Hyatt Ahmedabad situated near Vastrapur Lake was established five years back, in the year 2013, and is an upper scale hotel. The general manager of Hyatt Ahmedabad, Somnath Dey brings to the hotel around 13 years of experience in the brand Hyatt itself. Speaking about the hotel’s location Dey said, “The hotel is very strategically located. It’s right in the centre of the city making everything accessible and whether it is transport, food or sightseeing, everything is in close range to the hotel.”
Looking out from one’s hotel room window, one will notice one of the largest malls in Ahmedabad right in front of the hotel, the Ahmedabad One mall. The mall and hotel was built simulataneously by the same owner and it was done so to provide convenience to the people staying in the hotel, be it food or shopping options. There is also an amusement park nearby and a ground where various cultural events are held.
Dey likes to call Hyatt Ahmedabad as an experiential hotel and emphasies on the products the hotel has to offer. “Each product here is customised according to the client’s needs, for example, if one stays in a club room, they are entitled to access all the priviledges the club room offers. We have a fully equipped gym area, a refreshing pool out in the open for our customers to relax as well as one of the best spas in the country, where they can unwind away from the world’s problems.”
Hyatt Ahmedabad welcomes customers from leisure segments, but it is mainly a business hotel. And for this purpose, the hotel has well equipped meeting spaces, indoor as well as outdoor, board rooms and banquet halls. With over 178 contemporary guestrooms, which includes ten suites, the hotel also has 743 square metres (7,997 square feet) of conferencing space with a pre-function area. The hotel also offers 9955 square feet of banquet space which is ideal for business companies to host meetings and conferences. The flexible event venues can accommodate anything from a board meeting of 10 to a gathering of 800.
“The hotel houses Istana and Sabarmati, both are flexible spaces with partitions that have been designed with intimacy, luxury, technology and comfort in mind. The Istana ballroom can easily accomodate 525 seating space in theater style,and in total 220 people in classroom style. Even a roundtable setup without stage can accomodate 240 people (considering 10 chairs per table),” added Dey.
The hotel prides on having experienced and good quality staff along with the use of latest technology making things easier for the MICE market to conduct conferences here. Even the architecture of the hotel combines professional as well as contemporary design breaking away from the stereotypical feel of a business hotel. When it comes to dining options, the hotel offers a wide range of Indian and international cuisines.
Designed to be intimate yet open, Collage is an all-day dining restaurant in Ahmedabad which is located on the first floor, overlooking the Vastrapur Lake and its gardens.The restaurant offers an extensive spread of continental, North Indian and traditional Indian thalis. Chocol’art is another elegant space dedicated to freshly baked sweet and savoury bakery items, sandwiches, pastries and cakes.
Stressing on the newly opened dining space, TG’S-The Oriental Grill, Dey mentioned, “A lot of research has gone behind opening this space. The concept revolves around a live kitchen concept as our research has shown that there is a growing trend of customers wanting an entire experience rather than just straight away eating their food. Since its opening, we have already noticed many customers visit this place, especially the young ground from IIM-A, etc. We don’t want to restrict ourselves to being a business hotel but also open our dining options to the masses.”
With this new shift, Hyatt Ahmedabad is not only improving its facilities for the MICE market but is also opening up to the leisure market.