The hotel is now officially opened for guests. The ribbon-cutting featured executives from Genting, which owns the hotel and casino, as well as Hyatt representatives, local officials and community leaders. It is an eight-story luxury hotel featuring 400 residential-inspired guestrooms and premium suites, and costed about $400 million. Hyatt Regency JFK Airport at Resorts World New York celebrated its opening on Friday, August 6.
The new development brings the total investment in Genting's Resorts World New York City to over $1.1 billion. The hotel opened Friday features additional gaming areas, a restaurant, a fitness center, conference and meeting spaces and a lobby for events and performances.