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Hyatt Transforming Elite Benefits For 2024: What You Need To Know

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Nov 30 2023

World of Hyatt is making changes to elite benefits for 2024, and they are mostly good. All awards like upgrades and free nights become transferable, and more benefit choices are being added as members stay every 10 nights. It’ll be possible to confirm a suite and try out top tier benefits after fewer nights, while their Guest Of Honor benefit will be more flexible – but no longer unlimited.

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How Hotels Blow It When Delivering Amenities

Nov 20 2023

The blog post explores the challenges hotels face in personalizing amenities for guests, highlighting the complexities of catering to diverse preferences and the occasional missteps, like inappropriate gifts or failing to recognize guest preferences. It emphasizes the impact of well-executed amenities, using personal experiences and industry insights to illustrate how getting it right can significantly enhance guest satisfaction.

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Shocking Racism and Assault Scandal At Marriott Renaissance Center

Nov 19 2023

Allegations have surfaced against the private security force at the Marriott Renaissance Center, originally founded by General Motors, involving over a dozen years of racially motivated abuse and violence against African American guests and visitors. Incidents include a severe beating resulting in a brain injury to guest Demarko Brown, the detainment and humiliation of an African American woman, and other cases of harassment and excessive force, raising serious concerns about racial discrimination and safety at the facility.

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Marriott Suite Upgrade Benefit Changes For 2024: Don’t Expect To Stay In Suites

Nov 02 2023

Marriott is set to implement changes to their suite upgrade award process in 2024, transitioning from “Suite Night Awards” to “Nightly Upgrade Awards” and expanding the program to include more participating brands and room types. However, the new system will process upgrades only 3 days before arrival, and while there’s an increase in room inventory for upgrades, the focus will shift from guaranteed suite upgrades to a broader range of room types.

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Use Gift Cards To Top Off Hyatt Elite Status – For This Year Or Next

Nov 01 2023

Here’s the trick. Since these gift cards don’t expire, you can choose when you want future stays through the Mr. and Mrs. Smith group to count towards status.

If you need to top off status this year, buy gift cards now and hit your status goal Or get a head start on next year. If you qualify for status early in 2024, that status will count for the rest of 2024 and for 2025 (through end of February 2026).

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