CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Hyatt Place London Heathrow Airport opens today, marking the second Hyatt Place hotel in London and the fifth Hyatt branded hotel in the United Kingdom. The hotel is managed by Cycas Hospitality under a franchise agreement with M+L Hospitality. The 358-room hotel joins four Hyatt Place hotels in Europe, including Hyatt Place Jermuk and Hyatt Place Yerevan in Armenia; Hyatt Place Amsterdam Airport in The Netherlands; and Hyatt Place London Heathrow/Hayes in the U.K.

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The Hyatt Place brand is rooted in extensive consumer insights indicating that guests seek stylish, comfortable, seamless experiences that accommodate their lifestyles and familiar routines. To embody this, the brand offers casual hospitality and purposeful service in a smartly designed, high-tech and contemporary environment.

“We are delighted to collaborate with Cycas Hospitality and M&L Hospitality to bring the second Hyatt Place hotel to the U.K.,” said Peter Fulton, group president – Europe, Africa and Middle East and Southwest Asia for Hyatt. “The opening of this hotel marks a significant milestone for Hyatt as the Hyatt Place brand continues to expand worldwide and offer more choices to our guests in key gateway cities like London.”

Following an extensive renovation of the existing building, Hyatt Place London Heathrow Airport is located at the doorstep of Heathrow Airport, providing guests with a relaxing and uncomplicated place to pause before beginning the next leg of their journey.

“We are proud to welcome the first guests to Hyatt Place London Heathrow Airport, a hotel that truly reflects the needs of the modern traveler,” said Ingrid van Veen, regional manager for Cycas Hospitality. “We believe Hyatt Place London Heathrow Airport will exceed guest expectations while visiting or passing through London.”

Hyatt Place London Heathrow Airport will offer:

• 358 spacious guestrooms, including a plush Hyatt Grand Bed, media and work center with a 42" flat-panel HDTV and comfortable Cozy Corner sofa-sleeper
• Gallery Hosts unique to the Hyatt Place brand who are available 24/7
• 24/7 Gallery Market offering grab ‘n go items, such as snacks and sandwiches
• Coffee to Cocktails Bar featuring specialty coffees and premium beers, as well as wines and cocktails
• Meetings Spaces offering seven flexible, high-tech meeting/function space that can accommodate 2-100 delegates
• 24-hour StayFit Gym featuring fully stocked exercise equipment
• Odds & Ends program for forgotten items that guests can buy, borrow or enjoy for free
• Free Wi-Fi and public computers with remote printing throughout the hotel

For more information, please visit www.hyattplace.com.

The term “Hyatt” is used in this release for convenience to refer to Hyatt Hotels Corporation and/or one or more of its affiliates.

About Hyatt Place

Hyatt Place, a brand of Hyatt Hotels Corporation, combines style, innovation and 24/7 convenience to create a seamless stay with modern comforts. There are more than 260 Hyatt Place locations in the United States, Armenia, Brazil, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Honduras, India, Mexico, Morocco, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Thailand, The Netherlands, United Arab Emirates, and United Kingdom. Join the conversation on Facebook and Instagram, and tag photos with #HyattPlace and #WhySettle.

About Cycas Hospitality

Cycas Hospitality is a hotel management company specializing in extended-stay hotels in the U.K. and across Europe. It combines real world, first-hand experience of hotel management with expertise in real estate investment and development. For more information please visit www.cycashospitality.com.

About M&L Hospitality

M&L Hospitality is a Singapore-based real estate investment trust with an international portfolio of best-in-class hotels. M&L Hospitality has experienced exponential growth since the trust acquired the Four Points by Sheraton in Sydney in 2009, which will be rebranded as Hyatt Regency Sydney on December 1, 2016. Its portfolio now contains 13 hotels in operation and a further three hotels under construction, due to open in 2017, with properties in Singapore, Australia, Belgium, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and the U.K. M&L Hospitality’s hotels are in prime, central locations in international gateway cities. They are operated by the most recognizable international brands, including Accor, Hilton, IHG, Rezidor, Starwood, Hyatt, Travelodge, and Swissôtel. M&L Hospitality’s hotels are modern, functional, and appeal to the corporate, leisure, and MICE markets.

About Hyatt Hotels Corporation

Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H), headquartered in Chicago, is a leading global hospitality company with a portfolio of 12 premier brands and 679 properties in 54 countries, as of September 30, 2016. The Company's purpose to care for people so they can be their best informs its business decisions and growth strategy and is intended to create value for shareholders, build relationships with guests and attract the best colleagues in the industry. The Company's subsidiaries develop, own, operate, manage, franchise, license or provide services to hotels, resorts, branded residences and vacation ownership properties, including under the Park Hyatt®, Grand Hyatt®, Hyatt Regency®, Hyatt®, Andaz®, Hyatt Centric®, The Unbound Collection by Hyatt™, Hyatt Place®, Hyatt House®, Hyatt Ziva™ , Hyatt Zilara™ and Hyatt Residence Club® brand names and have locations on six continents. For more information, please visit www.hyatt.com.

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