Hyatt Regency Delhi

Hyatt Regency Delhi Design

View of a room from outside

The Hyatt Regency Delhi is a luxury hotel in New Delhi, India, completed in 1983. The five-star hotel has 486 rooms and 51 suites. It is situated in South Delhi, in close proximity to the new business district of Gurgaon, and some of the shopping areas and historical sites.[3]

The hotel has 486 rooms and suites and is well equipped with high speed internet, swimming pool, fitness centre, business centre, boutiques, salon and restaurants offering a wide variety of dining options. Asian Hotels (North) Ltd was incorporated in 1980 and was promoted by R S Saraf, R K Jatia, Chaman Lal Gupta, three non-resident Indians together with Sushil Gupta and Shiv Jatia, their Indian Associates. The company set up their first-grade room facilities for guests during the Asian Games in 1982. The hotel started full-fledged commercial operation in the year 1983.[4]

The first of Hyatt Regency Delhi was established in the early 1980s when Radhe Shyam introduced the Hyatt brand to India with the construction of Hyatt Regency Delhi, in the run-up to the Asian Games (1982). The Asian Games were held in New Delhi in 1982 for which there was a large construction of fly overs, stadiums and hotels.[5] The Hyatt Regency Delhi hotel was built during this time, on a site of two hectares at the northwestern corner of a commercial development. The design of the hotel follows a form of staggered rooms which is like a step back in an ordered format set in landscaped garden courts. Each room enjoys a view, with this staggered composition in the design.[6]

Staggered Composition of the Hotel

Asian Hotels (North) Ltd is one of the leading players in the Indian hospitality industry operating a chain of deluxe category hotels under the brand Hyatt Regency Hotels. The company presently operates one five-star deluxe hotel in Delhi with the name Hyatt Regency Delhi. In 1980, Mr. Saraf, as the founder promoter of Asian Hotels Ltd., initiated the construction of Hyatt Regency in New Delhi. The 486-room hotel opened to receive guests for the Asian Games in 1982 with a record completion time of two years. In 1980, Mr. Saraf tied up with Hyatt International bringing the chain's first hotel to India as Hyatt Regency New Delhi. The Company undertook to set up a 5-star hotel comprising 537 rooms of international standards at Bhikaiji Cama Place Complex, New Delhi (South), to form part of the tourist package for the 1982 Asian Games and to cater to the increasing foreign tourist traffic thereafter.[7]

The company entered into a franchise agreement with M/s. Hyatt of Hong Kong Ltd., valid for a period of 10 years from the date of formal opening of the hotel. In terms of the agreement, the company was to pay Hyatt an amount equal to 3% of the gross room revenue of the hotel during the currency period of the agreement as franchise and marketing fee. Under the franchise agreement Hyatt, was to render services and assistance to the company in the fields of marketing and sales, international reservations and publicity, technical assistance relating to the planning, design and operational requirements of the hotel prior to its opening and technical assistance after its opening such as the use of trade name and logos, operational planning, financial control systems, etc. The hotel is a member of the Hyatt International Chain.[8]

The China Kitchen[9] - Peking duck, dumplings and an authentic Chinese dining.

La Piazza[10] - serving authentic Italian cuisine.

TKs Oriental Grill and Bar[11] - Oriental cuisines and Indonesian, Japanese and Thai specialties.

Cafe[12] - A multi-cuisine restaurantoffering all day dining experience with live cooking stations and an open kitchen.

Polo Lounge[13] - fine spirits, snacks, servings and services.

SideWalk[14] - A bakery a venue for meeting over tea and coffee, offering venue for meetings over tea or coffee.

Hyatt Regency Delhi was thronged with Delhi Police, when 31 year old socialite-photographer Natasha Singh, daughter-in-law of Natwar Singh, of Indian National Congress, supposedly jumped to her death from the roof of the hotel on Sunday, March 17, 2002.[16]

A spacious and luxurious Regency Suite King room in Hyatt Regency Delhi

Hotel Back View