CHICAGO (AP) _ Hyatt Hotels Corp. (H) on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter net income of $44 million.

The Chicago-based company said it had net income of 40 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 62 cents per share.

The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 10 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 22 cents per share.

CHICAGO (AP) _ Hyatt Hotels Corp. (H) on Tuesday reported third-quarter profit of $237 million.

On a per-share basis, the Chicago-based company said it had profit of $2.09. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains, came to 33 cents per share.

The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 25 cents per share.

CHICAGO (AP) _ Hyatt Hotels Corp. (H) on Tuesday reported second-quarter profit of $77 million.

On a per-share basis, the Chicago-based company said it had net income of 66 cents. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were 72 cents per share.

The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 11 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 48 cents per share.

DETROIT (AP) — Marriott International says it's removing plastic straws and drink stirrers from all of its 6,500 hotels and resorts worldwide by next year.

The world's largest hotel company says the move will eliminate approximately 1 billion straws and 250 million stirrers by July 2019.

Marriott says the year-long timeframe will let hotels deplete their existing supplies and identify alternatives to plastic straws. Customers will be given alternatives upon request.

CHICAGO (AP) — Hyatt Hotels Corp. (H) on Thursday reported third-quarter earnings of $62 million.

The Chicago-based company said it had profit of 47 cents per share.

The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 10 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 28 cents per share.

The hotel operator posted revenue of $1.09 billion in the period, falling short of Street forecasts. Seven analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $1.1 billion.

CHICAGO (AP) — Hyatt Hotels' second-quarter profit easily beat analysts' estimates as a key revenue figure improved.

For the three months ended June 30, the hotel operator earned $67 million, or 49 cents per share. A year earlier the Chicago-based company earned $40 million, or 27 cents per share.

Earnings, adjusted for one-time costs, came to 64 cents per share. Analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research expected earnings of 46 cents per share.