EX-24. 2 rrd229162_258921.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY rrd229162_258921.html
                            LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
       For Filings under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                           (Hyatt Hotels Corporation)

        The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Mark S. Hoplamazian,
President and Chief Executive Officer of Hyatt Hotels Corporation (the
"Company"), Harmit J. Singh, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, and Susan
T. Smith, General Counsel of the Company, each in their respective capacities as
such, and each of their respective successors in such offices, and each of them,
the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power
of substitution in the premises, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to:

        (1)     execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
                undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Company,
                Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
                Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
                Act"), and the rules thereunder;

        (2)     do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
                undersigned that may be necessary or desirable to complete and
                execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and timely file such form with
                the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any
                stock exchange or similar authority; and

        (3)     take any other action solely in connection with the foregoing
                which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
                benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by or
                on behalf of, the undersigned, it being understood that the
                documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
                undersigned pursuant to this Limited Power of Attorney shall be
                in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such
                attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's
                discretion.

        The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution and revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Limited Power of Attorney and
the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that each of
the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of
the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

        This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with
respect to the undersigned's holdings of, and transactions in, securities issued
by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Limited Power of
Attorney this 4th day of November, 2009.

                                        /s/ Stephen G. Haggerty
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                                        Stephen G. Haggerty