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Advantages: Executive rooms great, good security, nice pool Disadvantages: Regular rooms mediocre, inconsistent service
Almaty is the largest city and former capital of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The capital was moved a few years ago to Astana but Almaty, in the south east of the country, remains the business and commercial centre.
Like most Soviet republic capitals there are a number of large, concrete, box-like, Soviet hotels which appear to have come from the Stalin school of architectural design. Since independence a few new, smaller hotels have been built, but two new hotels dominate the international market. Of these only the Rahat Palace has become part of an international chain and is now the HyattRegency Rahat Palace.
I've stayed at the HyattRegencyAlmaty eight or nine times, the first in 1998 and most recently in November 2003. In this time I have seen few changes; the single most noticeable change is that the hookers who used to ...
Advantages: Central location Disadvantages: Bad service with grubby rooms
As some of you may already know, I have recently returned from a lovely break in Houston, Texas. The main reason for our trip was to go to "Wrestlemania", the WWE's large yearly event. Yes it is slightly sad to travel 5000 miles for wrestling, but you only live once and I am indeed sad! To ensure the expense and hassle would be worth it, we added an additional 7 night's holiday to the trip, making it a 10 night get away.
We booked our wrestling part of the trip direct with WWE and thought the packages sounded like the best deal for our money. Included was 3 nights in the HyattRegency Hotel in downtown Houston as well as a lot of other boring wrestling things I won't bore you with! ;)
My initial reaction when we were told and confirmed on the package, of where we would be staying for the last 3 nights of our trip, I was ecstatic ...
Advantages: That presidential suite looks nice, good views over the city Disadvantages: Service isn't fantastic, above budget for the average traveller
Those of you who attended the Ciao meeting in Birmingham have subsequently pointed out that the Britannia was a bit of a dump. Well, if you ever decide to hold another get together in that fair city, then you might want to save up for a few months and invest in a room at this place.
LOCATION AND GETTING THERE
The HyattRegency Hotel is situated off Broad Street, one of the main A-roads in and out of Birmingham City centre. Broad Street has become a haven for bars and restaurants, with a delightful canal side complex and lots and lots of bustling clubs and pubs. As such, it has also become something of a focal point for the hotel trade and there is a real glut of hotels within a 1-mile radius. The HyattRegency is perhaps the most distinctive of these hotels, occupying a prime site opposite the concert hall and towering above ...
