59Impala

Hyatt Place to manage 165-room Farragut Hotel in downtown Knoxville

http://www.wbir.com/web/wbir/news/lo...ille/119223520

mediator

Great news. Right now Hyatt has zero presence in the area.

thatguy917

Super exciting! After most new hotels being built far out in the western suburbs, its great to get a new hotel downtown. So happy to have any Hyatt hotel in Knoxville. They haven't had a presence there for about 15 years.

cfabar1

Any recent stays? Hoping simply for a clean hotel for an overnight stay. Nothing too fancy. Elite recognition a plus.

pWei

Stayed recently. Valet or self, glob parking honored. Expecting a HP, was quite pleasantly surprised by the professional, friendly staff and nice decor. Lobby was huge by HP standards. Upgraded to a 1 BR suite at check in. Pictures on hyatt.com were indicative of the high ceiling living room. Wet bar, fridge, dining table for 4-6. HP furniture for the most part. Perhaps they missed the Centric brand; felt quite like it.
Noise - room located on the back would be better. The 1BR suite was located on the back. Elevator was slow, so the 2nd floor location was a plus. Was quite happy with the room.

Rooftop bar - Go for the views.
Breakfast bar was a nicer version of the grab and go HP standard these days. More selection than usual.

I don't know why they didn't brand it a Centric or similar. Staffing level that I saw was more in line with a full service than a limited service property. Odd indeed.

cfabar1

Thank you. I will stay soon and give a new report. This is so encouraging to hear.

cfabar1

Question among those who have stayed here....

I will be traveling alone with our dog... He is a shelter animal, he does okay, but will certainly be a little on the nervous side at first.

How easy is it to navigate the valet parking there? I want to make sure it isn’t too onerous to get him into the check-in area and then into our room. I’ll just be staying for some quick overnight stays, so I won’t have too much luggage with me, and won’t need a luggage rack.

CIT85

HP Knoxville is in an old building downtown. Valet parking is just outside the front entrance and check in is close to the entrance as well. It should be fairly straight forward.

tearex

Location is fantastic downtown - we hoofed it to multiple restaurants over the weekend. Good noise isolation in base(?) room, even on Halloween/football weekend.

Staff is great from the minimal interaction I've had with them. Friendly valet team and generally fast, even when asking them to pull multiple cars each time.

ooom416354

Stayed a month or so ago, slight issue with the AC not working the first night but they quickly moved rooms for me and credited points for the first night. Great GM and management staff, hotel is in a great location and well worth the stay.

murphy

I stay here regularly and like it. The lobby is much nicer than I’d expect from an HP. The rooms are fine, and the location is great. Breakfast is better than average, too. Only problem I have is that it’s hard to get them to do daily housekeeping. I think they are short handed. That said, I do recommend it.

saltytheseagull

Stayed here last week. It is in a great location and is built out a touch nicer than your typical HP.

murphy

Trying to book at Hyatt Place Knoxville in September and I’m seeing something weird. If I book Mon-Thurs the member rate has the normal 2 day cancellation policy. If I include Sunday then the cancellation policy switches to 30 days. I stay here regularly and have never seen this before. My first thought was that it is football-related, but the stay is starting Sep 11, and they’ve got Austin peay that weekend. The following weekend is Florida, and that Sunday has the normal 2 day cancellation.

59Impala

weird, is it 30 days as well if you only do Sunday?

murphy

Yes, a one day booking for Sunday gets the 30 days. I’ve written to my concierge to see if she help.