Hyatt Regency Birmingham
| Hyatt Regency Birmingham | |
|---|---|
 | |
| General information | |
| Type | Hotel |
| Location | 2 Bridge Street, Birmingham, B1 2JZ, England |
| Coordinates | 52°28′41″N 1°54′32″W / 52.477933°N 1.908907°WCoordinates: 52°28′41″N 1°54′32″W / 52.477933°N 1.908907°W |
| Completed | 1990 |
| Management | Hyatt Hotels Corporation |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 24 |
| Lifts/elevators | 4 |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 319 |
| Number of bars | 1 |
| Website | |
| birmingham.regency.hyatt.com | |
The Hyatt Regency Birmingham is a hotel on Broad Street in the city centre of Birmingham, England. Hyatt Regency Birmingham stands at a height of 75 metres (246 feet) 24 floors[1] and has 319 guest rooms.[2] The hotel has a blue glass exterior facade, and stands across the road from the International Convention Centre.[3] The hotel F&B offer includes Bar Pravda, Aria Restaurant and the Atrium Lobby. Room Service is provided 24-hour. The amala Spa & Club includes six treatments rooms and nail bar. The leisure facilities of the hotel also include a 16-metre swimming pool, sauna, steam room, jacuzzi and gym. Hyatt Regency Birmingham has 8 meeting rooms.
The hotel was built, and is run by, Hyatt Regency Birmingham Ltd. This company is a public-sector/private-sector partnership between the Hyatt Corporation, Trafalgar House, and Birmingham City Council.[4] The hotel cost £37 million to build, with £1.5 million of that being provided by the city, which also donated the building site, which was, according to estimates, worth £615,000 in 1987.[5] In April 2002, the company (with the NEC Group as the third majority shareholder, after the demise of Trafalgar House) put the hotel building up for sale.[2] In November 2002, the hotel was sold to London Plaza Hotels for £27.5 million, with Hyatt Regency Birmingham Ltd continuing to operate it.[6] Birmingham City Council made a £5 million profit on the sale, from its 17.5% stake in the hotel, which it used to pay off debt.[7]
The hotel was specifically constructed to have close ties to the International Convention Centre, including a private-access bridge that joins the two.[7][8] This easy to secure link was one factor in attracting the 24th G8 summit to the city,[7] as well as the 2000 NATO Meeting of Defence Ministers.[9][10][11]
The Hyatt Hotels Corporation bought the hotel out of administration in 2012 for £27 million. In 2014 they will make a £6 million investment into the hotel which will include a new terrace bar on Broad Street.
References
- ↑ Hyatt Regency Birmingham emporis.com
- 1 2 "Hyatt Regency In Birmingham Is For Sale". Express Hotelier & Caterer. Mumbai: Indian Express Group. 2002-04-01.
- ↑ Vyv Simson and Andrew Jennings (1992). Dishonored games. SP Books. p. 12. ISBN 978-1-56171-199-4.
- ↑ Tim Hall and Phil Hubbard (1998). The entrepreneurial city: geographies of politics, regime, and representation. Wiley. ISBN 978-0-471-97707-0.
- ↑ Paul Dale (2002-02-21). "Landmark hotel up for sale". Birmingham Post.
- ↑ "Hyatt's Fire Has Not Gone Out". HVS. 2002-11-10.
- 1 2 3 David Bell (2003-01-10). "Hyatt a five-star 'killing'". Birmingham Evening Mail. Trinity Mirror Midlands Limited.
- ↑ Sue Bryant (1992-11-05). "The battle for Britain. (London and Birmingham's conference facilities". Marketing.
- ↑ "Brum's NATO Forum coup". Birmingham Evening Mail. 1998-08-07.
- ↑ "City scoops Nato defence conference.". Birmingham Post. 1998-08-07.
- ↑ "Informal meeting of Defence Ministers (IM 2000) Birmingham, United Kingdom, 10–11 October 2000" (Press release). NATO. 2000-05-16.
Further reading
- Hedley Smyth (1994). "The Hyatt Regency Hotel". Marketing the City. Taylor & Francis. pp. 163–174. ISBN 978-0-419-18610-6.
- Lisa Piddington (2004-11-02). "Reflected glory in heart of the city; It's one of Birmingham's landmark buildings and now it's had a multi-million pound facelift.". Birmingham Post. Birmingham Post & Mail Ltd.
