The Hyatt Regency Resort is here to stay – it is not going to be knocked down and is not up for sale, contrary to unfounded rumours that have been circulating recently.
General Manager of the property Mark Bastis confirmed to The Caymanian Compass that both the Hyatt company and the owner of the Hyatt Regency in Grand Cayman are committed to the island and have no plans to go anywhere else.
In fact, Mr. Bastis affirmed that work will start on the roofs at the land-side of the hotel next month.
‘Our goal is to re-do all of our rooms on that side so we’ll have to tear out everything, but there will be no buildings knocked,’ he said.
The delay in starting repairs to the land-side of the hotel has centred on the insurance claim settlement, which Mr. Bastis now expects in the next 30 days.
Mr. Bastis also put on record that the extension of the Esterley Tibbetts Highway, some of which will run through Hyatt property, will not involve the knocking of any Hyatt buildings.
Saying that the Hyatt has been working with both the Public Works and the Lands and Survey Departments in the design of the road, he said it will run through the hotel’s parking lot and one of the tennis courts.
Mr. Bastis asserted that until work gets started on this side of the hotel, he is reluctant to set a finish date, only that it will re-open some time next year, and no bookings are being taken for this side of the hotel.
There was a large extent of damage done to the property during Hurricane Ivan last September, but the Hyatt Beach Suites, on the seaside of the property, have been operating and doing great, according to Mr. Bastis, since last December.
He said the general structure of the hotel’s main part is in great shape and the roofs are in relatively good shape. Already a lot of work has taken place on the property, including repairs to the laundry rooms, the engineering compound and the beach suites.
Also arriving soon will be the golf irrigation system and golf carts are arriving in June for the Hyatt’s Britannia Golf Course.
Mr. Bastis also said the golf course will not be affected by the new road, which will run in between the Hyatt Resort and Buckingham Square.
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