The architect of the Grand Hyatt Guangzhou, Peter Remedios, calls his latest project, scheduled to open in spring 2008, ‘an architectural tour de force’. Architects do not do bashful well.

Situated in Guangzhou’s new central business district of Tianhe — whose English name is Pearl River New Town — Grand Hyatt Guangzhou is located in one wing of a brand new streamlined twin-tower building.

This is the first international hotel in Guangzhou to feature a ’sky lobby’ located 22 floors up. Like many other areas in the hotel, it offers expansive views across the Pearl River and Tianhe CBD.

The hotel has 375 guestrooms each with a bathroom island – incorporating a separate soaking tub and rain shower.

Peter Remedios said, ‘It can be open and as sexy as you want, or closed off for privacy.’ Which could lead to some interesting arguments if you are staying there with your wife.

A specially designed inset wall frame allows a 37-inch multi-channel LCD flat-screen TV to be neatly stored flush with the wall and swung out when required for viewing from certain angles.

For it to be used as a MICE hotel on the third floor, the hotel’s three interconnecting sections of the Grand Ballroom can be augmented by fully enclosed VIP and bridal rooms. There are also six function rooms and a Business Centre on the same level.

Hyatt currently operates 10 hotels in Greater China, including Grand Hyatt Beijing, Grand Hyatt Hong Kong, Grand Hyatt Shanghai, Hyatt on the Bund, Shanghai, Grand Hyatt Taipei, Hyatt Regency Dongguan, Hyatt Regency Hangzhou, Hyatt Regency Jing Jin City Resort and Spa, Hyatt Regency Tianjin and Hyatt Regency Xian. An additional 12 hotels are under development.
Source: China NewsWire

In Shanghai, Hyatt on the Bund and Grand Hyatt Shanghai will be joined by the new Park Hyatt Shanghai opening in July.

In Beijing, host city for the Olympics, Grand Hyatt Beijing will welcome the July arrival of the Park Hyatt Beijing. This marks the Park Hyatt brand’s arrival in China.
In April 2008, Grand Hyatt Guangzhou opens.
By 2010, Hyatt will have added nine additional properties in Greater China to significantly expand its regional portfolio.

Shanghai is home to three Hyatt properties. Hyatt on the Bund (a Grand Hyatt hotel), located in the Puxi District to the west of the Huang Pu River. Designed by U.S.-based firm Remedios Siembieda.

In the center of Pudong the Grand Hyatt Shanghai (seen in our illustration) occupies floors 53 through 87 of the Jin Mao Tower. All 555 rooms offer views from what is currently the highest hotel in the world.

The soon-to-open Park Hyatt Shanghai is located a stone’s throw away from the Grand Hyatt Shanghai on floors 79 through 93 of the 101-story Shanghai World Financial Centre.

This will take over from the Grand Hyatt as the highest hotel in the world when it opens in July of this year.

In Beijing there are two Hyatt, both on Chang An Avenue. Grand Hyatt Beijing is in the Oriental Plaza .
A ten-minute drive away, Park Hyatt Beijing will be open and ready for the Summer Olympics. Occupying the top floors of a 66-story tower in the Beijing Yintai Centre, the city’s first Park Hyatt will also be its highest hotel.

Over the next three years, Hyatt will continue to grow its regional network of distinct Hyatt brands with opening three additional Grand Hyatt properties (Grand Hyatt Guangzhou, April 2008 and Grand Hyatt Macau and Grand Hyatt Shenzhen in 2009) and Park Hyatt Ningbo Resort & Spa (2009).

Hyatt’s core Regency brand will significantly expand throughout the region with Hyatt Regency Beijing (2009), Hyatt Regency Nanjing (2009), Hyatt Regency Suzhou (2009), the new Hyatt Regency Hong Kong (2009) and Hyatt Regency Chengdu (2010).
Source: BusinessWire

Starting this year, the Grand Hyatt Beijing is offering a special package to busy parents with kids under 12 - the ‘Family Grand Experience’. Priced at RMB2,150 (+15%) per night, the deal includes:

Two-bedroom accommodation
Breakfast for 2 adults and 1 child under 12
In-room gifts: ice cream, toys
Kids’ movies on DVD
Access to Club Oasis indoor swimming pool
25% discount on beauty/massage treatments
Late check-out until 4pm
Complimentary place on any private tour in Beijing booked with the hotel for a child who is accompanying his parents

The offer is available until January 4 2008.
Source: Grand Hyatt Beijing Press Release