Mesa Riverview developers scored a major home run Thursday by announcing a deal with the Oakland Athletics’ owner and real estate mogul, Lewis Wolff, to bring the city’s first Hyatt-brand hotel to the project at Dobson Road and Loop 202.

Hyatt Place Scottsdale Old Town made its official debut Friday — the second version of the new hotel brand launched by Chicago-based Global Hyatt Corp. in August. The Scottsdale hotel, at 7300 E. Third Ave., was transformed from an AmeriSuites, a brand Global Hyatt bought in January 2005.

Hyatt is previewing a new hotel brand in Scottsdale. Chicago-based Global Hyatt Corp. bought the 140-hotel AmeriSuites chain in January.

A Hyatt Regency will be opening on the shore of Tempe Town Lake in 2011, Mayor Hugh Hallman announced Wednesday during his State of the City address.

Global Hyatt, which opened the second version of its newest brand, Hyatt Place, eight months ago in Scottsdale and a Tempe location soon after, is doubling its East Valley presence.

Global Hyatt, which is upgrading its Amerisuites into its new Hyatt Place brand, is doing the same with Summerfield Suites.

At the Hyatt Regency Resort Scottsdale about 15 percent to 20 percent of reservations come through the Internet, a hotel spokeswoman said. The number is low compared to the industry norm, but apparently those who do book the local property’s rooms online have an easy time of it.

Self-service check-in kiosks, which have proven a hit with frequent fliers at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport and other U.S. airports, are coming to Valley hotels.

Lodging giant Starwood, which manages a half-dozen Valley hotels including the Phoenician, the Westin Kierland and the Sheraton Wild Horse Pass resorts, recently hired a marketing director just to handle online bookings for its Southwest area properties.

Acrobats flipped between two poles and over a cozy Hyatt Place hotel bed Thursday as Gilbert ushered in a new but long-awaited era - of having hotels.

While searching statewide for additions to a program she dubbed "Arizona’s Treasures," Gov. Janet Napolitano found a gem in Scottsdale.

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At a time when the East Valley economy is slowing to a crawl, hotel construction is providing one of the few engines of expansion. Among the new projects nearing completion or newly open are a Hyatt Place hotel at the Mesa Riverview development; the 197-room Hilton Phoenix/Chandler in the Price technology corridor; four new hotels at Price Road and Loop 202 in Chandler; and two huge casino/resorts on the Gila River and Salt River Indian communities.

A developer wants to build the first hotel serving Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport.

In one day, Gilbert nearly doubled the number of hotel rooms it offers.

Travel guides point to Mesa as the budget motel capital of the East Valley, but the higher-quality hotel drought that has plagued the city for about eight years is starting to let up.

Legacy Inn and Suites will nearly double the number of hotel rooms in Gilbert when it officially opens in just over a week.

Gilbert has never been a place with an abundance of overnight lodgings for traveling business professionals. But that is about to change. Developers announced Thursday they plan to build two hotels - a Marriott Courtyard and Marriott Residence - near the SanTan Village shopping center.

A major condominium and retail development in the works for west Mesa’s Fiesta District is evolving yet again with plans to add a luxury hotel.

Scottsdale police arrested three people who they say are connected to a string of ATM thefts worth $100,000 from three upscale hotels.