HYATT ANNOUNCES A NEW HOTEL
IN JAPAN’S ANCIENT CAPITAL KYOTO
Hyatt Regency Kyoto to Open in March 2006
Hong Kong , November 21, 2005 - Hyatt International today announced it will open Hyatt Regency Kyoto in March 2006. The 189-room hotel is conveniently located minutes from the Japan Railway Kyoto Station, but is set in the Higashiyama Shichijo district in the traditional cultural heart of Kyoto, a neighbourhood with the Sanjusangendo Temple, the Kyoto National Museum and many temples and landmarks. .
Designed by Super Potato, a well-known interior
design firm, Hyatt Regency Kyoto blends contemporary Japanese style with
traditional design elements. Elegant bamboo trees provide a dignified entrance,
leading to a mature, beautifully maintained Japanese garden, with a waterfall
and pond, dating back 850 years to the reign of Emperor Goshirakawa (1155-1158AD).
Each of the 189 guestrooms will offer a comfortable and relaxed environment,
combining traditional Japanese aesthetics with modern facilities.
Guestrooms are designed with a simple functional concept, using natural
colours, white oak wood and Japanese kimono fabric. All rooms are
equipped with flat-screen televisions and high-speed broadband Internet
access.
Hyatt Regency Kyoto will feature innovative, stylish restaurants and bar,
serving only the freshest and authentic produce available. It includes
an Italian Cafe, a steak and seafood Grill and a Japanese restaurant and
Sake Bar.
Located at the lobby level, the steak and seafood grill will have a contemporary
interior, open kitchen and wood-fire ovens. Guests will enjoy relaxing
views of the traditional Japanese garden. The Italian Café will be a casual
trattoria-style restaurant with a show kitchen, offering pasta, pizza and
home-style dishes. At the Pastry Boutique guests will have freshly baked
bread andpastries from the hotel bakery, with an excellent range of speciality
sweets and chocolates.
Modelled after a traditional Kyoto house, the Japanese restaurant will
offer three choices of cuisine: Kappo style, a Sushi bar and charcoal grill.
All menus feature the freshest seasonal products from the local market.
This stylish Japanese restaurant also features a bar, a private dining
area and chef’s table.
Hyatt Regency Kyoto will have stunning banquet and wedding facilities with
a main ballroom, two junior ballrooms, additional meeting and function
rooms, as well as a wedding chapel, wedding salon and family rooms. The
hotel’s professional wedding concierge will help produce a fully-tailored
wedding, ranging from the ceremony style, the choice of menus, wedding
dress design and flower bouquets for the bride.
There will be a spa and fitness centre with the latest fitness equipment,
10 spa treatment rooms and personal training and wellness programmes.
Currently Hyatt operates six hotels in Japan including Park Hyatt Tokyo,
Grand Hyatt Tokyo, Century Hyatt Tokyo, Hyatt Regency Osaka, Grand Hyatt
Fukuoka and Hyatt Regency Fukuoka.
There are 214 Hyatt hotels and resorts (over 90,000 rooms) in 43 countries
around the world, operating under the Hyatt®, Hyatt Regency®, Grand Hyatt®
and Park Hyatt® brands. Currently, there are an additional 28 Hyatt hotels
and resorts under development, including 10 new hotels in China. Hyatt
Corporation (domestic U.S., Canada and Caribbean hotels) and Hyatt International
Corporation (international properties) are subsidiaries of Chicago-based
Global Hyatt Corporation. Global Hyatt Corporation is also the owner of
Hyatt Vacation Ownership, Inc. (timeshare), Hyatt Equities, L.L.C. (hotel
ownership), and U.S. Franchise Systems, Inc. (which franchises Hawthorn
Suites, Microtel and America’s Best Inns).
In January 2005, Global Hyatt Corporation also added an additional 141
U.S. properties to its growing portfolio with the acquisition of the upscale,
limited service AmeriSuites hotel chain. These properties will be renovated
and repositioned under the new Hyatt Place select service brand in 2006.
Reservations for any Hyatt hotel worldwide may be obtained by calling your
local Hyatt hotel, Hyatt Worldwide Reservations Centre or logging onto www.hyatt.com.
