Nine years ago, Hyatt announced its Hyatt Centric line of hotels, a group of destinations targeting what president and CEO Mark Hoplamazian called “modern explorers.” In the years since, Centric locations have emerged from a mix of entirely new hotels and the rebranding of existing properties. This week, Hyatt Place Kathmandu officially became Hyatt Centric Soalteemode Kathmandu, a hotel that also has the distinction of being the first Centric outpost in Nepal.
In keeping with Hyatt Centric’s more location-specific ethos, the hotel’s new name now acknowledges both the city and the neighborhood where it can be found. After what City Hotel Limited Executive Director Akshay Golyan described as “an extensive renovation,”…
