Cape Town will be getting a Hyatt Regency, and we won't even have to wait very long for it to open. It has just been announced that Hyatt has entered into a management agreement with South African real estate company Millat Properties, to operate the first Hyatt-branded hotel in Cape Town. While the property isn't…
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Ben - This is the 3rd reincanation of this property. Because of the way it was originally financed under muslim financial codes it was a dry property no alcohol sales. It operated as the only Dry Hilton. I am assuming Hyatt has now been able to circumnavigate this stipulation , but worth checking.
At 137 rooms, is this the smallest Hyatt Regency? I can't think of another under that brand.
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They update their list of approved countries every two weeks. Last update was Oct 15 and US was still not on it.
I wouldn't bet on it happening any time soon but you never know I guess
Hopefully the category level will not be inflated.
Would like to see expansion of all chains into Namibia beyond current existing footprint even if lower level properties.
Not so impressive in the pics it looks generic IMHO The Sheraton then later a Westin was beautiful as it was elegant.The Hyatt looks like a high end Hyatt Place Meh
Hyatt seems to be slightly unlucky in South Africa. Hardly any presence at all. Oubaai had a lot of potential, but fell short on a few levels was/got (?) dropped.
The (former) Hilton Cape Town is a non-competitive property for many reasons:
- Location is not great, neither for business (maybe agreeable), nor for leisure. If I‘d want to go corporate, chain-reliable and convenient, I‘d always go for the Westin which has better rooms, better views, a decent spa and good connectivity to the V&A waterfront by shuttle, boat and foot plus access (if needed) to the convention centre. Even the AC from Marriot’s empire is arguably more appealing.
- It has IMHO zero chance to attract (repeat) leisure travellers for lack of connectivity location in combination with amenities. True (and somewhat less price sensitive) CPT aficionados on leisure will easily identify their favourite local boutique in boroughs such as Oranjezicht, Green Bay, Clifton, Camps Bay or even Constantia or Somerset West that’ll provide them with al-fresco breakfast, scenic surroundings and possibly butler service and thus will provide a much better holiday experience.
To sum it up: while I am a Hyatt enthusiast, this is a property I shall easily and not regrettably ignore as it falls short in any relevant aspect.
@ Ryan Agree fully reminds me of the Manhattan Beach Westdrift hotel in LA took a nice Marriott with club lounge that they closed and tried to make the decor trendy looks ugly
We were there when it was a Hilton in 2013. Great lounge and perfectly clean and functional as a Hilton (they treated us like royalty due to Hilton status) but the location was indeed only fair and we used the free shuttle every hour to the waterfront quite a bit. We were warned not to venture too far at night around the hotel, but times may have changed.