Hyatt Hotels Corp

MANAGEMENT'S REPORT ON

INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING

The management of Hyatt Hotels Corporation is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Hyatt Hotels Corporation's internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America. Our internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of Hyatt Hotels Corporation; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of Hyatt Hotels Corporation are being made only in accordance with authorizations of Hyatt Hotels Corporation's management and directors; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of assets of Hyatt Hotels Corporation that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Management assessed the effectiveness of Hyatt Hotels Corporation's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2025. In making this assessment, management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control—Integrated Framework (2013). Based on this assessment, management determined that Hyatt Hotels Corporation maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2025. There has been no change in the Company's internal control over financial reporting during the Company's most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company's internal control over financial reporting.

The scope of management's assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting included all of our consolidated operations, except for Playa Hotels, for which the minimum tender condition pursuant to a tender offer process was satisfied on June 11, 2025 and for which we completed the acquisition on June 17, 2025. This exclusion is in accordance with the SEC staff's general guidance that an assessment of a recently acquired business may be omitted from the scope of management's assessment for one year following the acquisition. Subsequent to the Playa Hotels Acquisition, we completed the sale of the Playa Hotels Portfolio to unrelated third parties and entered into long-term management agreements for 13 of the 15 hotels. The business that we acquired in the Playa Hotels Acquisition represented approximately 8% of our total assets, 5% of our total revenues, and 20% of our net income (loss) as of and for the year ended December 31, 2025.

Deloitte & Touche LLP, the independent registered public accounting firm that has audited the consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, has issued an attestation report on Hyatt Hotels Corporation's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2025. That report is included in Item 15 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

/s/ Mark S. Hoplamazian

Mark S. HoplamazianPresident & Chief Executive Officer

/s/ Joan Bottarini

Joan Bottarini Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

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