Smart Meetings’ Smart Stars Awards honor the nation’s top hotels for meetings and events

Grand Hyatt Nashville, the 25-floor luxury property located within the 18-acre Nashville Yards development, has been recognized with a 2021 Smart Stars Award for “Best Hybrid Ready Venue” by Smart Meetings, the leading meetings industry publisher and voice of inspiration for meeting professionals.

“It’s an honor to be recognized by Smart Meetings as one of the nation’s top venues for hybrid events,” said Marc Sternagel, General Manager of the Grand Hyatt Nashville. “Providing a best-in-class experience for all visitors – whether in person or virtual – is our top priority, and we will continue to do everything we can to exceed expectations for our guests, no matter the circumstances.”

“Our team at Grand Hyatt Nashville is tremendously honored to receive this award and recognition from Smart Meetings and its audience of industry meeting planner professionals,” said Rob Ferguson, Director of Sales and Marketing for Grand Hyatt Nashville. “Being recognized as a national leader of Hybrid Meetings shows our commitment to and investment in thinking proactively about helping individuals stay connected and effectively participate in meetings and events remotely. We thank Smart Meetings and all the meeting planners across the country for this wonderful vote of confidence.”

Now in its tenth year, the Smart Stars Awards have become a meeting industry touchstone and serve as an essential tool for planners worldwide. Smart Meetings readers had an opportunity to vote for their favorite properties in 32 prestigious categories; Grand Hyatt Nashville was chosen among thousands of exquisite properties as the nation’s Best Hybrid Venue for meetings and events.

View images from the 2020 Smart Meetings Conference hosted at Grand Hyatt Nashville.

The 2021 Smart Stars Award is the latest in several awards and recognitions earned by Grand Hyatt Nashville in recent months; the hotel was voted the #1 Best New Hotel by USA Today readers and earned a 4-Diamond designation from AAA for the hotel’s “upscale style and amenities, enhanced with the right touch of service.”

The 591-room Grand Hyatt Nashville offers luxury accommodations and high-end amenities; multiple in-house dining experiences, including James Beard Award-winning chef Sean Brock’s newest dining concept The Continental; and a 5th floor Lifestyle Level complete with fitness center, roof deck pool, and a new luxury spa experience at R+R Wellness.

Grand Hyatt Nashville has 84,000 square feet of state-of-the-art indoor and outdoor meeting and event space, nearly all of which each feature floor-to-ceiling windows with sweeping views of downtown Nashville. Spanning three floors, the hotel’s meeting space has 42 individual meeting rooms and two ballrooms, including the second-largest hotel ballroom in downtown Nashville that features 20,000 square feet of divisible space, a large and flexible pre-function area, and an outdoor patio.

For more information about hosting meetings and events, visit www.grandhyattnashville.com or contact Grand Hyatt Nashville directly at sales.grandhyattnashville@hyatt.com or 615-622-1234. Be sure to follow Grand Hyatt Nashville on Twitter @GrandHyattNash and Instagram and Facebook @GrandHyattNashville.