Hyatt Regency Houston

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Hyatt Regency Houston
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Hyatt Regency Houston
General information
Location Houston, Texas
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Coordinates 29°45′25″N95°22′10″W / 29.75694°N 95.36934°W / 29.75694; -95.36934
Opening1972
Management Hyatt Hotels Corporation
Technical details
Floor count30
Design and construction
Architect(s)JV III
Other information
Number of rooms947 (total)
Number of suites21
Number of restaurants2
ParkingValet Parking/Garage
Website
https://www.hyatt.com/en-US/hotel/texas/hyatt-regency-houston/hourh

Hyatt Regency Houston is a 30-story high-rise hotel located in downtown Houston, Texas, United States.

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The hotel, part of the Hyatt hotel chain, was designed by architectural firm JV III ( a joint venture between firms Caudill Rowlett Scott, Neuhaus & Taylor, and Koetter, Tharp & Cowell) [1] and was opened to guests in 1972. [2] At 401 ft (122 m), Hyatt Regency Houston is the city's tallest hotel [3] The hotel was, for many years, topped by a revolving restaurant known as "Spindletop". Today, it is used as function space. The hotel's 29-story atrium, one of the highest in Texas, was featured as a set in the 1976 film Logan's Run . [4] [5]

Hyatt Regency Houston was a host hotel for the 1992 Republican National Convention, the 16th G7 Economic Summit in 1990, and the 1998 World Energy Congress. [6] The hotel completed a $40 million renovation in 2008 that included all 947 guestrooms, a redesigned lobby bar, 64,000 square feet (5,900 m2) of meeting space, and the addition of the only Shula's Steakhouse in Texas. [7]

See also

Notes

  1. "Hyatt Regency Houston, Houston". Houston Architecture. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
  2. "Emportis, JV III". Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved 2008-04-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. "Hyatt Regency Houston, Houston". Archived from the original on February 11, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. "Emporis, Hyatt Regency Houston, Houston". Archived from the original on February 11, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. "Logan's Run (1976) - Filming locations" . Retrieved 2008-04-06.
  6. "Hyatt Houston, News And Events Details" . Retrieved 2008-04-06.
  7. "News And Events Details" . Retrieved 2008-04-06.

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