hyatt hotels corporation, headquartered in chicago, is a leading global hospitality company with a portfolio of 13 premier brands. as of december 31, 2016, the company's portfolio included 698 properties in 56 countries. 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 create value for shareholders, build relationships with guests and attract the best colleagues in the industry. the company's subsidiaries develop, own, operate, manage, franchise, license or provide services to hotels, resorts, branded residences and vacation ownership properties, including under the park hyatt®, miraval®, grand hyatt®, hyatt regency®, hyatt®, andaz®, hyatt centric®, the unbound collection by hyatttm, hyatt place®, hyatt house®, hyatt zivatm, hyatt zilaratm and hyatt residence club® brand names and have locations on six continents.