Hyatt Regency Delhi
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Hotel chain | Hyatt |
General information | |
Location | India |
Address | Bhikaji Cama Place, Ring Road, New Delhi, India |
Opening | 1983 |
Owner | Asian Hotels North Limited |
Management | Hyatt Hotels Corporation |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 7 |
Other information | |
Number of rooms | 486 |
Number of suites | 51 |
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The Hyatt Regency Delhi is a luxury hotel in New Delhi, India, built in 1983 with 486 rooms and 51 suites. It is a flagship luxury 5-star property of Hyatt in Bhikaji Cama Palace, near Chanakyapuri, New Delhi. Hyatt Regency Delhi is owned by Asian Hotels (North) Ltd which started full fledged commercial operation in 1983.[1]
History[]
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The Hyatt Regency Delhi is a luxury hotel in New Delhi, India, completed in 1983. The five-star hotel has 486 rooms and 51 suites. It is situated in South Delhi.[2]
The hotel has 486 rooms and suites. Asian Hotels (North) Ltd was incorporated in 1980 and was promoted by R S Saraf, R K Jatia, Chaman Lal Gupta, three non-resident Indians together with Sushil Gupta and Shiv Jatia, their Indian Associates. The company set up their first-grade room facilities for guests during the Asian Games in 1982. The hotel started full-fledged commercial operation in the year 1983.[3]
The first of Hyatt Regency Delhi was established in the early 1980s when Radhe Shyam introduced the Hyatt brand to India with the construction of Hyatt Regency Delhi, in the run-up to the Asian Games (1982). The Asian Games were held in New Delhi in 1982 for which there was a large construction of fly overs, stadiums and hotels.[4] The Hyatt Regency Delhi hotel was built during this time, on a site of two hectares at the northwestern corner of a commercial development. The design of the hotel follows a form of staggered rooms which is like a step back in an ordered format set in landscaped garden courts. [5]
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In 1980, Mr. Saraf, as the founder promoter of Asian Hotels Ltd., initiated the construction of Hyatt Regency in New Delhi. The 486-room hotel opened to receive guests for the Asian Games in 1982 with a record completion time of two years. In 1980, Mr. Saraf tied up with Hyatt International bringing the chain's first hotel to India as Hyatt Regency New Delhi. The Company undertook to set up a 5-star hotel comprising 537 rooms of international standards at Bhikaiji Cama Place Complex, New Delhi (South), to form part of the tourist package for the 1982 Asian Games and to cater to the increasing foreign tourist traffic thereafter.[6]
The company entered into a franchise agreement with M/s. Hyatt of Hong Kong Ltd., valid for a period of 10 years from the date of formal opening of the hotel. In terms of the agreement, the company was to pay Hyatt an amount equal to 3% of the gross room revenue of the hotel during the currency period of the agreement as franchise and marketing fee. Under the franchise agreement Hyatt, was to render services and assistance to the company in the fields of marketing and sales, international reservations and publicity, technical assistance relating to the planning, design and operational requirements of the hotel prior to its opening and technical assistance after its opening such as the use of trade name and logos, operational planning, financial control systems, etc. The hotel is a member of the Hyatt International Chain.[7]
Controversies[]
Hyatt Regency Delhi was thronged with Delhi Police, when 31 year old socialite-photographer Natasha Singh, daughter-in-law of Natwar Singh, of Indian National Congress, supposedly jumped to her death from the roof of the hotel on Sunday, March 17, 2002.[8]
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References[]
- ^ "ASIAN HOTELS (NORTH) LTD. (ASIANHOTNR) - COMPANY HISTORY".
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