Bringing cultured culinary style to the Northeast corner of the downtown core, Urbane—the new restaurant and bar located at 1635 8^th Avenue—opens today. With a focus on sustainability, the restaurant occupies the first floor of the new Olive 8 condominium and Hyatt at Olive 8 hotel, which opened earlier this month and is slated to be the first LEED certified condo-hotel building in Seattle. Under the direction of Executive Chef Brent Martin, Urbane promises a regional farm-to-plate experience with fresh offerings from Draper Valley Farms, Willie Green Farms, Beecher’s Cheeses and Salumi Artesian Cured Meats, as well as regional wines from Spring Valley Vineyard and Boudreaux Cellars.

Hyatt Hotels & Resorts has launched Hyatt Gold Passport Planner Rewards™, which enables meeting and event planners to achieve tier status and earn points and recognition benefits through Hyatt Gold Passport®.

To say “thank you” to its valued travel agent partners, Hyatt Resorts has extended its bonus commission program for individual travel agents through August 31, 2009.

Hyatt Hotels & Resorts announced today the return of its signature Hyatt Regency brand to Hong Kong with the opening of the 567-room Hyatt Regency Hong Kong, Sha Tin.

The new Hyatt Regency Toronto On King will open its doors as the city's newest upscale hotel on February 16.