CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 29, 2012--
Hyatt
Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) announced today the opening of Park
Hyatt Hyderabad, the first city Park Hyatt hotel in
India. This contemporary and elegant hotel with 185 guestrooms and 24
suites offers business travelers and local guests a sophisticated
ambience in the heart of the upscale Banjara Hills neighborhood. It is
also the first hotel in Hyderabad to offer 42 fully serviced luxury
apartments, The Residence, with five-star facilities and amenities.
Centrally located, the hotel is just fifteen minutes from the technology
hub of Hi-Tech City and the business district, and 45 minutes from
Hyderabad’s international airport.
Park Hyatt Hyderabad Lobby Rendering (Photo: Business Wire)
The financial, economic and political capital of Andhra
Pradesh, Hyderabad is one of the richest cities in India and has
been named the second best Indian city for doing business, according to
a World
Bank Group report. It is one of India’s prominent biopharmaceutical
and pharmaceutical hubs and has large tracts of land devoted to software
development and information technology research.
“We are proud to expand the Park Hyatt brand presence in India with Park
Hyatt Hyderabad joining Park
Hyatt Goa Resort and Spa, which will be followed by the opening of Park
Hyatt Chennai in the second quarter of 2012. These openings are
reflective of the thoughtful growth of the brand in destinations that
build customer preference, and they also add to the growing portfolio of
Hyatt hotels in India,” said
Peter Fulton
, Managing Director, Hyatt
International – South West Asia.
“Park Hyatt hotels are premium luxury hotels designed to cater to the
discerning individual seeking the privacy, personalized service and
luxurious elegance of a contemporary hotel,” said
Sven Hoffmeyer
,
general manager of Park Hyatt Hyderabad. "This new hotel will maintain
the brand’s emphasis on art and culinary excellence with locally
inspired artwork in the public areas and a signature restaurant headed
by experienced chefs. I am delighted that the majority of our associates
have been recruited from other Hyatt hotels in India, as well as from
around the world, which will ensure that our guests receive an authentic
and true Park Hyatt experience during their stay in Hyderabad.”
Design and Guestrooms
Designed by the renowned architecture firm of John Portman & Associates,
the modern, eight-story Park Hyatt Hyderabad includes 185 guestrooms and
24 suites on the first six floors with 42 serviced apartments on the two
uppermost floors. Clad in natural Madurai granite from South India, the
façade is clean and modern with expansive glass doors and windows, and
an impressive porte-cochere with a shimmering steel mesh ceiling
fixture. The impressive lobby is designed with sparkling water features
and plants that surround the hotel’s signature 35-foot tall white,
abstract sculpture.
The stylish and contemporary interiors, designed by the international
design team Hirsch Bedner Associates, feature Indian motifs inspired by
henna patterns, while silk and vibrant colors add a sari-inspired
element to the decor.
Spacious, welcoming and modern, each of the hotel’s guestrooms are among
the largest in Hyderabad, measuring at least 463 square feet/45 square
meters. Soft, neutral earthy tones and shades of silver and green in the
guestroom furnishings create a soothing ambience, while large glass
windows add natural daylight within the room. For the convenience of the
busy corporate traveler, each guestroom is equipped with oversized work
desks, easy-to-use in-room technology and conveniently placed electrical
outlets and light fixtures, while the luxurious bathrooms provide a
sanctuary after a hard days’ work. These spa-style bathrooms feature
oversized, free-standing bathtubs and
Miller Harris
amenities.
Dining
Tastefully furnished, with generous touches of contemporary features,
all restaurants at Park Hyatt Hyderabad are designed with interactive
show kitchens, which are central to the guest experience. Tre-Forni,
the hotel’s signature restaurant, prepares light and flavorful dishes
from Northern Italy’s Veneto, Lombardia and Liguria regions, in addition
to pizzas and pastas. Offering communal traditional Italian-style dining
as well as a private dining room, Tre-Forni’s extensive wine list
features varietals from the Central and Northern Italian wine regions,
and the chef’s use of many fresh ingredients from specific regions of
Italy offers guests an authentic taste of Italy in Hyderabad. Furnished
in muted earth tones, dark polished hardwood floors, and hand carved
Italianate tiles; the restaurant has three rustic ovens, which are used
to make fresh pizzas, grilled and baked dishes and breads. Other dishes,
such as the restaurant’s signature seafood and vegetarian risottos, are
made and served from the colorful interactive kitchens at the center of
the restaurant.
For a traditional Indian menu, the formal Dining Room offers
light and flavorful Hyderabadi dishes and classic European favorites.
For a light bite to eat, The Living Room offers the hotel’s
signature selection of freshly prepared macarons and other French
pastries, as well as elegant Western and Indian-inspired high tea in the
afternoon. The friendly and warm Oriental Bar and Kitchen is a
gathering place to meet friends or business associates for drinks and
tapas-style Southeast Asian comfort snacks and other dishes.
Spa and Fitness Center
With treatments inspired by the royal Nizams of Hyderabad, The Spa
offers hotel guests and local residents an enticing bouquet of
result-oriented beauty and wellness therapies. The ingredients used in
the creams and lotions include saffron, pearls and other exclusive
items. Tailor made products from Good Earth and special selections from
Aromatherapy Associates are available for spa services. The first place
in the city to feature the “Hydra Facial” treatment, The Spa also offers
other amenities including a Swedish sauna, steam room, beauty salon, and
a fitness center featuring a temperature-controlled swimming pool and
the latest gym and cardio equipment. For golf enthusiasts, Hyderabad
Golf Course is just over five miles/nine kilometers from the hotel.
Meetings and Events
Park Hyatt Hyderabad is the first hotel in India to feature Hyatt’s
innovative residential-style meeting concept. Named The
Manor at Park Hyatt Hyderabad, the meeting
facilities are designed in a comfortable and welcoming style to reflect
the entertainment spaces of private homes. This unique concept offers
small and mid-sized groups a personal, tailor-made meetings or events
experience aided by a dedicated Events Service team. With the ability to
accommodate a range of conferences and events in this technology-driven
city, the hotel’s other meeting and events facilities include a
pillar-less ballroom that can be divided into three different spaces, a
pre-function area, and seven meeting rooms, each equipped with the
latest technology, high-speed internet access and audiovisual systems.
Park Hyatt Hyderabad’s total meetings and events facilities measure more
than 17,000 square feet/nearly 1,600 square meters and feature a
separate entrance and spacious parking facilities.
The Residence
The city’s first five-star serviced apartments attached to a hotel, The
Residence at Park Hyatt Hyderabad, offer an exclusive “home away
from home” experience with a wide range of services and facilities. The
fully furnished apartments are spacious, bright and airy with high
ceilings and city or atrium views. The apartments have fully-equipped
kitchens with high-end appliances, stylish furniture and complimentary
wireless Internet. The residences are built in flexible configurations
of one, two and three bedrooms measuring from 927 square feet to 2,317
square feet (approximately 90 square meters to 225 square meters). All
apartments are fully furnished with hardwood floors and luxurious
features, such as
Michelangelo Marble
kitchen countertops, oversized
work desks, spacious walk-in closets, and contemporary bathrooms with
luxurious soaking tubs and rain showers. All hotel facilities are
accessible to guests of The Residence. Private chefs “on request” are
also available for parties.
For reservations at Park Hyatt Hyderabad, please visit www.hyderabad.park.hyatt.com,
call a Hyatt Worldwide Reservations Center, or contact a luxury travel
specialist.
About Park Hyatt
Park Hyatt provides discerning, affluent individual business and leisure
guests with elegant and luxurious accommodations. Guests of Park Hyatt
receive highly attentive personal service in an intimate environment.
Located in many of the world's premier destinations, each Park Hyatt is
custom designed to combine sophistication with distinctive regional
character. Park Hyatt features well-appointed guestrooms, meeting and
special event spaces for smaller groups, critically acclaimed art and
food and beverage programs, and signature restaurants featuring
award-winning chefs. There are currently 29 Park Hyatt hotels in the
following locations: Abu Dhabi, Baku, Beaver Creek, Beijing, Buenos
Aires, Canberra, Chicago, Dubai, Goa, Hamburg, Hyderabad, Istanbul,
Jeddah, Maldives, Melbourne, Mendoza, Milan, Moscow, Ningbo, Paris,
Saigon, San Diego, Seoul, Shanghai, Sydney, Tokyo, Toronto, Washington
D.C., and Zurich. www.parkhyatt.com
About Hyatt Hotels Corporation
Hyatt Hotels Corporation, headquartered in Chicago, is a leading
global hospitality company with a proud heritage of making guests feel
more than welcome. Thousands of members of the Hyatt family strive to
make a difference in the lives of the guests they encounter every day by
providing authentic hospitality. The Company's subsidiaries manage,
franchise, own and develop hotels and resorts under the Hyatt®,
Park Hyatt®, Andaz®, Grand Hyatt®, Hyatt Regency®, Hyatt Place® and
Hyatt House
TM.
Hyatt House
is changing its brand identity from Hyatt Summerfield Suites®.
Hyatt Residential Group, Inc., a Hyatt Hotels Corporation
subsidiary, develops, operates, markets or licenses Hyatt
ResidencesTM and Hyatt Vacation
Club®, which is changing its name to Hyatt Residence ClubTM.
As of December 31, 2011, the Company's worldwide portfolio consisted of
483 properties in 45 countries. For more information, please visit www.hyatt.com.
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Source: Hyatt Hotels Corporation
Hyatt Hotels & Resorts, South West Asia
Yasmin D. Poonegar,
+971 50 1891 262
yasmin.poonegar@hyatt.com
or
Katie
Rackoff, +1 312 780 5361
Hyatt Hotels & Resorts, Corporate Office
katie.rackoff@hyatt.com