Comments on: Past Post: Seatac & Hyatt House Hotel http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/01/05/past-post-seatac-hyatt-house-hotel/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:23:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Rion Moran http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/01/05/past-post-seatac-hyatt-house-hotel/#comment-16464 Rion Moran Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:17:41 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/01/05/past-post-seatac-hyatt-house-hotel/#comment-16464 I was one of the first Director of Sales of the Seattle Hyatt and I ended up staying with Hyatt for 8 years. It took me 38 years to get back to SEATTLE when I started my own executive search business specializing in the hotel industry. I ended up hiring the last Dir of Sales for the hotel who works with me currently. If those walls could talk!!! I was one of the first Director of Sales of the Seattle Hyatt and I ended up staying with Hyatt for 8 years. It took me 38 years to get back to SEATTLE when I started my own executive search business specializing in the hotel industry. I ended up hiring the last Dir of Sales for the hotel who works with me currently. If those walls could talk!!!

]]> By: Sharon http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/01/05/past-post-seatac-hyatt-house-hotel/#comment-8737 Sharon Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:59:18 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/01/05/past-post-seatac-hyatt-house-hotel/#comment-8737 Interesting. I'm watching 'The Slender Thread" right now and the finale takes place in the old Hyatt Hotel. A search (because I was pretty sure it didn't still exist) led me to your site. Interesting. I’m watching ‘The Slender Thread” right now and the finale takes place in the old Hyatt Hotel. A search (because I was pretty sure it didn’t still exist) led me to your site.

]]> By: didi http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/01/05/past-post-seatac-hyatt-house-hotel/#comment-4899 didi Mon, 07 Jan 2008 23:57:23 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/01/05/past-post-seatac-hyatt-house-hotel/#comment-4899 Too bad the hotel closed. Sounds like a once great place! Too bad the hotel closed. Sounds like a once great place!

]]> By: Ben Lukoff http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/01/05/past-post-seatac-hyatt-house-hotel/#comment-4806 Ben Lukoff Sat, 05 Jan 2008 20:55:55 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/01/05/past-post-seatac-hyatt-house-hotel/#comment-4806 How much of the original terminal is still there--or is it all still there but they've built around it? How much of the original terminal is still there–or is it all still there but they’ve built around it?

]]> By: Cliffe http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/01/05/past-post-seatac-hyatt-house-hotel/#comment-4792 Cliffe Sat, 05 Jan 2008 11:30:30 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/01/05/past-post-seatac-hyatt-house-hotel/#comment-4792 Good eye, Neil. We'll call it '49 since we don't know if it was printed then or in the early 50's. Cliffe Good eye, Neil. We’ll call it ‘49 since we don’t know if it was printed then or in the early 50’s.

Cliffe

]]> By: Neil http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/01/05/past-post-seatac-hyatt-house-hotel/#comment-4791 Neil Sat, 05 Jan 2008 11:26:25 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/01/05/past-post-seatac-hyatt-house-hotel/#comment-4791 I enjoy your blog immensely, however I believe that the postcard dates either to the opening of Sea-Tac in 1949, or soon thereafter. http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=1004 At the end of this HistoryLink article, they quote the $11 million figure as the amount invested by the federal government, Port of Seattle and the airlines. The airport was officially dedicated on July 9, 1949. I enjoy your blog immensely, however I believe that the postcard dates either to the opening of Sea-Tac in 1949, or soon thereafter.

http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=1004

At the end of this HistoryLink article, they quote the $11 million figure as the amount invested by the federal government, Port of Seattle and the airlines. The airport was officially dedicated on July 9, 1949.

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