Ice-cream is the new buzz word for summer - A La Mode debuts this month!

The summer's stylish offerings also give back to honey bee research Hyatt Hotels & Resorts announces today its renewed partnership with ice cream purveyor Häagen-Dazs and introduces A La Mode, a new decadent and stylish ice cream dessert menu. A La Mode, meaning "in fashion," features a combination of Häagen-Dazs® Ice Cream's most celebrated flavors, house made desserts, seasonal fruit and classic sundae ingredients for a "buzz-worthy" ice cream experience.

"The new desserts in the A La Mode menu utilize local ingredients and unique ice cream flavors allowing our guests to indulge fashionably this summer," said Susan Terry, Vice President - Corporate Chef, Hyatt Hotels & Resorts. "We found that our guests want traditional ice cream desserts such as Classic Hot Fudge Sundae as well as inventive flavor combinations and house made pastries, which lead us to the creation of the Warm Apple Tart and Mediterranean Coupe."

Hyatt Hotels & Resorts' A La Mode presents its couture dessert collection including unique ingredients and distinctive flavors:

• Vanilla Honey Bee: Vanilla Honey Bee Ice Cream, Seasonal Fruit
• Chocolate Ice Cream Tiramisu: Espresso-Laced Ladyfingers, Belgian
• Chocolate Ice Cream, Mascarpone, Cinnamon, Cocoa, and Chocolate Espresso Beans
• Warm Apple Tart: Crispy Puff Pastry, Caramelized Apple, Dulce de Leche Ice Cream
• Mediterranean Coupe: Pistachio Ice Cream, Rich Olive Oil Cake, Apricot Compote, and Yogurt
• Strawberry Parfait: Strawberry and Swiss Almond Vanilla Ice Creams with Layers of Butterscotch, Fresh strawberry and Crushed Meringue
• Classic Hot Fudge: Vanilla Ice Cream Topped with Chocolate Fudge, Whipped Cream, Crushed Walnuts, and a Cherry

A Sweet Way to Keep the Buzz Going
The Vanilla Honey Bee dessert on the A La Mode menu uses fresh seasonal fruit and features a new ice cream flavor developed to specifically raise awareness of the plight of the honey bees and to help fund research to save them. Tens of thousands of honey bees in 24 states across the United States are vanishing from their hives and dying in the fields. The Häagen-Dazs brand created a new Web site to provide more information on its efforts to support honey bee populations: www.helpthehoneybees.com.

Honey bees play a key role in creating ingredients regularly found in ice cream, such as almonds and strawberries, 40% of the ingredients that are found in many of the unique Häagen-Dazs flavors. A portion of the proceeds from Hyatt's purchase of Vanilla Honey Bee ice cream will be allocated to Häagen-Dazs' $250,000 donation to University of California at Davis and Pennsylvania State University for sustainable pollination research programs.

The chic A La Mode collection will be debuting this month in Hyatt restaurants and through in-room dining at participating hotels and resorts in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean.