Hyatt Hotels Corporation (H)
Hotels, 50,000 employed directly of 242,000 colleagues. Read October 2, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 13, 2026. Ranked 29 of the 54 Consumer Cyclical companies read so far, by the share within reach now.
Within reach now
16%
End of 2028
22%
Employees, annual report
50,000
Leading staffing pattern
Traveler Accommodation
Share of the working time within reach, long-run pace, four times in five
- Now16%
- End of 202721%
- End of 202822%
- End of 203022%
What changes for its people by the end of 2028, by its industries' figures
- Stays with people 79%
- Becomes checking a model's work 14%
- Handed over with lighter checks 6%
The filing separates the 50,000 it employs from the colleagues employed by owners and franchisees (rule 8) and states nothing by kind of work, so one hotel pattern by description (c).
The figures on this page come from the company's own annual report and from BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. They are estimates with a stated method. Nothing here says what the company will do: within reach is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings.
What follows from the reading
Share of working time within reach of AI, on the long-run pace at four in five: 16% now, 21% at the end of 2027, 22% at the end of 2028, 22% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 22% desk work, 18% people work and 60% body work. These are the site's industry estimates weighted by the shares below: estimates with a stated method and range, not a forecast of what the company will do. By the same patterns, at the end of 2028 about 79% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 14% becomes checking a model's work and 6% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.
Headcount
50,000 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). The filing names U.S.-based employees (22% of them under labor agreements) but states no U.S. count.
The filing: “We directly employ approximately 50,000 of these colleagues.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Traveler Accommodation | 100% | The 50,000 directly employed work at corporate and regional offices and at owned, leased and managed hotels; the filing states nothing by kind of work, so one pattern by description (c). |
What the filing says about the workforce: About 242,000 colleagues at offices and managed, franchised, owned and leased properties in 83 countries, of whom about 50,000 are directly employed; about 18% of employees (22% of U.S.-based employees) represented by a union or under a labor agreement.
Companies read with the same leading pattern
Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Traveler Accommodation, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. (HLT, 182,000 employees)16% now, 22% by 2028
- Marriott (MAR, 148,000 employees)18% now, 24% by 2028
- MGM Resorts International (MGM, 78,000 employees)16% now, 22% by 2028
- Caesars Entertainment, Inc. (CZR, 50,000 employees)17% now, 23% by 2028
- Las Vegas Sands Corp. (LVS, 41,500 employees)16% now, 22% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
31 sentences in the filing name AI. Thirty-one sentences: AI tools the company evaluates and implements for personalization, potential AI platforms as new distribution channels and competition, and risk language.
- “We also evaluate, experiment with, and implement various artificial intelligence ("AI") tools or solutions to assist in these efforts and drive greater personalization for guests, members, and customers.”
- “We also compete against smaller hotel chains and independent and local owners and operators and face competition from new distribution channels in the travel industry, including potential AI platforms.”
- “For additional information, see Part I, Item 1A, "Risk Factors-Risks Related to Our Business." Because we operate in a highly competitive industry, our revenues, profits, or market share could be harmed if we are unable to compete effectively, and new distribution channels, including potential AI platforms, alternatives to traditional hotels, and industry consolidation among our competitors may...”
- “For additional information, see Part I, Item 1A, "Risk Factors-Risks Related to Our Business-Any failure to protect our trademarks and intellectual property could reduce the value of our brand names and harm our business." Government Regulation We are subject to numerous foreign, federal, state, and local government laws and regulations, including those relating to employment practices, laws an...”
- “New distribution channels, including potential AI platforms, alternatives to traditional hotels, significant increases in the volume of sales made through third-party internet travel intermediaries, and industry consolidation among our competitors could have an adverse impact on consumer loyalty to our brands and hospitality-related businesses and may negatively impact our business.”
Its annual reports, year by year
Sentences naming AI in each annual report, counted by one rule, beside the median report in the Index that year. Each count links its filing. Every company, by year and sector
- Fiscal 20210median 0
- Fiscal 20220median 0
- Fiscal 202310median 1
- Fiscal 202410median 4
- Fiscal 202531median 10
Headcount by filing year
As reported in each year's annual report, with the filing. A year marked not read had no figure the reading could take from the report's text.
| Period | Employees | Filed | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 50,000 | 2026-02-13 | 10-K |
| 2024-12-31 | 52,000 | 2025-02-13 | 10-K |
| 2023-12-31 | 51,000 | 2024-02-23 | 10-K |
| 2022-12-31 | 50,000 | 2023-02-16 | 10-K |
| 2021-12-31 | 44,000 | 2022-02-17 | 10-K |
| 2020-12-31 | 37,000 | 2021-02-18 | 10-K |
| 2019-12-31 | 55,000 | 2020-02-20 | 10-K |
| 2018-12-31 | 54,000 | 2019-02-14 | 10-K |
| 2017-12-31 | 45,000 | 2018-02-15 | 10-K |
| 2016-12-31 | 45,000 | 2017-02-16 | 10-K |
| 2015-12-31 | 45,000 | 2016-02-18 | 10-K |
| 2014-12-31 | 45,000 | 2015-02-18 | 10-K |
| 2013-12-31 | 45,000 | 2014-02-18 | 10-K |
| 2012-12-31 | 45,000 | 2013-02-13 | 10-K |
| 2011-12-31 | 50,000 | 2012-02-16 | 10-K |
| 2010-12-31 | 45,000 | 2011-02-17 | 10-K |
| 2009-12-31 | 45,000 | 2010-02-25 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- Of 242,000 colleagues, about 192,000 are employed by third-party owners and franchisees and are left out (rule 8).
- No count by country or by kind of work: one pattern by description (c).
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001468174-26-000007, the filing. Read by Claude Fable 5.1 under rubric version 1, by the method. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.
Questions about this company
- How much of Hyatt Hotels Corporation's working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 16% now and 22% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce Hyatt Hotels Corporation's own annual report describes and BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. It is an estimate with a stated method. It is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings, and it says nothing about what the company will do.
- How many people does Hyatt Hotels Corporation employ?
- 50,000 as of December 31, 2025, as its annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025 states.
- What kinds of work make up Hyatt Hotels Corporation's workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 1 industry staffing pattern, the largest Traveler Accommodation; by those patterns the work is about 22% desk work, 18% people work and 60% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does Hyatt Hotels Corporation's annual report say about AI?
- 31 sentences in the filing name AI. Its annual reports for fiscal 2021 to 2025 name it in 0, 0, 10, 10 and 31 sentences, year by year. They are counted and quoted on this page, never judged: a count says how much a filing talks about AI, not what the company does with it.
- How is this estimated?
- Claude Fable 5.1 read the annual report under the Index's written rubric (version 1) on October 2, 2026: the stated headcount, the share in the U.S. when stated, and the workforce as a blend of industry staffing patterns. The estimates are the site's industry estimates weighted by those shares, from O*NET tasks with estimated lengths and METR's measurements of how long a task AI models can finish. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.
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