Are you interested in staying at a Hyatt Hotel? This article will give you more information on Hyatt Regency, Grand Hyatt, and Park Hyatt Hotels.
The origins of the Hyatt Hotels lie with the Hyatt House, opened close to Los Angeles International Airport by developer Hyatt R. von Dehn in 1953. The Hyatt House offered guests a swimming pool, palm trees, and luxurious rooms soundproofed against airport noises in a ranch-style setting for the price of $8.00 to $14.00 per night, or roughly $56.00 to $100.00 in today's dollars. When Von Dehn sold the hotel to Jay Pritzker in 1957, the story of the Hyatt Corporation began. Today, the Hyatt Corporation operates over two hundred hotels world-wide, from Charlotte, North Carolina to Hong Kong, where Hyatt opened their first international location in 1969.
Hyatt has three types of hotels for travelers. The Hyatt Regency is their "bread and butter" hotel. Each hotel offers a taste of local ambiance to give each location a distinctive flair. Guest amenities vary slightly from hotel to hotel. For example, the Hyatt Regency Orange County, located in Garden Grove, California, offers high speed wireless access, a color television with remote control and cable movie channels, and bathrobes on request. Guests staying at the Hyatt Regency in Columbus, Ohio, receive wireless broadband, a second television in most bathrooms, and full bath amenities.
The Grand Hyatts and Park Hyatts both debuted in 1980. The Grand Hyatts are targeted more specifically to the leisure and business crowds and offer more amenities. For instance, rooms at the Grand Hyatt in New York City come with a video library to chose from, data ports and voicemail, safety deposit boxes at the Front Desk, and an in-room safe. There is also twenty-four hour room service available. The Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego, California offers travelers a daily newspaper, full bath amenities, video checkout, video messages, and turndown service. High speed internet connectivity is available at an extra charge.
The Park Hyatt Hotels are smaller than the Regency and Grand Hotels and offer more personalized service to their guests. Travelers staying at the Park Hyatt in Chicago, Illinois, enjoy high speed internet access, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe desk chairs and Eames chairs, flat screen televisions, showers with two showerheads, and DVD and CD players with a selection of discs in their rooms. Rooms in the Park Hyatt in Mendoza, Argentina, have high speed internet connection, cable television, bathrobes, slippers, a safety deposit box, turndown service, and a bar, along with the availabilty of twenty-four hour room service. Regardless of whether you choose to stay at Regency, a Grand, or a Park Hotel, you will have a wonderful room and great service.
If you plan on staying at Hyatt Hotels frequently, you might join their free Gold Membership Club and get points or miles towards free stays, free airline tickets with participating airlines, free use of Hyatt fitness centers, and special promotions. After five stays or fifteen nights during a calendar year, your membership may move up to the Platinum level. Platinum members enjoy a special reservation line and a choice of an additional benefit after a third stay. If you stay a total of fifty nights or twenty-five stays, you may be eligible for Diamond Membership. Diamond Members may upgrade to a Regency/Grand Club room, if available, and can enjoy complimentary continental breakfasts and complimentary hors d'oeuvres. Diamond Members also get special offers from the Hotels and additional opportunities to earn points.
The Hyatt Hotels also offer the Hyatt Business Plan in selected hotels in the United States and Canada and the Hyatt Business Centers at selected locations in other countries. The Plan and Centers are designed to help guests do business more easily. For a small fee, the Business Plan will waive your phone charges. You will get a complimentary continental breakfast, a complimentary newspaper, and will also get to work out at the hotel's fitness center at no charge. Staff at the Hyatt Business Centers will assist you with any business needs that you might have in a foreign country, including translation services. By the way, the Hyatt Hotels offer meeting rooms for different sized groups along with staff eager to help you with your meeting needs.
When planning a trip, check individual locations for services and amenities. There may also be discounts and packages available to you. Hyatt also guarantees the best online rate when you book through their website. If you find another room rate online at a lower price, Hyatt will match the rate and take an additional twenty percent off.
