thomas J. Pritzker, Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors, has informed the Board that he will retire as Executive Chairman, effective immediately, and will not seek re-election to the Board of Directors at Hyatt's upcoming Annual Meeting of Stockholders in May. The Board has appointed Mark S. Hoplamazian, Hyatt's President and Chief Executive Officer, to succe. ...