Hyatt Hotels has opened the Grand Hyatt Chengdu in the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China. Spanning floors 10 to 39 of the 166m (545ft) high Chicony Square, the 390-bedroom hotel is situated on the historic Chunxi Road, also known as Hundred Year Gold Street, in the heart of Jinjiang district.
The hotel will include a 1,274sq m (13,713sq ft) Huan Spa, which is not yet open, designed by New York-based Tony Chi & Associates, who incorporated the heritage of both Chengdu and France in the design. The spa will feature five private spa suites and 12-foot massagers as well as steamrooms and saunas, plus a swimming pool and whirlpool in the fitness centre. Product houses will include Omorovicza and I plus Q.
Tony Chi & Associates also designed the rest of the hotel, which was inspired by aristocratic country houses found both in the cultural legacies of Chengdu and its Western cultural counterpart of France.
The hotel features abundant garden spaces that are influenced by the landscape throughout Sichuan province as well as the elegant homes of France.
“Chengdu has been a prized and important strategic post for 2,000 years and has an incredible, longstanding culture and heritage accumulated over centuries,” said Chi. “This was our starting point and foundation in the creation of Grand Hyatt Chengdu, and we wanted the hotel to reflect and respect the traditions of the city, while hopefully touching the subconscious with genuine hospitality.”
The guestrooms, designed to feel relaxing and welcoming, have been furnished with an abundance of natural woods. A minimalist Tang-Dynasty aesthetic is accompanied by distinctly Chinese touches, from ceramic horse lamp bases to kang-leg coffee tables and ink-brush paintings of monkeys and goldfish.
The hotel also includes seven dining and drinking options – the majority of which have “show kitchens” providing live culinary entertainment – as well as 32,000sq ft (2,973sq m) of event space and nine separate residences.
The French Garden is a 14,500sq ft (1,347sq m) Versailles-style outdoor terrace surrounded by sculptural red-bean cedar hedging and flowerbeds, box topiary and flowing fountains.
