Hyatt Regency Birmingham

Hyatt Regency Birmingham
General information
Type Hotel
Location 2 Bridge Street, Birmingham, B1 2JZ, England
Coordinates 52°28′41″N 1°54′32″W / 52.477933°N 1.908907°W / 52.477933; -1.908907Coordinates: 52°28′41″N 1°54′32″W / 52.477933°N 1.908907°W / 52.477933; -1.908907
Completed 1990
Management Hyatt Hotels Corporation
Technical details
Floor count 24
Lifts/elevators 4
Other information
Number of rooms 319
Number of bars 1
Website
birmingham.regency.hyatt.com

The Hyatt Regency Birmingham is a hotel on Broad Street in the city centre of Birmingham, England. Hyatt Regency Birmingham stands at a height of 75 metres (246 feet) 24 floors[1] and has 319 guest rooms.[2] The hotel has a blue glass exterior facade, and stands across the road from the International Convention Centre.[3]

The hotel was built, and is run by, Hyatt Regency Birmingham Ltd. This company is a public-sector/private-sector partnership between the Hyatt Corporation, Trafalgar House, and Birmingham City Council.[4] The hotel cost £37 million to build, with £1.5 million of that being provided by the city, which also donated the building site, which was, according to estimates, worth £615,000 in 1987.[5] In April 2002, the company (with the NEC Group as the third majority shareholder, after the demise of Trafalgar House) put the hotel building up for sale.[2] In November 2002, the hotel was sold to London Plaza Hotels for £27.5 million, with Hyatt Regency Birmingham Ltd continuing to operate it.[6] Birmingham City Council made a £5 million profit on the sale, from its 17.5% stake in the hotel, which it used to pay off debt.[7]

The hotel was specifically constructed to have close ties to the International Convention Centre, including a private-access bridge that joins the two.[7][8] This easy to secure link was one factor in attracting the 24th G8 summit to the city,[7] as well as the 2000 NATO Meeting of Defence Ministers.[9][10][11]

The Hyatt Hotels Corporation bought the hotel out of administration in 2012 for £27 million.

In 2014, they made a £6 million investment into the hotel which included a new pub with a heated terrace which opens onto Broad Street - The Gentleman & Scholar Pub and Terrace.

In 2016, the hotel was bought by a Middle East investment group (an affiliate of Sharjah-based Bin Otaiba) for £38.6 million. The hotel will keep its Hyatt Regency branding. The purchaser plans to spend approximately £2.7 million over the next three years on improving the venue. [12]

References

  1. ↑ Hyatt Regency Birmingham emporis.com
  2. 1 2 "Hyatt Regency In Birmingham Is For Sale". Express Hotelier & Caterer. Mumbai: Indian Express Group. 2002-04-01.
  3. ↑ Vyv Simson and Andrew Jennings (1992). Dishonored games. SP Books. p. 12. ISBN 978-1-56171-199-4.
  4. ↑ Tim Hall and Phil Hubbard (1998). The entrepreneurial city: geographies of politics, regime, and representation. Wiley. ISBN 978-0-471-97707-0.
  5. ↑ Paul Dale (2002-02-21). "Landmark hotel up for sale". Birmingham Post.
  6. ↑ "Hyatt's Fire Has Not Gone Out". HVS. 2002-11-10.
  7. 1 2 3 David Bell (2003-01-10). "Hyatt a five-star 'killing'". Birmingham Evening Mail. Trinity Mirror Midlands Limited.
  8. ↑ Sue Bryant (1992-11-05). "The battle for Britain. (London and Birmingham's conference facilities". Marketing.
  9. ↑ "Brum's NATO Forum coup". Birmingham Evening Mail. 1998-08-07.
  10. ↑ "City scoops Nato defence conference". Birmingham Post. 1998-08-07.
  11. ↑ "Informal meeting of Defence Ministers (IM 2000) Birmingham, United Kingdom, 10–11 October 2000" (Press release). NATO. 2000-05-16.
  12. ↑ Jones, Tamlyn (26 September 2016). "Hyatt to undergo revamp after Middle East sale". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 11 January 2017.

Further reading

  • Hedley Smyth (1994). "The Hyatt Regency Hotel". Marketing the City. Taylor & Francis. pp. 163&ndash, 174. ISBN 978-0-419-18610-6.
  • Lisa Piddington (2004-11-02). "Reflected glory in heart of the city; It's one of Birmingham's landmark buildings and now it's had a multi-million pound facelift". Birmingham Post. Birmingham Post & Mail Ltd.
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