Hyatt Regency Trinidad is a luxury, high-rise hotel situated along the waterfront of the capital city of Trinidad and Tobago, Port of Spain.
[1] The hotel was announced in 2005 as a partnership between Hyatt, which manages the property, and UDeCOTT which is its owner and developer.
[3] In 2011, Hyatt initiated an arbitration against the government of Trinidad and Tobago and withheld owner remittances after government actions left ownership of the hotel unclear.
[4] In 2024, the Hyatt Regency announced that it would stop accepting Trinidad and Tobago dollars, the local currency, causing a controversy.
[6] In response, Colm Imbert, T&T's Minister of Finance announced that the ministry would investigate the hotel's attempt to avoid TT$.