Hyatt Terraces Baguio Hotel

The Hyatt Terraces Baguio also known as the Terraces Plaza was a 5-star hotel located in the South Drive, Baguio, Philippines. The Hyatt Terraces Plaza held one of the best ballrooms, function halls, and meetings halls in the city. The hotel held 3 restaurants: the Kaili Cafe, the Copper Gill, and the Hanazono Japanese Buffet. The hotel held 2 bars: the Fireplace Bar and the Gold Mine disco bar. The hotel also held a swimming pool, jacuzzi, and a spa. The hotel had been active for about 15 years until the destruction of the hotel in 1990. It sustained the most serious damage compared to other buildings in Baguio following the 1990 Luzon earthquake, when the hotel's terraced front wing collapsed and fell into the lobby area killing at least 50 people.[4][5]

Hyatt Terraces Plaza Baguio
Former namesTerraces Plaza
Hotel chainHyatt Hotels Corporation
General information
StatusDestroyed
LocationPhilippines
AddressSouth Drive
Opening1976
DestroyedJuly 16, 1990
Height44.51 m (146.0 ft)
Technical details
Floor count12 Floors
Design and construction
ArchitectRuben Payumo
Other information
Number of rooms400+
Number of restaurants4 Restaurant's
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History
The collapsed Hyatt Terraces Baguio Hotel.

Before the Hyatt management's takeover in 1979, the Terraces Plaza was built during the Philippines "hotel boom," opening in time for the World Bank-International Monetary Fund 1976 which was held in Manila.

General Manager Heinrich Maulbecker of Hyatt Bangkok was tasked in 1978 to check on a property in Baguio called Baguio Terraces to study the viability of converting the hotel property into a Hyatt brand. Baguio Terraces was later rebranded as Hyatt Terraces Hotel and Maulbecker became the general manager of the Baguio hotel until the destruction of the hotel in 1990.[6]

References
  1. Hyatt Terraces Baguio Hotel at Emporis
  2. chuvaness (2010-12-12). "Happy times". All the news that's hip to print. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  3. Lolarga, Elizabeth (2015-01-11). "In Baguio, German hotelier finds a home". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  4. "Quake relief efforts hampered". The Hour. 17 July 1990. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  5. "The 1990 Baguio City Earthquake". The City of Baguio.
  6. Alcuaz, Vic. "Mabuhay Ka! - Hotelier Heinrich Maulbecker is a 'builder" (PDF). Vic Alcuaz.
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