Hyatt was founded by Jay Pritzker in 1957 when he purchased the Hyatt House motel adjacent to the Los Angeles International Airport.Over the following decade, Jay Pritzker and his brother Donald Pritzker, working together with other Pritzker family busine interests, grew the company into a North American management and hotel ownership company, which became a public company in 1962.In 1968, Hyatt International was formed and subsequently became a separate public company.Hyatt Corporation and Hyatt International Corporation were taken private by the Pritzker family busine interests in 1979 and 1982, respectively.On December 31, 2004, substantially all of the hospitality aets owned by Pritzker family busine interests, including Hyatt Corporation and Hyatt International Corporation, were consolidated under a single entity, now named Hyatt Hotels Corporation.
凯悦的创始人是 Jay Pritzker，第一家酒店是他于 1957 年在洛杉机国际机场附近购买的凯悦旅馆。 随后十年间，Jay Pritzker 和弟弟 Donald Pritzker 及其他 Pritzker 家族企业利益集团，共同将公司培育成北美地区的管理和酒店私有公司，并于 1962 年成为上市公司。 1968 年，凯悦国际酒店集团成立并在后来发展成为独立上市公司。 凯悦酒店集团和凯悦国际酒店集团分别在 1979 和 1982 年被 Pritzker 家族企业利益集团收归私有。 2004 年 12 月 31 日，Pritzker 家族企业利益集团拥有的全部酒店资产——包括凯悦集团和凯悦国际集团——均被整合至凯悦酒店集团。
