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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-063796"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "H"
cik: "0001468174"
company_name: "Hyatt Hotels Corp"
filed_at: "2025-06-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-18T12:38:53.223015+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hyatt agrees to sell Playa's owned real estate portfolio to Tortuga for $2.0B

## Summary
- Sale of 15 all-inclusive resorts for $2.0B cash; up to $143M earnout if operating thresholds met.
- Concurrent 50-year management agreements for 13 properties under Hyatt's existing fee structure.
- Net purchase price for asset-light management business ~$555M; expects $60-65M stabilized 2027 Adj. EBITDA.
- Proceeds to repay Delayed Draw Term Loan; net leverage to remain investment-grade.
- Transaction expected to close before end of 2025, subject to Mexico regulatory approval.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-063796
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: H
- cik: 0001468174
- company_name: Hyatt Hotels Corp
- filed_at: 2025-06-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1468174/000110465925063796/0001104659-25-063796-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1468174/000110465925063796/tm2519402d1_8k.htm

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