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Hyatt Place Heads to The Beach With New Waikiki Hotel

Where: 175 Paoakalani Ave. [map], Honolulu, HI, United States, 96815

We're big fans of Hyatt Place hotels mainly because of their free WiFi, spacious rooms, geeky tech panels and wallet-friendly room rates but now Hyatt Place is even more appealing thanks to the opening of their first hotel in Hawaii.

Formerly the Ocean Resort Hotel, the Hyatt Place Waikiki Beach in Honolulu is comprised of two towers, the first of which, the Pali Tower, is now open. This tower has 191 rooms, all with balconies and views of the Waikiki Beach neighborhood.

Waikiki beach is a "three-minute walk" away, according to Hyatt Place, and the Hawaii Convention Center is just two miles away, making it a good spot for either business or pleasure guests, or both.

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The Ocean Resort Hotel Waikiki Says 'Aloha' to the Hyatt Place Brand

Where: 175 Paoakalani Ave. [map], Honolulu, HI, United States, 96815

Say goodbye to these rooms!

For 2011, the Ocean Resort Hotel Waikiki is going to get a much-needed makeover. The Hyatt will give it a Heidi Montag-sized face-lift and turn it into the Hyatt Place Waikiki Beach.

The Diamond Head hotel's 451 rooms will get nipped and tucked, the lobby and public spaces will see major changes, and the pool deck will receive an update.

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A Holiday Gift from Hyatt: 50 Percent Off Your Third Night

We gave you the lowdown on a bunch of last-minute Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals. But if you can't wait till then and you need a room pronto, Hyatt is offering a holiday package that you can buy right now.

If you book two nights at a Hyatt Place or Hyatt Summerfield Suites hotel, you will get 50 percent off the third consecutive evening.

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Manhattan Will Get Its Very Own Hyatt Place in 2011

Having only just reported on the Hyatt Place coming to Downtown Brooklyn from New York super-developer Sam Chang, we're thrilled to hear from The Real Deal that plans for a Manhattan outpost are also well in the works.

Due to snuggle into Midtown East at 208-210 East 52nd Street and 3rd Avenue, the 225-room, 29-story hotel will be the first Hyatt Place in Manhattan, and boy do we need one. Why all the excitement, even though NYC already has a Grand Hyatt ten blocks south? You see, Hyatt Places are all about budget business travelers who have to haul around laptops and other gadgets and want the hotel resources to support these tech toys. In addition to the draws of free wifi and ergonomic work chairs, Hyatt Places have a heck of an outlet panel!

Too bad we've got to simmer down quick, as "[Chang] expects the hotel to open in 2011, but the date depends on the city's approval process." Don't they understand that we need it now? If they're thinking two years from now, they'd better be capable of installing touch-screen work surfaces and other fancy gadgets that we envision will blow up in hotels in the near future. Here's hoping, Hyatt Place. Here's hoping.

[Photo: The Real Deal NY]

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No Sleep Til There Are More Budget Hotels in Brooklyn

We know NYC room rates are dropping. But when you really want to do up the Big Apple on a budget, we've been telling you to take a second look at Brooklyn. We consider ourselves sorta like Brooklyn cheerleaders here at HC; we've already profiled the Five Best Hotels for Those Willing to Go to Brooklyn — and we're happy to tell you over and over just how easy it is to hop on a subway to roll a few stops into Manhattan. Heck, we promise you: it's even easy to hail a 2 a.m. cab back to the ol' BK after you've indulged in a few too many swanky Manhattan hotel cocktails. Really!

And apparently The Borough of Trees is really hoping we do our Brooklyn cheerleading job well: they're adding even more hotel rooms out there. The Daily Eagle is reporting that a Hyatt Place Hotel and a Best Western are on their way to Downtown Brooklyn.

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Hyatt Place Has a Place For All Your Geeky Goodies

Hyatt Place is quickly becoming one of our new fave chains for budget business travel excursions. Yesterday, our brothers at Jaunted did a bang-up job of reporting their check-in to check-out experience during their very first Hyatt Place visit — and being the tech-dependent gadget goobers that we are, we zeroed in on this: the glorious panel of tech goodies.

Four easy buttons allow us to toggle between the TV, component, video, and computer inputs — and there's a plug for anything we might be able to stuff into our laptop case to bring along with us. That means presentation prep would be a breeze, but switching back to the telly to catch the latest ep of Lost would not require calling the front desk (or any missed shirtless-man scenes).

The only gripe: shouldn't there be an Ethernet plug in here somewhere? Jaunted mentioned the WiFi at this particular Hyatt Place was a little bit sluggish (though it was free!), and we've had experiences where the WiFi was out completely and there was no wired Internet access in the rooms (we're looking at you, Marriott Courtyard) — there is something to be said for keepin' the old school alternative on standby in case the WiFi craps out.

[Photo: KBFinFan]

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Hotel News Briefs :: Wyndham CEO Steps Down

There's tons of hotel news flying around this week and we don't have time to give each and every story the love and attention it may deserve, so you will have to settle for some news briefs.

· Wyndham Searching for New CEO: Wyndham Hotels needs a new CEO after Steven Rudnitsky stepped down yesterday. [BTN Mag]

· Hyatt Place Birmingham Nearly Done: Hyatt Place keeps expanding. The property in Birmingham, Ala. gets topped off and will open in February 2009. [Birmingham Biz Journal]

· Where to Find the Ladies of the GOP: Why at the Crowne Plaza hotel. "Chanel flats and pearls" not necessary although probably mandatory. [HuffPo]

· Illegal Hotel in Las Vegas Shut Down: NYC's not the only one with illegal hotels. The Meridien condo building gets shut down for having illegal overnight rentals. [LVRJ]

· Can You Guess Xtina's Hotel in NYC?: We're thinking The Mercer. What do you think? [Christina Zone]

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Hyatt Place Thinks You Need Etiquette Lessons

We are too busy trying to keep Cheeto dust from falling into our keyboard to worry about silly things like etiquette and manners (ha, kidding about the Cheetos), but we recall our mothers telling us to remove our elbows from the table one time. And, of course, we've learned a few social etiquette rules after getting yelled at for double-dipping a chip during our latest soiree featuring margaritas and guacamole.

But when it comes to business etiquette, we don't know so much. Like, is it rude to leave your cell phone on during a meeting? How does one go about mingling with people at a big conference without coming off like a Michael Scott-type?

Hyatt Place -- a chain that's primarily been marketing itself toward business travelers -- thinks you might be like us and may be in dire need of etiquette lessons. But, like, not because you seem ill-equipped to handle real-life social situations -- but because knowing proper etiquette can give you a competitive edge in the business world.

So they called upon Emily Post's great-great-granddaughter (seriously) to help launch an online guide called The Etiquette Effect to help us out.

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Hyatt Place Opens in Malta (No, Not That Malta)

Where: 20 State Farm Place [map], Ballston Spa, ny, United States, 12020

The Mediterranean island of Malta is a fascinating place... but, truth be told, this post is about Malta, New York, where Hyatt Place just opened a new outpost.

The Hyatt Place hotels cater to a business clientele, replete with free WiFi, ergonomic chairs, check-in kiosks, gyms, Hyatt-trademarked beds, food that can be ordered via touch-screen menu 24/7, and "Gallery Hosts" (or, in traditional industry vernacular, concierges.) This one will definitely follow the model.

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Hotel News Briefs :: More Hotels on the Horizon

· CitizenM Opens in Amsterdam: Tonight is the first night for guests at the CitizenM Hotel near Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport. We have a spy scoping the place so stay tuned for a full review.

· The Artisan Hotel: This hotel in downtown El Paso is finally set to open on August 1 even though the owner has already put it back on the market.

· Palm Springs To Get a Hyatt Place: The developers of an upcoming Hard Rock Palm Springs is going to put in a Hyatt Place and a Marriott Residence Inn.

· 1 Hotel Set for Vancouver Island: Sternlicht and Co. are going ahead with plans for a 1 Hotel & Residences Vancouver Island at Wyndansea. The place will have 180 condo-units and 95 beach and golf villas.

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Lost Hotel Files: What Ever Happened to Cheap Trick-Hyatt Place Venture?

With so many celebrities developing hotels these days, you may not remember that a just under a year ago, Cheap Trick guitarist Rick Nielsen announced he and builder Brent Johnson were in talks to develop a guitar museum attached to a Hyatt Place Hotel in Rick's hometown of Rockford, IL.

"It's going to be garish, over the top, disgusting," Nielsen told the Rockford Register Star at the time. Following that appealing description, you may be shocked to learn what happened next.

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Remember: There's Free WiFi at Hyatt Place

With all these new hotel brands popping up, it's getting harder and harder for us to keep track of which has what where.

But we recently saw an advertisement for Hyatt Place Hotels that mentioned free WiFi and we have to say that those people in the advertising department should get some raises!

As we mentioned last month, Hyatt Places have been on a roll converting the old Amerisuites brand into these newer joints. Currently, there's about 100 hotels across the U.S. with the most being on the East Coast and in the South.

Another thing we're intrigued by at Hyatt Place? The touchscreen menu in the Guest Kitchen (in the lobby) where you can order made-to-order entrées, sandwiches, soups, salads and pizza 24 hours a day and use your roomkey for a cashless purchase.

Add that to the customized Google page and the 42-inch flat screen TVs in each guest room, we have to wonder: Is Hyatt Place a stealthy Geek Hotel?

Have you stayed at a Hyatt Place recently? Put your review in comments below.