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Hyatt Gives Free Nights, Bonus Points With 'Next Big Thing' Promotion
You know how sometimes it feels like you’re not really getting much out of your hotel-chain loyalty program except for a bunch of promotional crap in the mail? This is not one of those times. Hyatt Hotels has just announced the launch of what they call its “most generous promotion ever.” So if you’re a Hyatt Gold Passport member, here’s the deal …
The Next Big Thing promotion offers Hyatt Gold Passport members a choice between two unlimited rewards— free nights or bonus points—for stays at any Hyatt property worldwide now through Jan. 31, 2010. So that includes Park Hyatt, Andaz, Grand Hyatt, Hyatt Regency, Hyatt Resorts, Hyatt Place, Hyatt Summerfield Suites and Hyatt Vacation Club properties.
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Tokyo's Park Hyatt Teams Up With Tastemaker For Anniversary CD
Do you know Nigo? If you are a fashion-conscious person living in Asia and clued into what's hot, then you would know that he is the current king of street style, a byproduct of founding and designing the clothing and shoe brand Bape, amongst other projects he has going on. He collects modern art, regularly hangs out with the likes of Kanye West and Pharrell, and is mobbed anywhere he goes. Naturally, a hotel is going to want a piece of this action, and the revered Park Hyatt Tokyo is the lucky recipient of a collaboration with him.
To celebrate their 15th anniversary, the Park Hyatt asked Nigo—who has spent time in the 50th floor's Tokyo Suite—to compile music tracks for a special edition CD that evokes Tokyo's mixed cultures. Hypebeast explains the direction with a bit more detail:
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Go On Your Own 'Tour de Hyatt' With Park Hyatt's Bike Program
Next month, Park Hyatt hotels will be launching a "Bicycle Valet" program that offers free rentals for up to four hours. Surely you can picture the possibilities here: Perhaps a 'lil date action? Some picnic fun? Scenic tours of new cities? Some re-learning how to navigate the mean streets on two wheels after your twenty-year hiatus that you took when you grew too old to ride the bike with the pink tassels hanging off the handlebars?
Starting in August, guests at Park Hyatt properties will be able to hit up the hotel's concierge to get hooked up with a city biking map, a bike lock, a helmet, a kickstand, and even some bottled water.
Where your two-wheeled tours will be (i.e. where the participating Park Hyatts will be): Moscow, Sydney, Beaver Creek, Beijing, Toronto, Paris, Milan, Dubai, Mendoza, Goa, Hamburg, Zurich, Washington DC, Saigon, Istanbul, Seoul, Melbourne, Buenos Aires, Chicago, Tokyo and Canberra.
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A Pretty (But Pricey) Park Hyatt Opens in Jeddah
The Park Hyatt group have just added a new hotel in Saudi Arabia, with the Park Hyatt Jeddah opening up for business. As well as a five-star hotel there are also a Red Sea marina, club and spa in the complex so it sounds like a good vacation hotel, but they're also looking to get business travelers with fancy meeting facilities and a location close to Jeddah's financial district.
Creating this resort involved reclaiming land from the Red Sea, but Park Hyatt promises that they made sure to "retain the delicate surrounding marine life", and we sure hope that's true. Of course, the result is that the place has great views over the Red Sea and also to the famous King Fahd fountain which sprays water 1,000 feet into the air.
Park Hyatt Jeddah has 142 rooms, many of which overlook the Red Sea, and they all have 42" flat screen TVs, broadband internet and rain showers. They're not advertising any opening specials but rack rates start from 1650 riyal ($440) a night for the smallest rooms, with the huge royal suite going for 15,350 riyal (over $4,000). In other words, there are no budget nights to be had at the Park Hyatt Jeddah, but you're almost guaranteed a Red Sea view.
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Park Hyatt Shanghai Is Serious About Its Service and Its Toilet Lids
Allegedly the highest hotel in the world, the Park Hyatt Shanghai (which takes up the 79th to 93rd floors of the Shanghai World Financial Center) isn't just amazing for its high views and dizzying heights. It's also one of those hotels that's found all kinds of small and not-so-small ways to make it stand out from the crowd.
For one, the service is intense. And we mean intense in a good way — as in, there's a lot of it. Every floor has a 24-hour housekeeper and they'll greet you when you arrive, help you unpack and get your first cup of Chinese tea brewing. Apparently there are 750 employees for the hotels 174 rooms. Yep — quite the ratio.
According to a recent review by Toronto's Globe and Mail, the Park Hyatt Shanghai is also good at including technology and gadgets that are actually useful and not impossible to use. There's free WiFi (just as there should be), cordless phones, a DVD player and heated flooring in the bathroom. But there's one piece of technology that the reviewer thought was going too far, and in fact got listed as the only negative of their whole hotel experience:
A toilet lid that lifts of its own accord may be more service than is needed.
More than we need? Actually, we're thinking that could be a great way to avoid leaning over and lifting up the toilet lid, although we're wondering what kind of command we have to use so that it does actually lift. We love technology for lazy people.
[Photo: LitteMay]
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Park Hyatt Tokyo Gets a Taste of Jean Georges
Who said American exports are down lately? Our favorite tongue-twisting chef, Jean Georges Vongerichten, is sending his trusty lieutenant, Mark Lapico, to the Park Hyatt Tokyo’s New York Grill from July 6-12.
Lapico’s work at Vongerichten’s famous eponymous Jean Georges restaurant in New York has earned him four stars from the New York Times, three Michelin stars, and the “Most Outstanding Restaurant” title at the 2009 James Beard Foundation Awards.
Vongerichten’s own cuisine marries contemporary French and Asian cuisines thanks to his years of working in Asia, and Lapico helps take that concept to another level with dishes like yellowfin tuna ribbons with avocado, spicy radish and ginger marinade.
If you’re planning to stay at this vertiginous high-rise hotel (rooms start on the 41st floor) beloved of Sofia Coppola and “Lost In Translation” fans everywhere, rooms during Lapico’s brief tenure will run you about $375 for a standard king up to $1120 for a Park Suite Twin. Book in advance and ask for a room with a view of Mount Fuji to contemplate after your meal.
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Get Your Juice On With Park Hyatt's New Smoothie Menu
We know: it's hard to stay healthy when you're always traveling. It's especially hard when the fitness centers at your hotels charge a bunch of cash-money to work on your fitness, no?
Park Hyatt hears you — and has, apparently, heard about your obsession with David Beckham too — and they've consulted Brazilian nutritionist Patricia Teixeira (who was a nutrition consultant for the Real Madrid soccer team while Beckham was around!) to help design the Healthy Living at Hyatt menu with an impressive collection of smoothies and juices designed for Park Hyatt. The "fresh, organic concoctions" are formulated to specifically target health concerns of travelers like us! Yay!
Some selections from the menu:
· CARE SMOOTHIE, prepared with a selection of ingredients, which include raspberries, a powerful antioxidant, and aloe vera, which aids digestion.
· BALANCE SMOOTHIE includes bananas and cocoa, which support circulation and aid digestion.
· GOOD ENERGY JUICE contains carrots, apples and spinach, which assist in balancing blood sugar levels and supporting digestion.
· DIGESTION JUICE is prepared with high fiber fruits such as kiwi and pineapple, which make food travel slowly through the digestive tract, enhancing the absorption of important nutrients.
· ANTI JET LAG JUICE contains kale, which is effective for detoxification, and pumpkin seeds, which assist in producing the body’s sleep hormone – melatonin.
As of this month, you'll find the juicy menu at all Park Hyatt properties. And just a note: we do not think the purpose of this menu is to promote those crazy juice-only fasts. In fact, we're pretty sure it's definitely not.
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Hyatt Hotels Around the World Are Now 20 Percent Off
Hyatt Andaz West Hollywood.
If you're looking to book a discount hotel stay in the next couple of months and you don't want to rely on Priceline's wheel of chance, you should consider Hyatt Hotels. Starting this Friday, March 27, Hyatt hotels worldwide--including brands Hyatt Regency, Grand Hyatt, Andaz and Park Hyatt--will offer 20 percent off daily room rates.
The discount is good through April 8 for stays through June 30 at Hyatt hotels in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean. For all Park Hyatt and Andaz hotels, along with Hyatts in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia/Pacific, Latin America the deal is good through April 26 for stays through May 3.
The only brand that doesn't seem to be in on the deal are Hyatt Place Hotels.Book your Hyatt hotel stay online or by calling 1-800-233-1234, or contacting a travel specialist. Remember, the deal begins tomorrow.
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The Cherry Blossoms are Coming!
By most accounts, DC has more than its share of ugliness, from political jockeying to dilapidated neighborhoods. But for two weeks each spring, all is temporarily forgotten as the city transforms into a bumbling wonderland of cherry blossoms.
For those considering a springtime getaway, consider staying at the Park Hyatt Washington. The hotel’s Spring Blossom Package includes a room upgrade, pot of Cherry Blossom Green Tea from the hotel’s Tea Cellar, choice of valet parking or breakfast, and a kiddie backpack filled with sightseeing supplies and gifts. Rates start at $329 and are available through April 26.
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Glory Be, Here Comes a Park Hyatt for NYC
We're not so sure it's the right time to get excited about this and, you know, we won't be holding our breath or anything considering the latest string of announced projects that have been nixed, but rumor has it that there's a Park Hyatt on its way to midtown Manhattan.
Curbed pointed us toward an Observer article that mentions plans have been filed for developing a tower at West 57th Street, diagonally across from Carnegie Hall:
George Arzt, Extell's spokesman, said the tower would contain a hotel and a residential complex. If Extell's timing is right, the building might top off just as the economy begins its recovery, at some unknown and, frankly, unfathomable point in the future.
The New York Post's Steve Cuozzo first got wind of the hotel portion of the plans in December, by way, oddly enough, of a Web site belonging to Aegis Security Design, which, Mr. Cuozzo reported, "claims the tower diagonally across from Carnegie Hall will house a '5-star' Park Hyatt Hotel, stores and luxury condos."
Oh, could it be? There are only four of the ultra-luxe Park Hyatts in the U.S. right now — D.C., Chicago, Beaver Creek and Philly — but it makes sense that if someone's got the cash to drop, an NYC outpost would be the next property up. Still, Park Hyatt's website has a listing of hotels on the way until 2013, and there's no sign of a Manhattan location — but, um, it would be nice to have an alternative to the ever-dirty Park Central over in that little pocket of Midtown, so we will continue to hold out hope.
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Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr Get Cozy at Park Hyatt Sydney
The ultra-posh Park Hyatt Sydney is known for its killer views out onto Sydney Harbour — but obnoxiously hot couple Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr are giving Sydney Harbour a name for, er, its killer views onto hotel balconies.
We spied these pics of Bloom and his Aussie model girlfriend over on TMZ — and as only the most embarrassingly-obsessive type of hotel geek can, we instantly recognized that balcony as Park Hyatt's. The luxe hotel has 158 "grand mansion-style" rooms sitting right at the base of the famed Harbour Bridge, overlooking the Opera House (which these two seem to be doing here) in Sydney's historic Rocks district — but last time we hit up the place, we realized it was key to make sure to book a Harbour View room (otherwise the city view looks out onto a wall; bummer).
Hmm, wonder if they're taking V Australia to LA afterward? And hey, you never know: maybe the two were out on the balcony discussing Bloom's potential to get busy with little bit of hair dye to enter the Richard Branson lookalike contest. There's gotta be a reason Bloom still has that haircut.
[Photo: Flynet via TMZ]
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Hair Room Service with Park Hyatt's LV-Toting Hair Stylist
For anyone who's a fan of the Hair Room Service at Park Hyatt Hotels--it's hairstyling done in the comfort of your hotel room--you'll be pleased to know that famous French "hair artist" (and photographer/filmmaker), John Nollet, has embarked on a world tour to 11 Park Hyatts. Nollet has been a stylist to such stars as Juliette Binoche, Uma Thurman, Johnny Depp, Marion Cotillard, and Monica Belluci. But now he can do your little old 'do. Here's some promotional copy on the hair tour:
He’ll set up shop in a Park Hyatt suite for one week, where guests can get a private hair diagnosis and haircut or color treatment. Nollet always travels in style, so as part of the partnership, Louis Vuitton designed bespoke trunks to hold Nollet’s arsenal of tools and creative accessories.
We are loving this photo of him carrying the LV luggage. It reminds us of another bearded man we know--Jesus. With all this promotion behind him (Celebs! Oscars! LV! Jesus Look-a-like!), we hope this man can work miracles on Park Hyatt's guest hair.
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