HYATT Hotels & Resorts has announced the 2011 opening of key properties across the UAE, India and the Maldives as part of the group’s commitment to provide guests with distinctive accommodation in key destinations.
Speaking in advance of the Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2011 Thierry Bertin, vice president worldwide sales – South West Asia, Hyatt International, said: “Travellers from the GCC region look for convenient access to luxurious retreats which provide authentic hospitality – our 2011 property openings offer these elements and are within five hours travel time from key airports in the region.”
Conveniently linked to the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (Adnec), the 189-room Hyatt at Capital Gate, which occupies levels 18 to 32 of the 160-m Capital Gate building, will have a sleek contemporary design and is scheduled to open in the last quarter of 2011. Due to the unique contour of the tower, each room will have a different shape and orientation and the ‘sky lobby’ will be suspended 80 m above the ground on the 18th floor, offering panoramic views of the city.
The 35-storey tower, with its staggering shape, orientation and design, is owned and developed by Adnec. It has been built to lean 18 degrees westwards – more than four times the angle of the world-famous Leaning Tower of Pisa.
Located on the northern part of Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, surrounded by the 18-hole championship Saadiyat Beach golf course, and featuring a 9-km stretch of pristine natural beach, Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi Hotel and Villas will be the first Park Hyatt branded resort in the Middle East when it opens in the last quarter of 2011.
Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi will be close to Saadiyat Cultural District, which will be home to Zayed National Museum, Louvre Abu Dhabi and the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi. Occupying 18.5 acres, the property will feature 270 spacious guest rooms with a minimum of 592 sq ft of space, 44 villas, a selection of world-class restaurants as well as exclusive facilities dedicated to conferences, events and recreation.
Hyatt Hotels Corporation also recently announced that a Hyatt affiliate has entered into an agreement with Driftwood Maldives Private to manage Park Hyatt Maldives Hadahaa which began operating under the name on April 1, 2011.
Park Hyatt Maldives Hadahaa is the first Hyatt hotel in the Maldives, a chain of 1,200 coral islands in the Indian Ocean, located southwest of India, just north of the equator. The first resort in the Maldives to follow Earth Check certification standards for construction and operations, the hotel’s design provides for guest comfort and privacy, while ensuring sensitivity to the surrounding environment. Situated in the Indian Ocean’s largest and deepest atoll, Huvadhoo, the hotel opened in late 2009 and had been operating as Alila Villas Hadahaa.
The first of three Hyatt hotels to launch in India this year, Hyatt Regency Chennai is scheduled to open in May. It will be Hyatt’s first foray into South India and is a premier business hotel with 325 guest rooms and suites.
Grand Hyatt Goa is set on 28 acres of lush tropical gardens, overlooking the sheltered blue waters of Bambolim Bay. It is a unique five-star conference resort and spa located in northern Goa. Inspired by the 17th century Indo-Portuguese architecture, this contemporary palace features 314 grand rooms and suites and one Royal Villa and will open mid-2011.
And lastly Park Hyatt Hyderabad, with 209 guestrooms and suites and 44 serviced apartments, is expected to open in the upscale Banjara Hills area of Hyderabad in South India, at the end of 2011.