(Published November 20, 2000)
The Island Packet
The Hyatt has been a good neighbor for Hilton Head Island for many years, and the name will be missed when the
island's oldest and largest resort hotel becomes a Marriott.
The switch in management and name is to take place next year at the 505-room oceanfront hotel in Palmetto Dunes
Resort.
Marriott, like Hyatt, enjoys a good reputation for family travelers and convention organizers. And Marriott has
earned a good reputation on the island through a resort hotel it opened and managed for 12 years in Shipyard. And
its successful timeshare operations began here and are a major economic factor on the island. Marriott's work in
timeshares, buoyed on Hilton Head Island, has been a boost to the industry's image.
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