Grand Hyatt New York

Grand Hyatt New York The Grand Hyatt New York is a hotel located east of the Grand Central Terminal in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It was originally built and opened on January 28, 1919 as the Commodore Hotel by The Bowman-Biltmore Hotel Group and was named for "Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt.The structure itself was owned by The New York State Realty and Terminal Company a division of The New York Central Railroad who owned Grand Central Terminal next door. In 1980, the Commodore was reconstructed into the present-day Grand Hyatt New York. The hotel has 1,311 rooms and stands 295 ft (90 m) 36 floors. The hotel won the 2007 and 2008 Corporate and Incentive Travel magazine "Award of Excellence".