HONG KONG—Hyatt Hotels & Resorts has entered into a management agreement with Elizabeth Tasmania Pty Ltd. for a Hyatt Centric hotel in Hobart, the capital city of Tasmania, Australia.
The 221-room hotel will be the first Hyatt Centric hotel in Australia, and will include one restaurant, a bar and meeting facilities. Elizabeth Tasmania Pty Ltd. has engaged a team of consultants to develop the new hotel, including Hobart-based JAWS Architects and Dreamtime Australia Design, a Sydney-based interior designer, to create bespoke interiors.
With construction planned to start mid-2017, the hotel is slated to open in early 2019. It will join Hyatt’s Australia portfolio of hotels including Hyatt Regency Sydney, Park Hyatt Melbourne, Grand Hyatt Melbourne, Hyatt Regency Perth, Hyatt Hotel Canberra and Hyatt Place Melbourne, Essendon Fields.