Vancouver, BC, Canada

Footloose in Vancouver
West End - Stanley Park
Robson Street . Gastown
Granville Island . Kitsilano
Commercial Drive . Lonsdale Quay
North Shore, West Van|
SkyTrain . Vintage Streetcars
Waterfront . Sea Island

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Granville Island

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New Look for Hyatt


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HYATT REGENCY VANCOUVER WELCOMES NEW GENERAL MANAGER

Hyatt Regency Vancouver welcomes Steve McNally as General Manager of the newly renovated, 644 room hotel.

Mr. McNally served as General Manager of Hyatt Regency Calgary since 2001, and brings a wealth of experience to this new role.  His career with Hyatt Hotels and Resorts spans 22 years with 12 hotels in three countries and has included assignments in Hawaii, Chicago, Lake Tahoe and the Cayman Islands.

"I am looking forward to working with the dedicated Hyatt Regency Vancouver team" said Mr. McNally.  "The hotel has recently completed an extensive six year, $40 million renovation and it looks amazing.  I feel the hotel now mirrors the vibrancy of this great city as it prepares for 2010 and beyond."

 Centrally located in the heart of Vancouver's business, restaurant and shopping district, Hyatt Regency Vancouver offers the largest hotel rooms in the city.  The recently renovated guest rooms and meeting spaces incorporate luxury, technology and convenience, and reflect the high standards in quality of the Hyatt brand.  For more information about Hyatt Regency Vancouver, visit www.vancouver.hyatt.com.

 

bout Global Hyatt Corporation

Global Hyatt Corporation, one of the world's premier hotel companies, offers today's travelers over 735 hotels and resorts (over 136,000 rooms) in 44 countries. The company's affiliates own, operate, manage and franchise Hyatt branded hotels and resorts under the Park Hyatt™, Grand Hyatt™, Hyatt Regency™, Hyatt Resorts™, Hyatt®, Hyatt Place™ and Hyatt Summerfield Suites™ brands. In April 2007, Hyatt launched its newest global brand, Andaz™. Global Hyatt Corporation is also the owner of Hyatt Vacation Ownership, Inc. operator of the Hyatt Vacation Club and fractional residential properties and U.S. Franchise Systems, Inc, which franchises Hawthorn Suites and Microtel Inns and Suites.

From the U.S. and Canada, reservations for any Hyatt hotel worldwide may be obtained by calling 1-800-233-1234 or logging onto www.hyatt.com.

For more information, please contact:

Patsy Worrall or Fareedah Rasoul Kim

QUAY Strategies Inc.

Phone: 604.687.2824

Email: patsyw@quaystrat.com or fareedahrk@quaystrat.com

 

Footloose
by Jerry W. Bird 

Having been footloose in Vancouver, British Columbia since the days of streetcars, interurban trams, White Lunch Cafeteria on Hastings, Woodwards Toyland and Union Steamships, I consider the West End my special domain. Morning, noon or night, it's always an inviting place for rubber-neckers, casual strollers, browsers, grazers and window shoppers. A sea of umbrellas one moment, local denizens decked in everything from beachwear to high fashion the next. It's a passing parade, minus the 76 trombones-just waiting for you to follow along. .More

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Routes Forum 2010
awarded to to Vancouver.

From left:
Rick Antonson
Larry Berg
Michael Woodward
Michael Howarth