PARK HYATT NEW YORK DEBUTS

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Corporation announced today the opening of Park Hyatt New York, the flagship hotel of the globally recognized Park Hyatt brand that will offer unprecedented luxury in the heart of Midtown Manhattan. Guests of Park Hyatt New York will enjoy its prime location at 153 West 57th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues, which is within walking distance to Central Park and across the street from historic Carnegie Hall.Park Hyatt New York features 210 luxurious guestrooms, including 92 premier suites, all with floor-to-ceiling windows. The hotel is nestled within the first 25 floors of the iconic, 90-story One57 skyscraper, designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Christian de Portzamparc. At 475 square feet, the standard rooms at Park Hyatt New York are among the largest in New York City and the majority of the hotel’s deluxe rooms span 530 square feet. Nightly rates for a standard room currently range from $795 to $1,295.10

“The opening of Park Hyatt New York marks a significant milestone for the Park Hyatt brand, giving it representation in a key market and boosting the brand’s global visibility. It introduces a new way of defining and delivering luxury for both guests and locals,” said Katherine Melchior Ray, Vice President of Luxury Brands for Hyatt. “We dug deep into consumer insights to see what today’s luxury travelers want and need, and we know that in addition to luxurious accommodations, culinary expertise, and high-quality service, they also want a personalized experience. We believe that Park Hyatt New York delivers this through locally authentic relationships and programs that will redefine the standard for luxury in New York City.”

Cultural Experiences and Enrichment

Park Hyatt New York is working with Carnegie Hall, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), the Central Park Conservancy and Sotheby’s, among others, to offer its guests personalized, culturally authentic New York experiences entirely unique to the hotel. Art enthusiasts will enjoy a collection of 350 gallery-worthy artworks from Ellsworth Kelly, Rob Fischer, and Robert Longo, among others, with at least 10 pieces designed specifically for the hotel. Park Hyatt New York is also the only hotel worldwide to offer Tubere

use 40 bath amenities by Le Labo Fragrances, a fragrance exclusively blended for the hotel.

“From its inception, Park Hyatt New York was thoughtfully crafted with meticulous attention to detail to offer our guests an unprecedented and authentic New York experience that sets us apart from any other local luxury hotel,” said Walter Brindell, General Manager, Park Hyatt New York and Area Vice President, Park Hyatt Hotels, North America. “We are absolutely thrilled to be opening in one of the most important cities in the world, and we hope our guests will enjoy their experience here as much as we have enjoyed bringing the Park Hyatt brand to New York.”

Park Hyatt New York Design and Amenities

World-renowned interior design firm, YabuPushelberg, created the vision for Park Hyatt New York’s interior design, which was inspired by New York’s most illustrious Upper East Side homes. The hotel’s design captures the energy and vibrancy of the city, utilizing signature elements tastefully layered with modern materials and furnishings. The firm curated intimate public and personal areas filled with art and custom furnishings.Executive Chef SebastienArchambault leads Park Hyatt New York’s culinary operations, including the dining experiences in the restaurant, The Back Room at One57, The Living Room, and the hotel’s event spaces. Each venue is designed to become a destination in its own right for culinary-savvy New Yorkers, as well as hotel guests.

The stylish, inviting 70-seat Living Room features a bar that overlooks historic Carnegie Hall and leads guests to The Back Room at One57, an American grill that seats 96 diners and will open August 25th. Modern and sophisticated, the menu features simple yet elegant preparations of the highest quality meats, seafood, and vegetables. Chef Sebastien joins Park Hyatt New York from the acclaimed Blue Duck Tavern at Park Hyatt Washington in Washington, D.C.

The hotel’s exquisite Onyx Room, featuring illuminated white onyx walls and soaring heights, offers extraordinary dining and entertainment experiences and is large enough to host a seated dinner for 220 or a standing reception for 450. Additionally, Park Hyatt New York includes spacious residential-style meeting spaces and an executive boardroom with an exclusive outdoor terrace that will open later this year.

Grounded in the principles of rejuvenation and wellness, the hotel’s sun-drenched Spa Nalai will indulge the most discerning travellers and locals with tailored spa treatments to meet a wide variety of needs. In the language of the Lenape people, the original tribe of Manhattan, Nalai means “serenity,” a mood the spa promotes through a unique synthesis of both ancient and innovative healing techniques with advanced beauty rituals to craft a deeply personalized experience.

Spa Nalai draws inspiration from its sister Park Hyatt spas around the world and offers a menu of treatments as part of its International Series that will change seasonally. Spa Nalai’s signature treatment is founded on the ancient tradition of earthing, identified as the practice of employing the Earth’s energy by grounding the body to the Earth’s natural surfaces, and takes place atop a warmed state-of-the-art sand quartz bed.

Park Hyatt New York’s breathtaking three-story aerie on the 25th floor features a steam room, hydrotherapy hot tub, private changing rooms and indoor swimming pool with underwater speakers playing an exclusive soundtrack from Carnegie Hall. A 24/7 state-of-the-art fitness center overlooking the aerie will promote health and wellbeing activities for guests.

Significant Growth for HyattWith the opening of Park Hyatt New York, Hyatt is now represented in Manhattan with eight hotels, including Grand Hyatt New York, Andaz Wall Street, Andaz 5th Avenue, Hyatt 48 Lex, Hyatt Union Square, Hyatt Times Square, and Hyatt Place Midtown-South. There also are two other Hyatt-branded hotels under development in New York – Hyatt House New York/Chelsea and Hyatt Place New York Times Square.

5 reasons to check into the Park Hyatt New York

The real estate

Sitting smack-dab in the heart of Midtown on West 57th Street directly across from Carnegie Hall, the $400 million Park Hyatt is at the center of Manhattan’s newly-minted “billionaire’s row” just a block from Central Park. The 210-room hotel is tucked into the first 25 floors of the 90-story One57 condo tower, where penthouses have sold for over $90 million. Although hotel rooms are far lower-priced than those apartments, the Park Hyatt clearly basks in One57’s record-setting reflected glory.

The swimming pool

Perched on the building’s 25th floor — and spanning a full 65 feet in length — the hotel’s swimming pool is easily the longest of its kind in town. Although likely to fill up quickly on busy days, the pool is not only anchored by a wall of windows firmly fronting Carnegie Hall, it also features classical music inspired by the iconic maestros played underwater.

The spa

Nalai means “serenity” in the language of the Lenape people — Manhattan’s original inhabitants. And the 13,000-square-foot space more than lives up to it name. Six treatment rooms ramble over the hotel’s top three floors — four with private outdoor terraces and all with panoramic city views. The treatments are pricey — a 60-minute massage clocks in at $225, while a 90-minute facial is nearly $100 more.

The eats

For a hotel as sizable as the Park Hyatt, its dining options are actually relatively modest: the formal Back Room restaurant and its stylishly-casual adjacent Living Room lounge. Overseeing them both is chefSebastienArchambault, most recently of Obama-favorite Blue Duck Tavern at Park Hyatt Washington. Back Room dinner stand-outs include 120-Day Bone InRibeye for Two and seasonal dishes like a Warm Lobster Salad, while come breakfast time, the egg-filled Shakshuka is a zesty ode to the current trend for Levantine cuisine. Cleverer still are the afternoon tea goodies, including a menu of savory eclairs, such as the smoked salmon and Wagyu Beef tartar — a hearty riff on the dessert classic.

The style

A veritable who’s-who of design, fashion and architecture talents have come together to make the Park Hyatt happen. On the outside, French architect Christian de Portzamparc has clad the tower in shimmery aquamarine glass panels, while inside, Canadian interiors firm YabuPushelberg has devised a functional-yet-whimsical design palette defined by cool gray stone, hexagonal-shaped room dividers and a dramatic scupltural staircase at the ground-floor entryway. Staff uniforms, meanwhile, are by designer Narciso Rodriguez and Barneys New York, in-room amenities come from Nolitaparfumerie Le Labo and key design pieces include the iconic “Spirit House Chair” by architect Daniel Libeskind. Best of all: There’s no formal check-in desk — guests are greeted by iPad-armed staffers ready to whisk them straight to their rooms.