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ICI •pg_14-18__BMT_pg3-58 12/21/12 3:02 AM Page 15 SITE REVIEW #1 HYATT REGENCY MONTEREY HOTEL & SPA ON DEL MONTE GOLF COUSE cious small plate meals, appetizers and innovative drinks by a crackling fireplace. Also for the weary business or leisure traveler, the luxury continues…the renovated rooms boast elegant furnishings, spacious bathrooms, patios, flat-screen TVs, lavish baths and walk-in rain showers. Guests are welcome to enjoy a swim in one of two heated outdoor pools and the luxurious Accista spa which is 12,000 sq. ft. and offers a warm ambiance, inspired treatments, spa suites; a range of massage and body treatments; facials; sauna and steam; waterfall showers and quietly convivial relaxation areas. Others prefer the relaxation of the hotel's historic Pebble Beach Del Monte Golf Course there on the property. Packages are available which include overnight accommodations with green and cart fees for two. Opened in 1897, Del Monte Golf Course B Y VICTORIA HEAD has been challenging golfers for more than a century and continues to serve as a course on which the Callaway Golf Pebble Beach Invitational nvited to view a recent multi-million-dollar renovation is played. bestowed on the Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel & Spa Now with a worthy tenacious appetite after so much enjoyment, on Del Monte Golf Course, and hearing all the buzz sur- The Hyatt Regency Monterey offers guests three fantastic restaurant rounding the city's history, beauty and many attractions, my main two choices – TusCA Ristorant (a full service restaurant featuring authentic comments were, "when do we leave" and "point me in the right direction." Tuscan cuisine); The Fireplace Lounge; and Knuckles Sports Bar Traveling the coast of (voted #1 sports California by car, there bar on the are two routes to Monterey Monterey. I hear both Peninsula eight are enjoyable rides, but years in a row after some investigawhere you can tion, I stuck with my watch sports on scenic favorite – one of their many Highway One, which TVs, grab a drink runs from San with friends or Francisco to Los enjoy a casual dinAngeles offering breathner with the famitaking views of the ly). Pacific coastline. The meeting Arriving at facilities of Hyatt Monterey, there's a R e g e n c y point when you round a Monterey Hotel bend in the road and are convenient for come upon a delightfulany number of ly pleasant seaside comevents; industry munity; exhibiting all conventions, corthe charm of a small porate retreats, town, but with lots of wedding receppaths, rocks, redwoods tions and family and surf calling to be reunions. The explored. There are also great restaurants, boutiques, the famous Monterey has over 40,000 sq. ft. of flexible meeting space, including Fisherman's Wharf and one of the worlds greatest Aquariums; however, indoor and outdoor facilities, professional meeting planners, on-site with great anticipation, our first stop – The Hyatt Regency Monterey audio-visual equipment, a 24-hour business center, Wi-Fi access Hotel & Spa, set on Del Monte Golf Course. throughout the hotel property, enticing catering menus for dining both Walking into the hotel's lobby, I was pleasantly surprised by the well- inside or al fresco. Additionally, programs are in place to accommodate trained and accommodating staff we encountered that performed a corporate tournaments, games, team-building retreats, off-site excurdelightfully quick check-in. The next thing to draw one's attention was sions and family events. the beautiful, spacious lobby with lounge chairs, couches, eating tables, For a beautiful, adventurous, exhilarating, pampering, delicious and and quaint coffee bar in the back. This was the hotel's newly decorated hospitable venue to host your next event, visit Hyatt Regency Monterey Fireplace Lounge, where I would spend pleasurable moments relaxing Hotel & Spa on Del Monte Golf Course…You'll be glad you did. Tel: over the next few days, sampling the various selections of live jazz, deli- (831) 372-1234 Web Address: www.hyattregencymonterey.com The Beach Boys Sang it Best "Monterey oh Monterey….Our Hideaway I BM&T ••• September/October 2012 ••• www.blackmeetingsandtourism.com 15