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or another hotel. When planning a new hotel location, the Hyatt
International group looked for experienced chain employees for
the general manager and executive committee for the new hotel.
Generally, the general manager and area directors recommend
executive committee staff for transfer and promotion. The
selection and transfer of general managers and certain executive
staff, however, required HIC’s approval. Similarly, senior staff
recommendations for the general manager’s and executive committee
member’s compensation was also subject to HIC’s approval. From
their first position, employees knew their career would be
determined by the Hyatt International group, not the hotel owner.
The general manager and executive committee staff at certain
Asian flagship hotels, such as the Hyatt Regency Hong Kong and
the Hyatt Singapore, served concurrently in senior executive
positions with HHK and HS. Initially, the salaries of HHK and HS
employees and related overhead expenses were paid entirely by the
hotels. Later, a portion of those salaries was paid by the Hyatt
International master hotel management subsidiaries, after they
assumed increased responsibility for new hotels. In the early
1980’s, HHK began to hire and pay full-time clerical staff and
specialists in positions such as marketing, food and beverage,
engineering, and finance. For certain hotels, the executive
staff (usually general managers and controllers) continued to
have dual roles. For example, Brian Bryce, the first general
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