SYDNEY (December 10, 2018) – As a part of Hyatt Community Grants, a philanthropic program that empowers Hyatt colleagues to guide charitable giving, Park Hyatt Sydney announced today that it has awarded Youth Off The Streets with a USD $20,000 grant to further the organization's efforts in helping disconnected young people discover greatness within, by engaging, supporting and providing opportunities to encourage and facilitate positive life choices.

The Hyatt Community Grants program, which is now in its eleventh year, encourages hotels around the world to identify and nominate local community-based organizations for funding consideration. The program builds on Hyatt's belief that no one better understands a local community's most pressing issues – and their solutions – than those who live and work there. Since 2008, colleagues at Hyatt hotels have helped direct nearly $3.5 million to 260 nonprofits in 52 countries around the world. 

“We are honored to support Youth Off The Streets and their valuable contributions to our community,” said Marc von Arnim, general manager at Park Hyatt Sydney. “We consider the members of our community an integral part of the Hyatt family, and through our relationship with Youth Off The Streets, we have seen first-hand the way its work enables our city to thrive.”

All participating community-based organizations must have a significant local presence and align with Hyatt's new global program, RiseHY, which is designed to pair the hospitality industry's career opportunities with young people who need them.

“Receiving this grant is a great honor, and we are thankful that Park Hyatt Sydney nominated our organization to be the recipient of this generous donation,” said Father Chris Riley, CEO and Founder at Youth Off The Streets. “We know this grant will go a long way in helping us give young people the opportunity to achieve greatness.”

Funding for the Hyatt Community Grants program is provided by Hyatt. Park Hyatt Sydney will be among 29 Hyatt hotels around the world that will award grants totaling USD $365,000 to nonprofits in their local communities in 2018.

“At Hyatt, we believe that fulfilling our purpose starts with understanding the needs of others. This is at the core of our Hyatt Community Grants program, because no one is better suited to identify what our communities need than our colleagues who live and work there,” said Jessica Schultz, senior manager of community engagement, Hyatt. “Hyatt Community Grants celebrate and build upon our hotels long-standing engagements with local community-based organizations providing on-the-job training and paths to employment for Opportunity Youth and under-resourced youth across the globe. We look forward to continuing this positive momentum in the future to help many more of these well-deserving community-based organizations impact lives of youth.” 

Giving Back #HyattThrive

From December 3 to December 14, Hyatt colleagues worldwide will use social channels to celebrate Hyatt Community Grants recipients and the way they give back to communities #HyattThrive.

For more information on the recipients of the Hyatt Community Grants program, visit https://about.hyatt.com/en/risehy/community-grants.html

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's global corporate responsibility platform, Hyatt Thrive. Through the Hyatt Community Grants program, Hyatt deepens the company's community ties by empowering colleagues to act as local philanthropists. The Hyatt Community Grants program brings together teams of colleagues to support the prosperity and well-being of their communities. For more information about Hyatt Thrive, visit http://thrive.hyatt.com.

About Park Hyatt

Park Hyatt hotels provide discerning, affluent business and leisure guests with elegant and luxurious accommodations. Guests of Park Hyatt hotels receive highly attentive personalized service in an intimate environment. Located in several of the world's premier destinations, each Park Hyatt hotel is custom designed to combine sophistication with a distinctive regional character. Park Hyatt hotels feature well-appointed guestrooms, meeting and special event spaces for groups, critically acclaimed art, food and beverage programs, and signature restaurants featuring award-winning chefs. There are currently 40 Park Hyatt hotels in the following locations: Abu Dhabi, Bangkok, Beaver Creek, Beijing, Buenos Aires, Busan, Canberra, Changbaishan, Carlsbad, Chennai, Chicago, Dubai, Goa, Guangzhou, Hamburg, Hangzhou, Hyderabad, Istanbul, Jeddah, Maldives, Mallorca, Melbourne, Mendoza, Milan, Moscow, New York, Ningbo, Paris, Saigon, Sanya, Seoul, Shanghai, Siem Reap, St. Kitts, Sydney, Tokyo, Toronto (under renovation), Vienna, Washington, D.C., Zanzibar, and Zurich. For more information, please visit parkhyatt.com. Follow @ParkHyatt on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, and tag photos with #LuxuryIsPersonal.

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