PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Hyatt Regency Trinidad hosted a formal Grand Opening gala the evening of April 4, 2008, becoming the first full service hotel to open in the dual island nation of Trinidad & Tobago in 46 years.
While the hotel welcomed its first guests on January 29, 2008, the elegant Grand Opening marked a celebratory occasion to announce its upscale accommodations, dining, Spa Esencia and business services to the world.
Attending dignitaries included:
– Trinidad & Tobago President, George Maxwell Richards
– Trinidad & Tobago Prime Minister, Patrick Manning
– Ambassador of the United States Roy Austin
– Chief Operating Officer, International Operations, Hyatt Global Corporation, Rakesh Sarna
– Senior Vice-President, Field Operations, Hyatt Hotels Corporation, Carlos Cabrera
– Caricom Secretary General Dr. Edwin Carrington
Heads of Government and of State of Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Bahamas, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
The event was filled with a night of local entertainment that paid tribute to the variety of cultures that comprise the diverse ethnic population of Trinidad & Tobago. Steel pan music, Asian dragon fire dancers in costumes and a finale of fireworks were some of the highlights as well as Chefs from other Hyatt Hotels treating the guests to a sumptuous banquet of various types of cuisine.
“It’s an occasion that demonstrates the coming of the vision of the people of Trinidad & Tobago,” said Chief Operating Officer, International Operations, Global Hyatt Corporation Rakesh Sarna. “A vision that has given birth to a development that is poised to become the pride of the Caribbean.”
He continued, “The Hyatt Brand signifies quality and dedication to customer service and wherever we go we seek to be in a location that understands and identifies with these attributes. For us, Trinidad and Tobago is that location.”
