Tuesday, November 23, 2021

Vancouver's severe hotel room shortage

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-hotel-shortage-tourism-recovery


"The Hyatt Regency Vancouver, located at 655 Burrard Street, is a 644-room hotel connected to the Royal Centre complex in VancouverBritish Columbia, Canada."

"Built in 1973, the Hyatt Regency Vancouver is a 35 floor tower standing at 359 feet or 109 metres. It was Vancouver's tallest hotel from 1973 to 2001. It has the largest number of hotel rooms in one building." 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyatt_Regency_Vancouver

Of course the Seattle version has almost double the number of rooms. As a big bulky building, it has a lot more capacity than the slender towers in vancouver.

"Hyatt Regency Seattle, also known as 808 Howell Street and 8th & Howell, is a high-rise hotel in the Denny Triangle neighborhood of SeattleWashington that opened in December 2018. The 45-story hotel, operated by Hyatt, has 1,260 hotel rooms and is the largest in the city."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyatt_Regency_Seattle

Height
Architectural520 feet (160 m)
Roof500 feet (150 m)
Technical details
Size1.2 million square feet (110,000 m2)
Floor count45
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyatt_Regency_Seattle#Facilities


Vancouver could have used a couple of these. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westin_Seattle