Hyatt Hotels (NYSE: H) reported Q1 EPS of ($0.59), $0.45 worse than the analyst estimate of ($0.14).

Mark S. Hoplamazian, president and chief executive officer of Hyatt Hotels Corporation, said, "As COVID-19 became a global pandemic, we took prompt and meaningful actions to manage the first phase of the impact of the virus. We obtained substantial additional cash, reduced investment and corporate spending to preserve cash, and we reduced third party hotel owners' direct costs through this period. While we continue to operate in an environment of suppressed demand and great uncertainty, we believe our existing liquidity provides sufficient capacity to cover at least 30 months of operations under current conditions."

Mr. Hoplamazian continued, "All of the actions we have taken are informed by our purpose of care, which includes protecting the health and safety of our colleagues and guests, the financial health of our hotel owners as well as the long-term health of our business. We have taken many steps designed to demonstrate care and to help us to emerge from this crisis in a position of strength. We are well-positioned to continuously adapt our business so that we may play an important role in providing employment opportunities to members of the Hyatt family over time while caring for our guests, customers and owners so that they can be their best."

OPERATIONAL UPDATE

Occupancy in Greater China, where the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic were first reported, have shown gradual improvement over the past few weeks, with occupancy approaching 25% at the end of April. Other parts of the world remain under quarantines and travel restrictions, which have resulted in significant declines in occupancy with uncertainty surrounding near-term improvement. System-wide occupancy rates as of April 30, 2020 are averaging approximately 15% for hotels that remain operational.

As of April 30, 2020, operations were suspended at approximately 35% of our system-wide hotels. Operations were suspended at 62% of our full service hotels and 19% of our select service hotels in the Americas, at 17% of our hotels in the ASPAC region, and at 58% of our hotels in the EAME/SW Asia region. Operations were suspended at 82% of our owned and leased hotels.

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