News Releases

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The Chartres Lodging Group, LLC, has completed its purchase of the 910-room Adam’s Mark Hotel St. Louis from HBE Corp., of St. Louis

With more hotels than ever in key cities like Shanghai and Beijing, Hyatt Hotels & Resorts rings in the Chinese “Year of the Rat” with a collection of properties ready to host guests for the upcoming 2008 Summer Olympic Games. In Shanghai, Hyatt on the Bund and Grand Hyatt Shanghai will be joined by the new Park Hyatt Shanghai opening in July.

The commitment by Grand Hyatt Singapore over the past 10 years in the area of “green” projects and initiatives that embrace both economic and environmental sustainability have not gone unnoticed.  At the recent ASEAN Tourism Forum 2008 held in Bangkok, Thailand, Grand Hyatt Singapore was presented with the ASEAN Green Hotel Standard 2008- 2009 award, the hotel’s second award in the ASEAN arena with regards to the hotel’s positive environmental actions.  

Hyatt Regency Trinidad will be ready to share its hospitality with Carnival revelers this February. Trinidad’s first full-service hotel to open since 1962 welcomes its first guests on January 29^th, 2008.

Hyatt’s upscale all-suite/extended-stay brand Hyatt Summerfield Suites^® today announced it doubled its development pipeline in 2007 for a year-end total of 20 new hotels, increasing the total number of Hyatt Summerfield Suites hotels open and under development to more than 50.

Affiliates of Global Hyatt Corporation today announced the signing of an agreement with Vivico Real Estate GmbH to operate a new 405-room Grand Hyatt in Frankfurt. Slated to open in 2011, the hotel will be part of a 541-foot (165 meter) tower featuring a modern and stylish design.

Further demonstrating its position as the ‘category killer’ upscale select service brand, Hyatt today announced that it approved a total of 86 new Hyatt Place hotels to date

The new Hyatt Regency Trinidad Hotel welcomed its first guest on January 29^th, 2008.

Domenick Buffone has been named general manager of the 328-room Hyatt Regency Greenville. He replaces Nancy Dudak, who has been promoted to general manager of Hyatt Regency Atlanta Suites.

Hyatt Regency Houston, a prominent landmark in the downtown Houston skyline since 1972, announces plans for a comprehensive, $35-million revitalization project to include the transformation of all 960 guestrooms, the addition of new, high-tech meeting space and a Shula’s fine-dining steakhouse.

Hyatt Hotels & Resorts has announced that Jill Johnson has been appointed Vice President, Asset Management.

Park Hyatt Zurich has added a new section to its lunch and dinner menus, with a wide selection of Swiss cheeses presented adjacent to the open show kitchen of the restaurant parkhuus, allowing gourmets to enjoy more than 20 local cheeses.

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Hyatt Place, already a frontrunner in hospitality technology, today announced that guests at all its hotels will be able to connect their portable media devices into the 42-inch HDTV by year-end, thanks to the Hyatt Plug Panel™, a cutting-edge in-room media connectivity device.

Hyatt Place Orlando/Universal – just minutes from the Universal Orlando Resort – opens today, introducing a new experience to Orlando. Hyatt Place, a new kind of hotel that complements Hyatt’s full service brands, combines contemporary design with innovative services and amenities to create an atmosphere of casual hospitality.

The holidays are a time for giving, so Hyatt Place is introducing the Winter Breakfast Bonus package*, which gives guests two free breakfast entrées in addition to the complimentary continental breakfast already included with their stay.

Hong Kong, November 30, 2007 – Global Hyatt Corporation and New World Development Company have announced the signing of a management agreement for a new 384-room Hyatt Regency, scheduled to open in 2009 in the heart of Kowloon’s Tsim Sha Tsui district.

November 16, 2007 marks the launch of Andaz Liverpool Street, London (formerly the Great Eastern Hotel).

Hyatt Place Boston/Medford – just minutes from downtown Boston – opens today, bringing a new type of hospitality experience to Massachusetts. 

Hyatt Regency Indianapolis is excited to announce the completion of a $13-million renovation with the opening of One South restaurant on Friday, November 16, 2007.

Chefs at Hyatt Hotels & Resorts in the US, Canada and Caribbean are heating up the fall season with an exciting new Mediterranean-inspired food and drink menu, Spice, Savor the Flavor.

Hyatt Place hotels now offer football fans the ability to follow their favorite college and professional teams while in their hotel room, thanks to exclusive programming from Lodgenet Entertainment Corporation and DIRECTV.

Hyatt Place today announced the hotel industry’s first customized webpage populated with location-specific content using iGoogle*. This marks the first time a hotel brand is providing guests with the ability to immediately view relevant, local online content to assist them during their stay.

Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC) announced that the exclusive new 200-room, five-star hotel in Abu Dhabi’s Capital Gate building, adjacent to the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, will be operated by Hyatt Hotels & Resorts.