Britt A. Shaw, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Hyatt International Corporation

ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

This case arises out of a hotel reservation made through the Hyatt International Corporation website “Hyatt.com,” by Britt Shaw, an American citizen, from his residence in London, England, for a hotel stay in I/Ioscow, Russia. Shaw used that Hyatt website to reserve a room at the Ararat Park Hyatt Moscow. Although the hotel in Moscow for which the reservation was made carries the Hyatt name, Shaw avers that it is a separate entity not owned by Hyatt, and in fact Shaw does not claim that the Moscow hotel engaged in any wrongdoing; his lawsuit is solely against Hyatt.

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