Hyatt Hotels Recognized as one of the Best Workplaces in Europe

Hyatt Hotels and Resorts are proud to announce that the Hyatt hotels in Europe have been named by the Great Places to Work’s Institute as the 25th best 'Multinational Workplace' in Europe for 2014.

The recognition is in addition to a growing list of workplace awards which Hyatt hotels have received in the past year. Hyatt hotels were ranked the 7th 'Best Large Workplace' in the UK last month, and Hyatt hotels were also named one of the 'Top 15 Companies to Work For in the UAE' earlier this year and featured in its 'Best Employers' lists in the USA, France and Germany.

"I'm immensely proud of our achievements across Europe this year and it is a privilege to receive this award. It reflects how our people-focused culture, and the care we show to everyone in the Hyatt family, offers our associates a more fulfilling career," said Peter Fulton, group president - EAME and Southwest Asia.

"We encourage our associates to be innovative in every aspect of their work, and provide autonomy to our individual hotels and their staff. This helps our associates' personality shine through and ultimately offers guests a better experience. This is why Hyatt hotels have always been a great place to work".

The award is given in recognition of workplaces which have featured in at least three Great Places to Work’s lists in Europe within the past year. To be featured on these lists, detailed and confidential surveys of associates and management board members were carried out, revealing the workplaces in which colleagues have complete trust in one another and where employees take pride in, and enjoy, the work they do.

The Great Places to Work’s surveys found that Hyatt hotels were great workplaces because of collaborative environments, career growth opportunities for associates and strong familial culture.

"Human care is a top priority for Hyatt hotels. We believe in taking great care of our associates, regardless of title. Thanks to our people-focused culture, we are extremely fortunate to have long-tenured associates who continue to deliver an exceptional guest experience every day," explains Fulton.

In order to maintain this, Hyatt hotels actively seek out, hire and retain the most talented, diverse and upbeat people. The recently revamped training approach digs deeper into what Hyatt associates, and guests, need. A number of benefits are on offer to Hyatt associates, inspired by the hospitality that they show to guests. These include:

-Complimentary and discounted stays at Hyatt hotels around the world
-High quality meals served in associate dining rooms
-Development opportunities like exchange programs and career moves worldwide
-Highly professional training programs in various disciplines __
-Opportunities to shadow colleagues who work in management positions
-Social activities like staff parties, events and sports
-A variety of wellness programs and fitness activities, like special health promotional weeks for associates
-Flexible work schedules
-Competitive wage and benefits package
-CSR programs which are developed and executed locally. We feel we can have the most impact by creating a culture of responsibility and empowering our associates to create positive change in their local communities.

After two years of research that revealed consumers view the hotel industry as "one size fits all," Hyatt began re-examining its business to create a distinctive experience based on individual preferences. In order to deliver that experience to associates and create a more meaningful career experience, Hyatt hotels are taking steps to transform their operations to unlock individual innovation within each associate.

The Best Workplaces Programs run by the Great Places to Work’s Institute is the largest of its kind in the world. The institute, a global research and consulting firm operating in 45 countries around the world, conducts surveys aimed at both employees and management in order to gain a complete understanding of how the organization's policies and practices are perceived by employees.

In order to be a candidate for a regional Great Place to Work’s list, a company must be selected at the local level in a European country. In order to present a fair comparison, companies are divided into national businesses and multinational enterprises and further grouped into three categories:

-The Best Multinational Workplaces
-The Best Large Workplaces
-The Best Small & Medium Workplaces

Multinational companies are eligible to compete if they meet the following requirements:

-The company has at least 1,000 associates worldwide
-At least 40 per cent of its associates work outside the country where the parent company is headquartered
-The company has been recognized on at least three lists within countries in the region

Companies competing for a place on the multinational list receive extra points according to the number of countries where they are represented in our national rankings of the Best Workplaces, and the number of associates who have taken our Trust Index’s survey, which is designed to measure the associate's perspective of the effectiveness of the organization's Human Resources and management efforts.

Hyatt Hotels Corporation, headquartered in Chicago, is a leading global hospitality company with a proud heritage of making guests feel more than welcome. Thousands of members of the Hyatt family strive to make a difference in the lives of the guests they encounter every day by providing authentic hospitality. As of March 31, 2014, the Company's worldwide portfolio consisted of 554 properties in 47 countries.