Hyatt’s Kennedy 89 Hotel Frankfurt Opens Early 2025

Frankfurt, Germany, will finally be getting a full service Hyatt hotel, which I’m quite excited about. I first wrote about this property last year, but there’s now a major update, as the hotel has opened for reservations.

Kennedy 89, a Hyatt Unbound Collection property

Kennedy 89 Frankfurt is now accepting reservations for stays as of January 2, 2025. It’s possible the hotel opens before then, or it’s also possible that there’s an additional opening delay. This property will join Hyatt’s Unbound Collection, which is Hyatt’s collection of independent properties.

The property will feature 181 guest rooms, 68 of which will be suites (I love that ratio, as that should be good for upgrades). All rooms will feature private balconies, and will also have integrated kitchenettes, ideal for those guests making extended stays.

At Kennedy 89, entry level rooms will be 30 square meters (~323 square feet), while standard suites will be 46 to 48 square meters (~495-517 square feet), for the purposes of Globalist upgrades and suite upgrade awards.

The project is being marketed as a 5-star hotel that will feature 14 stories:

• The Ground Level will have the lobby and reception, as well as Eighty Nine Restaurant & Bar, an all-day dining restaurant serving Middle Eastern dishes “with a dash of Frankfurt”
• Level 1 will have a gym, meeting rooms, and Kasa Lounge & Bar, a lobby bar serving cocktails, coffee, and more
• Levels 2-12 will have guest rooms
• Level 13 will have Jack’s Rooftop Bar, featuring views of the Frankfurt skyline

As far as the location of the hotel goes, it will be in the Sachsenhausen district. That’s just a 10-minute drive from Frankfurt Airport, and a pleasant walk to most of Frankfurt’s sites. This is also near many consulates and nineteenth century residential buildings.

The hotel will be located on three combined plots, at the intersection of Kennedy Allee and Stresemann Allee. The hotel’s name is inspired by its location on Kennedy Allee, a street paying homage to John F. Kennedy, and his well-documented stay in Frankfurt in 1963.

Below you can see some renderings of the property — I have to say, the hotel looks gorgeous!

Hyatt’s Kennedy 89 rates & points requirements

Kennedy 89 Frankfurt is now accepting reservations for stays as of early 2025, so what are rates like?

For those redeeming points, this will be a Category 4 World of Hyatt property, meaning a free night redemption in a standard room will cost 12,000-18,000 points per night. Meanwhile a free night redemption in a standard suite will cost 21,000-27,000 points per night.

Cash rates at Kennedy 89 Frankfurt are reasonable, and are currently under €200 per night on many dates. That’s roughly what I’d expect, since Frankfurt isn’t exactly a very expensive hotel market, aside from when there are major conventions in town.

No, sadly Villa Kennedy won’t become a Hyatt

I am delighted to see that a full service Hyatt will be opening in Frankfurt. As someone who transits Frankfurt constantly, and who has family in the area, I’ll likely be staying at this hotel a lot.

For context on Hyatt’s portfolio in the area, there’s the Hyatt House Frankfurt Eschborn and Hyatt Place Frankfurt Airport, but those are limited service properties. Furthermore, there’s a Hyatt Regency Mainz, but that’s in a neighboring city. With Hyatt’s acquisition of Linder Hotels, there are several new Hyatt options in the area, though they’re not necessarily all that luxurious.

Anyway, for years my favorite hotel in Frankfurt was Villa Kennedy, which used to be a Rocco Forte Hotel. That hotel closed in April 2022, and initially the plan was for this to no longer operate as a hotel. Fortunately we recently learned that Villa Kennedy will in fact be reopening as a hotel, but under different ownership and management. The current plan is for the hotel to reopen in the spring of 2025, as an Althoff Collection property.

There had been some speculation that perhaps Hyatt would be taking over this property, based on the name Kennedy 89. However, that’s not the case, as Kennedy 89 is a distinct property. Kennedy 89 and Villa Kennedy are almost next to one another, though.

Bottom line

Hyatt will be getting its first full service property in Frankfurt, in the form of Kennedy 89, which will be part of Hyatt’s Unbound Collection. This hotel has now started to accept reservations for stays as of early 2025. I’m happy to see Hyatt getting a full service hotel in Frankfurt. This hotel looks really nice, and I also love the ratio of suites to guest rooms.

What do you make of Hyatt’s new Kennedy 89 Frankfurt?