London (11 January 2010) - Andaz Liverpool Street and Evie Salmon offer guests (residents and non-residents) a special pre-dinner event to celebrate St Valentine’s Day by sharing stories of love.

Through her readings, Evie will explore the elements of love including pain and joy, as well as forbidden love, the history of love and Valentine’s Day, and embarrassing humorous tales. There will also be readings and a discussion by a specially invited panel.

Stories will come from both the present and the past and will be written by local residents or more well-known writers and artists. During the event, guests will also be able to drop their own stories into a glass to be read out loud (anonymity assured). Short theatre pieces will be performed and a video jockey will mix found footage and stills of found photos to accompany Evie’s stories.

To add more romanticism and mystery to the occasion, the event will be held in Andaz Liverpool Street’s secret Masonic Temple.

Guests are encouraged to send their own love stories, whether they are funny, sad, secret or forbidden to Andaz prior to the event. Please email to fiona.pouchard@andaz.com.

The event is £10 per person, which includes a glass of champagne and canapés.

Andaz Liverpool Street also offers guests a package that includes a one night stay with roses in the room, late check-out, dinner in 1901 restaurant or Catch restaurant and breakfast for just £255 + VAT. To book this package, go to www.andaz.com.

For guests who fancy doing it on the actual night, Valentine’s Day itself (Sunday, 14 February), 1901 is hosting a romantic evening for £75 per person, featuring a four-course dinner, a complimentary glass of champagne, live music and a rose per table, along with a love quote and, for the winners of a lucky draw, some great prizes, including a weekend stay in a Hyatt hotel overseas, dinner for two in one of our five restaurants or a bottle of champagne.

For further press information contact Chloe Hewitt at LUCHFORD APM
Tel: +44 (0)20 7631 1000, Email: firstname.lastname@luchfordapm.com

Evie Salmon is an academic, writer, artist and film producer. Evie lectures at Cambridge University, where she is a Fellow. Her current research focuses on themes of the outsider, censorship, rebellion and the counterculture. In addition to cultural commentary, she writes fiction, comedy and screenplays. She is an editor of Redeye, an occasional literary journal, and has taught creative writing. www.eviesalmon.co.uk

About Andaz
Global in scale while local in perspective, Andaz delivers an innovative hospitality experience blending personal preferences with attentive and uncomplicated service. This unique collection of hotels reflects the personality of each locale, and is dedicated to creating natural and vibrant living spaces where travellers can indulge in their own personal sense of comfort and style. The first property, Andaz Liverpool Street in London, launched in November 2007, followed by Andaz West Hollywood in January 2009. Subsequent property openings that are scheduled include: Andaz Wall Street (January 2010) and Andaz 5th Avenue (Spring 2010). For more information, please log on to www.andaz.com.

About Hyatt Hotels Corporation
Hyatt Hotels Corporation, headquartered in Chicago, is a leading global hospitality company with a proud heritage of making guests feel more than welcome. Thousands of members of the Hyatt family in 45 countries strive to make a difference in the lives of the guests they encounter every day by providing authentic hospitality. The company’s subsidiaries manage, franchise, own and develop hotels and resorts under the Hyatt®, Park Hyatt®, Andaz™, Grand Hyatt®, Hyatt Regency®, Hyatt Place® and Hyatt Summerfield Suites™ brand names, and have locations under development on five continents. Hyatt Vacation Ownership, Inc., a Hyatt Hotels Corporation subsidiary, develops and operates vacation ownership properties under the Hyatt Vacation Club® brand. As of September 30, 2009, the company’s worldwide portfolio consisted of 415 properties. For more information, please visit www.hyatt.com.