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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

HYATT REGENCY MINNEAPOLIS AWARDS SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY GRANT TO YOUTH FARM

Hotel awards US $10,000 grant to Youth Farm for its positive community impact

Minneapolis (December 2, 2014) As a part of Hyatt Community Grants, a philanthropic program that empowers Hyatt colleagues to guide charitable giving, Hyatt Regency Minneapolis announced today that it has awarded Youth Farm with a significant grant to further the organizations efforts in educating and training youth through farming, cooking, and distributing food.

The Hyatt Community Grants program, which is now in its seventh year, encourages hotels around the world to identify and nominate local nonprofits for funding consideration. The program builds on Hyatts belief that no one better understands a communitys most pressing issues and their solutions than those that live and work there.

All participating nonprofits must have a significant local presence and must support one of Hyatts four focus areas Environmental Sustainability, Education & Personal Advancement, Economic Development & Investment, or Health & Wellness.

We are honored to support Youth Farm and their valuable contributions to our community, said Mark Becker, general manager, Hyatt Regency Minneapolis. It is so important for us to be active participants in our area, and this program gives us the great opportunity to give back to a local organization that does so much for our city.

Receiving this grant is a great honor, and we are thankful that Hyatt Regency Minneapolis nominated Youth Farm for this generous award, said Gunnar Liden, Executive Director, Youth Farm. We know this grant will go a long way in helping us achieve our goals of not only growing food but growing leaders in the community we serve.

Celebrating A Milestone

Funding for the Hyatt Community Grants program is provided through Hyatt. The Hyatt Regency Minneapolis will be among 31 Hyatt hotels around the world that will award grants to nonprofits in their local communities in 2014.

This year, the grant program is celebrating a significant milestone as its reaching two million dollars in grant funding since its inception in 2008 to nonprofit organizations in 123 communities and 38 countries around the world.

Its inspiring to see how far weve come and how the program has evolved over the years. Year after year, we are impressed by the growing partnerships that our hotels have developed with their local nonprofit organizations. To know that weve helped so many organizations that are committed to the success and prosperity of our communities is motivating, said Brigitta Witt, global head of corporate responsibility for Hyatt. I am thrilled that we have reached such a significant milestone of giving more than two million dollars throughout the last seven years of our grant program, and I look forward to continuing this positive momentum in the future to help many more of these well-deserving nonprofit organizations.

Making a Difference on #GivingTuesday

Hyatt is one of the newest companies to join the #GivingTuesday social movement, a global day dedicated to giving back around the world. On December 2, 2014, charities, families, businesses, community centers, and students around the world come together for one common purpose to celebrate generosity and to give back.

Hyatt has joined the social giving movement by announcing the recipients of the Hyatt Community Grants program on #GivingTuesday and by encouraging all of its hotel colleagues around the world to join the conversation and engage in giving back throughout the entire holiday season.

For more information on the recipients of the Hyatt Community Grants program, please click here.

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 Community Grants

Hyatt Community Grants is a key component of Hyatt Thrive, the companys global corporate responsibility program. Hyatt Thrive is designed to help make the communities in which Hyatt operates places that associates are proud to work, guests want to visit, neighbors want to live and hotel owners want to invest. Hyatt Thrive harnesses the power of more than 95,000 Hyatt associates at over 570 properties around the world, to focus on positive local efforts that create a significant global impact. For more information about Hyatt Thrive, please visit www.HyattThrive.com.

About #GivingTuesday

#GivingTuesday, December 2, 2014, follows the widely recognized shopping events Black Friday and Cyber Monday, kicking off the holiday giving season with a global day dedicated to charitable giving, combining the power of social media and the generosity of people around the world to bring about real change in their communities. Now in its third year, #GivingTuesday is a worldwide movement that celebrates the power of giving in all its forms.

This effort builds on the collective power of a unique blend of partners charities, families, businesses and individuals to transform how people think about, talk about and participate in the giving season. #GivingTuesday inspires people to take collaborative action to improve their local communities, give back in better, smarter ways to the charities and causes they celebrate and help create a better world. For more information, visit www.givingtuesday.org.

For more information on Hyatt Community Grants, please visit www.HyattCommunityGrants.com

About Hyatt Regency Minneapolis

Hyatt Regency Minneapolis, 1300 Nicollet Mall, is a convention center hotel located in the heart of downtown Minneapolis. The property features 645 rooms, 105,000 square feet of flexible function space, a full service business center, WIFI Internet access, an indoor heated pool and a 30,000 square foot fitness center. The hotels prime location on Nicollet Mall allows guests to easily explore an incredible array of Twin Cities attractions from shopping to sports and anything in between. To book, call 800.233.1234 or visit www.minneapolis.hyatt.com

About Youth Farm

At Youth Farm, our mission is simple; we farm to grow - we grow leaders; we grow food; we grow community. We do this with over 800 youth ages 9-24 in five neighborhoods in the Twin Cities: Lyndale, Powderhorn and Hawthorne in Minneapolis and Frogtown and the West Side in St. Paul. Visit www.youthfarmmn.org for more information.