July 14, 2015

Mark Becker has been appointed as Area Vice President and General Manager at Hyatt Regency Century Plaza

Mark Becker has been appointed Area Vice President and General Manager of Hyatt Regency Century Plaza. In this role, Becker is responsible for managing all operations for the 726-room Century Plaza hotel, while also overseeing the operations of 8 additional Hyatt properties in the Southern California region. Most recently, Becker was General Manager at Hyatt Regency Minneapolis where he completed a $25 million property expansion, which included the addition of 112 guest rooms and 30,000 square feet of meeting space. A 25-year veteran with Hyatt, Becker began his career as a Housekeeping Supervisor at Hyatt Regency Greenwich. Becker acted as Executive Assistant Manager at Hyatt Regency Indian Wells and Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach. While serving as Rooms Executive, Becker oversaw a $36 million property expansion at Hyatt Regency Indian Wells, and developed the first medical and skin spa in Hyatt's North America portfolio. During his time as a Senior Rooms Executive with Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach, Becker implemented a recreation department and developed the first ocean front property partnership with Disney. As General Manager of Hyatt Regency Sarasota, Becker was the leading force behind a $20 million hotel renovation and transformation, which resulted in a the hotel's first 4 diamond, AAA rating. Becker was named Hyatt's Manager of the Year in 1996, and received the company's distinguished Rooms Executive of the Year award in 2004 and 2007. In 2014, Becker sat on the Board of Meet Minneapolis and the Greater Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce, and in 2010 he was the Board Chair of the Sarasota Convention and Visitor's Bureau. Becker graduated with a Bachelors of Science in Hotel and Restaurant Management from Boston University. He and his wife have 15-year-old twin daughters.

Mark Becker is an alumnus of Boston University School of Hospitality Administration – Class of 1990.

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