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Hyatt Announces New Park Hyatt Hotel In New York City

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Hyatt Hotels has announced plans for the new The Park Hyatt New York which will be the brand's flagship hotel when it opens in 2012. The newly-constructed hotel will be designed by world-renowned, Pritzker Prize-winning architect Christian de Portzamparc. The hotel will be located at 157 West 57th Street between Avenue of the Americas and Seventh Avenue, across from Carnegie Hall. The 210-room hotel will be part of a 90-story mixed-use tower that will also have 135 Thomas Juul-Hansen-designed luxury condominiums with Central Park views.

The property also will feature a bar and restaurant and 5,000 square feet of retail space as well as a meeting facility with a grand ballroom and distinctive event space, spa, fitness center, and an indoor swimming pool in a three-story aerie at the top of the hotel. The hotel will have interiors designed by the design firm Yabu Pushelberg. Twelve previously announced Park Hyatt hotels are under development, which, when completed, will increase the number of Park Hyatt properties worldwide to 38 over the next five years.

[via Hotel Chatter]

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Park Hyatt To Open Posh Buenos Aires Hotel

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

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Hyatt has restored the Palacio Duhau, a palace in Buenos Aires, Argentina as the site of their newest hotel. The Park Hyatt Buenos Aires will open on June 28, 2006 and sits on the Avenida Alvear in the middle of the city's most fashionable shopping district. The hotel is comprised of the Palacio Duhau which was built in 1934 and the contemporary Posadas building. An underground walkway and gallery with works from international and local artists connects the two buildings The hotel has 165 guestrooms and 38 suites include the 1,722-square-foot Alvear Suite which has a wraparound balcony. The hotel includes elegant open spaces, several restaurants, a wine library full of local Malbecs as well as international choices, cheese room and the wood-paneled Oak Bar in the palace. The 8,000-square-foot spa includes an indoor pool, gym, sauna and five treatment rooms. Rates start at $410 for a Park Deluxe Room.

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