Hyatt Franchise To Manage Bonaventure Hotel
Posted on: 05/09/2006
Hyatt to manage renowned Bonaventure Hotel completes $90 million makeover; joins Hyatt's list of exceptional properties in Florida.
Chicago-based Hyatt Hotels Corporation will assume management of the 501-room Bonaventure Hotel and Conference Centre located in Weston, Fl. just minutes from Fort Lauderdale, effective September 1, 2006. The hotel, which is to be renamed Hyatt Regency Bonaventure Conference Centre and Spa, recently underwent a comprehensive $90 million renovation of the guestrooms and conference centre.
"We're excited about bringing Hyatt into this exclusive community with a newly renovated hotel," said Chuck Floyd, president and chief operating officer, Hyatt Hotels Corporation. "Flying the Hyatt flag in this exclusive area is an important business move for Hyatt, and we intend to establish ourselves as an integral contributor to the community."
"We are delighted to welcome Hyatt to Bonaventure," said Tom Ireland, president of Bonaventure Hotel Associates, Ltd. "Branding our hotel with the prestigious Hyatt name is an outgrowth of our commitment to provide our guests and business clientele with a superior lodging, meeting and banquet experience. Hyatt is recognized globally as being synonymous with elegance and attentive service, qualities the upscale Southeast Florida market demands. We are confident that the Hyatt Regency Bonaventure Conference Centre and Spa will prosper under Hyatt's managerial excellence."
Hyatt Regency Bonaventure Conference Centre and Spa offers four-star accommodations with a brand-new state-of-the-art conference centre covering 100,000 square feet of meeting space. Hyatt has been working in conjunction with the hotel's owners and their design team to create a fresh and modern guest experience while adding amenities and services that Hyatt customers have come to expect.
Spacious British Colonial style guestrooms and suites are filled with high-end amenities. Services such as high-speed Internet access, 32' LCD TV, and luxurious bath amenities are in each guestroom.
The newly renovated conference centre offers 50,000 square feet of meeting space accompanied by 50,000 square feet of pre-function and outdoor event space. Three newly designed ballrooms with room for 2000 attendees, one amphitheatre, three executive boardrooms, nine additional conference rooms and 19 breakout rooms with high speed Internet access throughout all make it Florida's premier meeting venue.
Business and leisure guests alike can enjoy all the amenities of this 23-acre property offering access to two 18-hole PGA championship courses, 15 clay tennis courts, deep-sea fishing, airboat rides as well as world-class beaches of Fort Lauderdale, which is just a short drive away. The hotel offers four dining options, including Banyan Restaurant, Cabana Bar & Café, Bar Zen and a steak house restaurant, which will be opening in mid October.
Hyatt Regency Bonaventure Conference Centre and Spa is proud to offer the Elizabeth Arden Red Door Lifestyle Spa. This brand-new facility opened its doors earlier this month and is the first Red Door Destination Spa in the United States. The Red Door Lifestyle Spa is dedicated to offering relaxation and rejuvenation of the mind, body and spirit through a complete program of personalized well-being.
The hotel is located in the community of Weston, which is in Western Fort Lauderdale along the south-eastern coast of Florida and is 15 miles from the Fort Lauderdale International Airport. Hyatt Regency
Bonaventure Conference Centre and Spa is three miles from the Sawgrass Mills outlet mall, Florida's largest retail and entertainment complex offering more than 350 stores, popular restaurants and multiplex cinemas.
There are 215 Hyatt branded hotels and resorts (over 90,000 rooms) in 44 countries around the world, operating under the Hyatt, Hyatt Regency, Grand Hyatt and Park Hyatt brands. Currently, there are an additional 32 Hyatt hotels and resorts under development, including 11 new hotels in China.
Hyatt Corporation (domestic U.S., Canada and Caribbean hotels) and Hyatt International Corporation (international properties) are subsidiaries of Chicago-based Global Hyatt Corporation. Global Hyatt Corporation is also the owner of Hyatt Vacation Ownership, Inc., operators of the Hyatt Vacation Club (timeshare and fractional residential product), Hyatt Equities, L.L.C. (hotel ownership), Select Hotel Group L.L.C. (which owns, operates and franchises AmeriSuites hotels, Hyatt Place and Summerfield Suites hotels) and U.S. Franchise Systems, Inc. (which franchises Hawthorn Suites, and Microtel Inns and Suites).
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