UK remains a ‘priority growth market’ for Hyatt hotels

Hyatt Hotels has unveiled plans to expand its UK portfolio by 30% over the next two years.

It comes after the Chicago-based hotel company launched the 217-key Hyatt Place Leeds and the 88-key Hyatt House Leeds, which focuses on extended stays, earlier this month. In October 2024, the group also opened the UK’s first Park Hyatt London River Thames.

Hyatt is aiming to add over 1,000 rooms to the UK over the next two years as it sees the region as a “priority growth market”, citing possible destinations such as Oxford, Cambridge, Liverpool, Newcastle, Glasgow, Cardiff, York, Bath, and Belfast.

The UK is currently the brand’s third largest market after Germany and Spain in EAME.

Upcoming launches include the 87-bedroom Hyatt Place London Paddington, which will mark the third Hyatt Place in the capital, while the 200-bedroom Hyatt Regency London Olympia will mark the seventh property of its kind in the UK.

Hyatt has been rapidly increasing its UK portfolio in recent years, with 17 hotels across nine brands.

This means the hotel brand has more than doubled its number of rooms in the country and tripled its property footprint since 2017.

In Q4 2024, Hyatt reported a 5% increase compared to Q4 2023 in meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE) requests across Europe, with 7,000 of these coming from the UK.

Anna Corkill, regional vice president of development for UK & Ireland at Hyatt, said: “The UK remains a priority growth market for Hyatt. We are committed to expanding our portfolio of brands in locations that matter most to our guests, members, customers, and owners and I have no doubt the UK will continue to be a strong contributor to Hyatt’s growth journey in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.”