Hyatt Regency Incheon to Become a Grand Hyatt

The Hyatt Regency Incheon is to be rebranded as the Grand Hyatt Incheon in September.

The hotel’s new West Tower will open on 1 September 2014, right in time to welcome the athletes and spectators for the 17th Asian Games that will take place that month.

There are also plans for an extensive renovation in a phased approach for the East Tower of the hotel over the next 18 months.

The rebranded hotel will be the 41st hotel to join the Grand Hyatt brand and the second Grand Hyatt hotel located in South Korea, joining Grand Hyatt Seoul.

“We are very excited for the rebranding of the existing Hyatt Regency Incheon to our Grand Hyatt brand,” said Ratnesh Verma, Senior Vice President, Real Estate and Development, Asia Pacific, Hyatt Hotels & Resorts. “With its dramatic meeting facilities, large number of rooms and its proximity to the airport, the expanded hotel will offer a unique destination within Asia that will be attractive to meeting and group business.”

Minutes away from Incheon International Airport, the hotel has been a prime accommodation choice as well as a popular meeting and leisure destination since September 2003.

Adding to the existing 522 guestrooms in the East Tower, the new West Tower extension will boast 500 new guestrooms, with the two towers connecting via a sky bridge.

The hotel will feature 1,022 guestrooms in total, becoming the largest Hyatt hotel outside North America.

The West Tower will include many residence-style guestrooms designed for long staying guests with in-room amenities such as kitchens.

A grander ambience and updated facilities will debut with the arrival of the West Tower, including a new 1,250-square-metre Grand Ballroom and multi-dimensional event venues; an all-day-dining Grand Café featuring Western and Asian cuisines; the Swell Lounge where guest can unwind and relax over a beverage; two swimming pools and dedicated children’s play zone.

“With a new brand and expanded facilities with dramatic design, exquisite dining options, innovative and bold meeting and event concepts, we are able to offer our guests an abundance of options and possibilities, ultra-attentive service and a backdrop for multicultural experiences,” said General Manager, Paul Wright. “Our hotel team is very excited to introduce the Grand Hyatt brand in Incheon and we are ready to amaze business, leisure and local guests.”