Hyatt Hotels (H) S-8 Registration of securities for employees

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Re: Registration Statement on Form S-8 with respect to 9,452,307 shares of

Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to Hyatt Hotels Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the proposed issuance of up to 9,452,307 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Shares”), including (i) up to 9,347,307 Shares issuable pursuant to the Amended and Restated Hyatt Hotels Corporation Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) and (ii) up to 105,000 Shares issuable pursuant to the Restricted Stock Unit Agreement, dated December 18, 2006, by and between the Company and Mark S. Hoplamazian (the “RSU Agreement”). The Shares are included in a registration statement on Form S–8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on December 11, 2009 (the “Registration Statement”). This opinion is being furnished in connection with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Act, and no opinion is expressed herein as to any matter pertaining to the contents of the Registration Statement, other than as expressly stated herein with respect to the issue of the Shares.

As such counsel, we have examined such matters of fact and questions of law as we have considered appropriate for purposes of this letter. With your consent, we have relied upon certificates and other assurances of officers of the Company and others as to factual matters without having independently verified such factual matters. We are opining herein as to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, and we express no opinion with respect to any other laws.

Subject to the foregoing and the other matters set forth herein, it is our opinion that, as of the date hereof, when the Shares have been duly registered on the books of the transfer agent and registrar therefor in the name or on behalf of the recipient, and have been issued by the Company in the manner contemplated by the Plan or the RSU Agreement, as applicable, including the receipt of payment for such Shares in an amount in cash or other legal consideration of not less than the aggregate par value for such Shares, the issuance and sale of the Shares will have been

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duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company, and the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

This opinion is for your benefit in connection with the Registration Statement and may be relied upon by you and by persons entitled to rely upon it pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Act. We consent to your filing this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Latham & Watkins LLP