Hyatt Regency Birmingham

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]

Hyatt Regency Birmingham
General information
TypeHotel
Location2 Bridge Street, Birmingham, B1 2JZ, England
Coordinates52.4779°N 1.9089°W / 52.4779; -1.9089
Completed1990
ManagementHyatt Hotels Corporation
Technical details
Floor count24
Lifts/elevators4
Other information
Number of rooms319
Number of bars1
Website
birmingham.regency.hyatt.com

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 lounge and dining area of the Presidential Suite, home to the Prime Minister during the Conservative Party conference.

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]

As a result of its links with the conference centre, the Hyatt is the base for the Prime Minister when the Conservative Party conference is hosted in Birmingham.[13]

References
  1. Hyatt Regency Birmingham emporis.com
  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. 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.
  13. Jones, Alison (2015-07-23), Happy Birthday! Hyatt Regency Birmingham is 25, retrieved 2019-01-05

Further reading
  • Hedley Smyth (1994). "The Hyatt Regency Hotel". Marketing the City. Taylor & Francis. pp. 163–174. 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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