At this Hyatt, an expansive Southwestern lobby decorated with original art opens onto a nearly three-acre water playground festooned with palm trees and flowering plants. Despite being in the desert, the hotel still offers 10 pools, three-story water slide, spa, sandy beaches, two poolside bars, and gondola rides on a lake. Other perks include a fitness facility, business center and Internet access.

Guests can enjoy a relaxing atmosphere, steak and seafood in the hotel's Vu restaurant, which overlooks the lagoon and gardens. The intimate, casual-style Ristorante Sandolo bistro adds to the options with calamari, carpaccio, Italian wine and other Italian delicacies. For Baja seafood cocktail, smoked-pork soft tacos, marinated prime New York steak and fajitas, guests can check out the hotel's Squash Blossom.

This Scottsdale hotel offers 493 guestrooms with soft Sonoran desert colors, wrought-iron accessories, balconies, high-speed Internet access, coffeemakers, safes, premium cable channels and bathrobes.

Key Meeting Features

Hyatt Regency Scottsdale Resort and Spa at Gainey Ranch features 35,000-square-feet of indoor meeting space including 29 meeting rooms. The 14,000-square-foot Regency Ballroom, divisible into 7 sections, offers banquet space for up to 1,200 and 1,550 theatre-style.

The 12,000-square-foot Arizona Ballroom is divisible into eight sections, with banquet space for up to 910 and 1,390 theater-style. It includes two foyers, three registration desks, the 2,700-square-foot Desert Garden and the 1,700-square-foot Arizona Patio. Unique to the resort is the 9,000-square-foot Terrace Court, featuring both lawn and hard-surfaced areas.

Additionally the resort offers excellent function space which is ideal for smaller meetings, featuring views of the mountains and gardens surrounding the resort. Boardrooms and hospitality suites add to the varied function space at the resort. High speed internet access is available in all meeting rooms.

Nineteen miles from Phoenix's Sky Harbor International Airport, the Hyatt Regency Scottdale, with its beautiful setting, recreational amenities and conference facilities, attracts golfers, families and business people attending meetings.