Media Fact Sheet

ADDRESS
Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego
One Market Place, San Diego, CA 92101

TELEPHONE 
(619) 232-1234 or (800) 233-1234 
Fax (619) 239-5678
 
Editorial contact: Brice & Associates / (858) 456-3855 or Cell (858) 405-4622 / JBrice@BriceAndAssociates.com
 
WEBSITE                               www.ManchesterGrand.Hyatt.com
 
GENERAL MANAGER                     Ted Kanatas
 
DESCRIPTION: The waterfront Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego is at once a convention center headquarters hotel, an airport hotel, a stand-alone convention site and an urban resort incentive-destination where guests can enjoy our full-service spa, tennis courts, pools with incredible views, and seasonal activities - all designed to create a relaxing escape. Meetings become extraordinary at the hotel, the largest waterfront hotel on the West Coast, with 1,625 rooms and 125,000 square feet of meeting space. During events, attendees and meeting planners experience unmatched service, exquisite catering and a vast selection of venues including the largest ballroom in San Diego. The setting is perfect for an executive retreat of 10 or an industry conclave of over 3,000.
 
LOCATION: On the Gaslamp Quarter’s waterfront, the stylish Hyatt is very close to the San Diego Convention Center and only a few-block stroll from the heart of the Gaslamp Quarter, site of Petco Park and ample nightlife and shopping. Trolleys to Tijuana stop in front of the hotel, and steps from the Hyatt are San Diego Bay’s most convenient rentals and charters for sailing, kayaking, power boating, personal watercraft, as well as big-game fishing, waterskiing, whale watching and dinner cruises. Next to the Hyatt is shopping at Seaport Village and it’s a short walk to Horton Plaza’s 100-plus specialty stores, including Macy's and Nordstrom, along with movie theaters and the Lyceum Theatre, home of San Diego Repertory Theatre. Also within a brief walk from the Hyatt is the Midway Aircraft Carrier Museum, and it’s just a short drive to famous beaches, golf, Sea World, San Diego Zoo and the museums of Balboa Park. The airport is three miles away.
 
ACCOMMODATION: Views and comfortable elegance define the hotel’s four-star accommodations. Every guestroom is 340-square feet and has at least partial water or city views and many offer spectacular water views, including panoramic vistas of the Pacific Ocean. Every Deluxe Bay View Room is a corner room providing panoramic views of San Diego Bay and the Pacific Ocean from floor to ceiling windows on two walls. The stylish decor of these accommodations includes windows that open to capture sea breezes and either one king or two double Grand Beds fitted with luxurious linens and down duvet over pillow-top mattress(es) and a generous work area. There is 24-hour room service, wired and wireless high-speed Internet access (fees apply) and a complimentary San Diego Union-Tribune. Deluxe amenities include pampering Portico bath products, a hairdryer, coffee maker, cable/satellite TV channels, iHome alarm clock/radio, analog phone line, air conditioning and heat controls, in-room safe, iron/ironing board, minibar, 25 inch or larger TV, video on demand, voicemail, video checkout, cribs upon request and rollaways too, except in rooms with two double beds. Maximum guests per room are four.                                                    # # #

 

Know the Truth

  • Mr. Manchester gave $125,000 contribution to “Yes on 8” campaign.
  • After passage, the gay community focused its anger at Mr. Manchester, and others, by initiating a well organized boycott and negative press generating campaign.
  • Local union, Unite Here, sensing a vulnerability, latched onto this opportunity to press for unionization of the property, bringing up old and baseless charges about Room Attendants.
  • Unite Here initiated an aggressive proactive campaign to divert existing convention business.
  • Activists have ignored Hyatt’s strong and lengthy history of diversity, equality and support for the gay and lesbian community in order to go after Mr. Manchester and Manchester Grand Hyatt.

Did you know?

Hyatt named as one of the “Top-Ten Gay Friendly Employers in America”
- Advocate Magazine
Hyatt was rated among the “Top Companies for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Employees”
- DiversityInc.com
Hyatt named as “2008 Best Places to Work” list, for the fifth consecutive year
- the Human Rights Campaign