IMPROVEMENTS PLANNED; Hyatt to take over Hauppauge Wyndham
Newsday (New York)
August 12, 2004 Thursday
NASSAU AND SUFFOLK EDITION
BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY; Pg. A33
BY JAMIE HERZLICH. STAFF WRITER
Long Island will get its first Hyatt hotel next week when the Wyndham Wind Watch Hotel in Hauppauge is reflagged as the Hyatt Regency Wind Watch Long Island. Moreover, the new owner of the hotel plans to pump millions of dollars into improvement at the property.
Hyatt officials confirmed yesterday that the 360-room hotel, the Island's third largest, is scheduled to be rebranded next Thursday....
But Lewin said along with the name change will come improvements worth $8.5 million to $10 million over the next 12 months, including full wireless Internet connectivity throughout the 15-year-old property.
Hyatt, which has 211 hotels and resorts around the world, said it is also scouting other opportunities on Long Island. Two months ago, Computer Associates founder Charles Wang proposed building a new community in Plainview called
Old Plainview that would include a 300-room Hyatt Regency Hotel....[!]
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