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Hyatt Regency hotels

Big gathering hotels carry forward the open-lobby idea born in John Portman's Atlanta atrium.

Hyatt Regency brings generous public spaces, restaurants, and the practical comforts of a full-service hotel to cities and resorts. Its architectural story began in Atlanta in 1967, where John Portman’s soaring atrium, glass elevators, and hanging gardens turned the lobby into a destination in its own right.

61 Hyatt Regency hotels in 30 countries on the Luxury Hotels Atlas (2 not open yet), each placed on the six LHA Tiers.

Owned by Hyatt Hotels Corporation
Worldwide: More than 240 operating hotels and resorts across more than 40 countries as of 2025; the atlas intentionally curates the luxury-leaning subset. Hyatt Newsroom
On the atlas: 12 Core Luxury, 34 Accessible Luxury, 15 Near Luxury

History

John Portman’s Atlanta hotel showed how a dramatic lobby could become part of the pleasure of staying. Its rooftop restaurant, Polaris, later closed as the surrounding skyline changed and reopened in 2014. The brand’s newer conversions carry that interest in public space into buildings with different histories and city settings.

Timeline

1967 — The Hyatt Regency Atlanta opens as the Regency Hyatt House, architect and developer John Portman's 22-story atrium design becoming the first modern atrium hotel and an instant national landmark.
1968–1985 — Portman refines the atrium concept across a string of Hyatt and other hotels: the Hyatt Regency O'Hare (1969), the Hyatt Regency San Francisco's Embarcadero tower (1973), and eventually the Marriott Marquis in New York (1985), spreading the atrium-hotel template across the industry.
1971 and 1982 — Two further towers are added to the Atlanta flagship, eventually bringing the complex to 1,260 rooms.
1990s–2000s — Hyatt Regency becomes the company's primary vehicle for large, full-service convention and resort hotels worldwide, from Jabal Omar in Makkah to Bali's Sanur coast.
2010s–2020s — The brand grows steadily through both new builds and conversions across the Balkans, Central Asia, and Southeast Asia, including Hyatt Regency Kotor Bay Resort (2023), Hyatt Regency Pravets Resort in Bulgaria (2023), and Hyatt Regency Zadar in Croatia (2025).

The houses to know

Hyatt Regency Zadar, Zadar, Croatia — A 150-room hotel on Croatia's Dalmatian coast, in the historic port city famed for its Sea Organ and sunset views.
Hyatt Regency Vienna, Vienna, Austria — Hyatt Regency Vienna holds 303 rooms, 44 of them suites, in Archisphere's tower at Arsenalstraße 10 on Schweizergarten.
Hyatt Regency Manila City of Dreams, Parañaque, Metro Manila, Philippines — The hotel places Hyatt Regency within Manila’s City of Dreams entertainment resort.
Hyatt Regency Phnom Penh, Phnom Penh, Cambodia — A 247-room hotel that joined Hyatt Regency in 2021, extending the brand's Mekong-region footprint beyond Vietnam.
Hyatt Regency Tashkent, Tashkent, Uzbekistan — A 300-room hotel that opened in 2016 as one of the first major international luxury flags in the Uzbek capital.
Hyatt Regency Bali, Sanur, Indonesia — A 363-room beach resort on Sanur's calmer east-coast strip, Bali's original tourist beach before Kuta and Seminyak took over.
Hyatt Regency Danang Resort and Spa, Danang, Vietnam — A 258-room resort spread along 650 meters of China Beach, its clusters of low-rise buildings angled to preserve sea views the way a village would.
Hyatt Regency Koh Samui, Koh Samui, Thailand — A 140-room beach resort on the Gulf of Thailand island best known for coconut plantations and the Chaweng-Lamai resort strip.
Hyatt Regency Seragaki Island Okinawa, Onna, Japan — A bridge connects the resort’s Seragaki Island setting to Okinawa’s western coast.
Hyatt Regency Qingdao, Qingdao, China — The hotel is in Qingdao, China.

Newest openings

Hyatt Regency Zadar — Zadar, Croatia — opened 2025.
Hyatt Regency Kotor Bay Resort — Kotor, Montenegro — opened 2023.
Hyatt Regency Pravets Resort — Pravets, Bulgaria — opened 2023.

Opening next

Hyatt Regency Aro Palace Brașov — Brașov, Romania — The project has been announced; further details have not been confirmed in the sources reviewed.
Hyatt Regency Tirana — Tirana, Albania — The project has been announced; further details have not been confirmed in the sources reviewed.