| Hyatt Hotels | |
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| Type | Hotels |
| Founded | 1957 |
| Headquarters | Chicago, Illinois |
| Area served | International |
| Industry | Hospitality |
| Products | Hotels |
| Parent | Global Hyatt Corporation |
| Website | Hyatt Hotels |
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History
The Hyatt Corporation was born upon purchase of the Hyatt House, at Los Angeles International Airport on September 27, 1957. Los Angeles International Airport is the primary Airport serving Los Angeles, California, the second-most populated metropolitan area of The original owners were entrepreneurs, Hyatt R. von Dehn and Jack D. Crouch. Jack Dyer Crouch ( 14 August 1915 - 23 June 1989) was a American Entrepreneur and conglomerate organizer born Hyatt R. von Dehn was eager to get out of the hotel business after a few years, so he sold his share in the hotel to Jay Pritzker. Jay Arthur Pritzker ( 26 August 1922 - 23 January 1999) was an American Entrepreneur and conglomerate organizer Mr Pritzker heard the hotel was for sale while sitting in its coffee shop called ‘Fat Eddie’s’ waiting for a flight. He scribbled a bid for $2. 2 million dollars on a napkin, and the Hyatt Corporation was born. (That’s the equivalent of $15,770,581 in 2006). Jay Pritzker and Jack D. Crouch remained partners until 1965, opening airport hotels in several cities including San Francisco, Seattle, and San Jose. Jack Dyer Crouch ( 14 August 1915 - 23 June 1989) was a American Entrepreneur and conglomerate organizer born Crouch stepped away from Hyatt to pursue other hotel ventures, while Jay and his younger brother, Don continued to run Hyatt.
The Hyatt became famous after the chain opened the world's first atrium hotel in 1967, the Hyatt Regency Atlanta[1], a decade after opening its first hotel. The Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Georgia was constructed in 1967 The John Portman designed building was the original Hyatt Regency property was the first hotel centered around
In 1969, Hyatt opened its first hotel overseas, the Hyatt Regency Hong Kong (which closed at the end of 2005 and was demolished, the new one will open in 2009[1]). In 1980, the Grand Hyatt and Park Hyatt brands were introduced. Hyatt has become known for its resorts after the opening of Hyatt Regency Maui[2] in 1980. The Island of Maui is the second-largest of the Hawaiian Islands at 727 Today Hyatt has over 340 hotels worldwide[3].
In December 2004, Global Hyatt announced it would acquire AmeriSuites, an upscale chain of all suite business class hotels from affiliates of the Blackstone Group, a New York based private equity investment firm. Global Hyatt Corporation is a Chicago, Illinois, based holding company for several hotel brands and related businesses AmeriSuites Hotels was a hotel chain owned by Global Hyatt. It was originally founded by Mark Yale Harris Among the most prestigious private equity and investment management firms in the world The Blackstone Group' ( is a company that provides Private equity, financial advisory New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Blackstone had inherited AmeriSuites from its 2004 acquisition of Prime Hospitality. The AmeriSuites chain is being rebranded and converted to a new concept called Hyatt Place. In August 2004 the Blackstone Group paid $800M to acquire Prime Hospitality With Hyatt Place, Global Hyatt will better compete with the limited service products Courtyard by Marriott and Hilton Garden Inn offered by industry leaders Marriott International and Hilton Hotels Corp.
In December 2005, Global Hyatt announced a second limited service acquisition, Summerfield Suites. In June 2005 the Blackstone Group acquired Wyndham International for $3 Again the seller was the Blackstone Group. Among the most prestigious private equity and investment management firms in the world The Blackstone Group' ( is a company that provides Private equity, financial advisory Blackstone had inherited Summerfield Suites from its purchase of Wyndham International. Wyndham Hotels and Resorts is a concatenation of chains of Hotels and Resorts located mainly in the United States and Canada, but also in Summerfield Suites will be rebranded as Hyatt Summerfield Suites and positioned to compete in the upscale extended stay market against brands such as Residence Inn, Homewood Suites and Staybridge Suites. In June 2005 the Blackstone Group acquired Wyndham International for $3 Residence Inn by Marriott is a brand of Extended stay hotels The chain was launched in 1977 in Wichita Kansas by Jack DeBoer and acquired by Marriott
Brands
Hyatt Regency The Hyatt Regency brand is the oldest brand in the Hyatt hotel chain; the Grand and Park brands were introduced in 1980. Hotel with the Regency brand typically has the Regency Club on property, which is a concierge lounge that offers complimentary continental breakfast and evening hors d'oeuvres. Breakfast is the first meal of the day The word derives from the idea of break ing the '''fast''' of sleep ApetitizerShpjpg|thumb|Swiss cuisine ( Schynige Platte)]] Hors d'œuvre ( French literally 'outside the work' English ɔrˈdɝv or appetizers are There are Hyatt hotels that do not have the Regency designation, which indicates that they do not have a Regency Club.
Grand Hyatt Grand Hyatt hotels have higher standards and are generally larger than typical Regency hotels. They are located in major metropolitan cities. Some Grand Hyatt hotels, such as the Grand Hyatt San Francisco, have Regency Clubs as well. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Outside of the United States, the concierge lounge are branded as Grand Clubs.
Park Hyatt This is Hyatt's premium brand of Hotel. The focus of Park Hyatts is on personalized service with a boutique hotel ambiance. Boutique hotel is a term popularised in North America and the United Kingdom to describe intimate usually luxurious or quirky Hotel environments The Park Hyatt Tokyo is intended to be the flagship for the brand, and the Park Hyatt Chicago is the flagship Park property in the United States. officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States.
Hyatt Resorts Resorts can be part of the Grand, Park or Regency family depending on destination. The resorts often have spa, and other recreation facilities. The term spa is associated with water treatment which is also known as Balneotherapy, Spa towns or Spa resorts offering such treatment or the medication
Hyatt Place The Hyatt Place is a new upscale hotel concept, placing a strong emphasis on design and functions to attract business travelers. In August 2004 the Blackstone Group paid $800M to acquire Prime Hospitality It is a select / limited service offering, and on completion of all renovations to the Amerisuites chain. AmeriSuites Hotels was a hotel chain owned by Global Hyatt. It was originally founded by Mark Yale Harris
Hyatt Summerfield Suites. In June 2005 the Blackstone Group acquired Wyndham International for $3 Summerfield Suites is an extended stay hotel chain addition to the Hyatt group. The suites are fully furnished with full kitchens and separate living areas. There are 20 Hyatt Summerfield Suites hotels across the USA.
Andaz Hyatt launched this new brand in April 2007. The word means "personal style" in Hindi, and the new brand "will offer a highly functional environment characterized by sophistication, innovative design, local identity, casual elegance and service that is attentive but not pretentious and without 'attitude'". Hindi ( Devanāgarī: hi [[wiktहिन्दी हिन्दी]] or hi [[wiktहिंदी हिंदी]] IAST:, IPA:) is [2] The first hotel to bear this brand will be the The Great Eastern Hotel in London, and there will be additional Andaz properties in New York and Austin, TX. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous [3]
Non-Hyatt Branded Hotels
Aryaduta Hotel Jakarta - managed by Hyatt International
Highlands Inn - in Carmel, CA
Hotel Victor - in Miami Beach, FL
NON-HOTEL BRANDS
Hyatt Residency The Hyatt Residency are fully furnished apartments under the Grand Hyatt or Park Hyatt. Carmel-by-the-Sea, usually called simply Carmel, is a small town endowed with a rich artistic history situated on the Monterey Peninsula in Monterey
Hyatt at Home Expanding the Hyatt Touch to the retail home décor and furnishings market, HyattAtHome. com, an online store featuring high quality Hyatt and partner-branded luxury products, parallels the culturally authentic experience guests expect from Hyatt.
Notable properties
Atlanta
The Hyatt Regency Atlanta was built in 1967 and was the first contemporary atrium hotel in the world. The hotel is also notable for being the first Regency hotel in the Hyatt brand. The hotel was influential in helping Atlanta develop into the international destination that it is today, and to this day remains the only major downtown Atlanta hotel with a front drive on the famed Peachtree Street.
United Arab Emirates
The Grand Hyatt Dubai, United Arab Emirates[4] is actually owned by the ruling Sheikh of Dubai although it carries the Hyatt name and logo. Grand Hyatt Dubai is a Hotel in the area of Zabeel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and is one of the Hyatt hotels Sheikh, also rendered as Sheik, Cheikh, Shaikh, and other variants ( Arabic:, shaykh Dubai (in دبيّ,) is one of the seven emirates and most populous city of the United Arab Emirates (UAE It consists of the Grand Hyatt which is a hotel, and the Hyatt Residency which are residential apartments.
Shanghai
The Grand Hyatt Shanghai[5] is located in the Jin Mao tower (floors 53 to 87). The Grand Hyatt Shanghai is located in the Pudong area the financial hub of the city of Shanghai. The Jin Mao Tower ( is an 88-story Landmark Supertall Skyscraper in the Lujiazui area of the Pudong district of Shanghai It has a ballroom for 1200 people, and meeting rooms which seat 400 comfortably. It claims the title of Highest Hotel In The World and welcomes guests in a 33 floor atrium.
Hollywood
The Continental Hyatt Hotel was in the movie Almost Famous starring Kate Hudson (2000), and its pool has featured in several films including This is Spinal Tap (1984), and the Park Hyatt Hotel in Century City was the scene of the famous "6th floor into swimming pool" scene in the 1989 movie Lethal Weapon 2 starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover. Almost Famous is a 2000 Comedy-drama film written and directed by Cameron Crowe, writer and director of Jerry Maguire. Kate Garry Hudson (born April 19, 1979) is an American Film actress. This Is Spın̈al Tap (officially spelled with a non-functional umlaut over the letter 'n' and dotless 'i' is a 1984 mock Rockumentary Lethal Weapon 2 is a 1989 Action film directed by Richard Donner, and starring Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson, AO (born January 3 1956 Danny Lebern Glover (born July 22 1946 is an American Actor, Film director, and Political activist.
San Francisco
The Hyatt Regency San Francisco provides a rooftop revolving restaurant called Equinox, offering 360-degree views of the city and the bay. A revolving restaurant is a Restaurant on a revolving Floorplate. This hotel was sold[6] for close to $200 million to Dune Capital Management and DiNapoli Capital Partners in January 2007 – roughly $250,000 for each of the hotels 802 rooms. The property has been used several times as a filming location, featured most prominently in the Mel Brooks comedy High Anxiety. High Anxiety is a 1977 Comedy film produced by directed by and starring Mel Brooks.
Tokyo
The Park Hyatt Tokyo was featured prominently in Lost in Translation.
Dallas
The Hyatt Regency Dallas, along with the fifty-story Reunion Tower, were featured prominently at the beginning of the opening credits of the television series Dallas. __FORCETOC__ Reunion Tower is a 560 foot (171 m) Observation tower and one of the most recognizable landmarks in Dallas, Texas Dallas is a highly popular long-running American prime-time television Soap opera that originally ran from 1978 to 1991
World Events and Hyatt
Australia - The 2006 G20 Meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors was held at the Grand Hyatt in Melbourne between 18 November and 19 November 2006. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3
Israel - On November 17, 2001, Israeli tourism minister Rehavam Ze'evi was assassinated in the Jerusalem Hyatt Regency on Mount Scopus. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. (רחבעם "גנדי" זאבי born 20 June 1926, died 17 October 2001) was an Israeli general Politician AssassiNation is the sixth album by Krisiun, released in 2006 on Century Media. Mount Scopus ( Hebrew הַר הַצּוֹפִים ( Har HaTzofim) Arabic جبل المشارف Ǧabal al-Mašārif,
Jordan - On November 9, 2005, the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Amman, Jordan was targeted by a series of coordinated terrorist attacks along with a Radisson SAS and a Days Inn hotel. Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (الأردنّ al-Urdunn) is an Arab country in Southwest Asia spanning the southern
Philippines - The Hyatt Terraces Baguio in the northern city of Baguio collapsed after a July 16, 1990 earthquake. The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP Geography The three main access roads leading to Baguio from the lowlands are Kennon Road, Marcos Highway An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth 's crust that creates Seismic waves Earthquakes are recorded with a Seismometer
United States - During Hurricane Katrina, the Hyatt Regency Hotel in New Orleans, United States received significant damage as almost all of its windows were blown out and the bottom floor was torn apart by flood damage. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the costliest hurricane, as well as one of the five deadliest in the history of the United States New Orleans (nʲuːˈɔrliənz nʲuːˈɔrlənz French: La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana A flood is an overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land a deluge Repair work is underway and the hotel will reopen for business in Fall 2007. Autumn (also known as fall in North American English) is one of the four Temperate Seasons Autumn marks the transition from Summer
United States - The Hyatt Regency Kansas City in Kansas City, Missouri was the site of one of the worst hotel disasters in US history. Hyatt Regency hotel walkway collapse was a major disaster that occurred on July 17, 1981 in Kansas City Missouri, killing 114 people and injuring more The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Kansas City Missouri only Items for the metro area Kansas City Kansas or North Kansas City MO should go on their respective pages Missouri ( or) is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee On July 17, 1981 two of the three skybridges that transversed the hotel's lobby collapsed during a tea dance. Hyatt Regency hotel walkway collapse was a major disaster that occurred on July 17, 1981 in Kansas City Missouri, killing 114 people and injuring more The walkways were packed with people when a structural failure occurred causing one bridge, which was hung from the bridge above it, to pull both bridges loose from the ceiling and collapse. 114 people were killed and over 200 were injured. The hotel was later renamed the Hyatt Regency Crown Center.
United States - During Hurricane Alicia in 1983, the Hyatt Regency in Downtown Houston sustained damage where 74 windows were damaged; Alicia was a Category 3 storm. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Hurricane Alicia was the third depression the first tropical storm and the only major Hurricane of the 1983 Atlantic hurricane season.
References
External links
- Hyatt Hotels Official Site
- Hyatt Place - Business Travel Hotel
- Summerfield Suites - Extended Stay Hotel Suites
- Hyatt Vacation Club - Time share Vacation Ownership
- Hyatt Hotels Central Europe
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