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Last summer Hyatt acquired Standard International, including Standard Hotels, StandardX and Bunkhouse Group.
They’ve already gotten integration of Standard properties lined up.
That’s 21.5 Hyatt points per dollar which I value as a little more than a 30% rebate. Additionally, you can earn 1 American AAdvantage mile per dollar spent on top. Let’s call it a 32% or one-third rebate thanks to these stackable offers.
After arriving into Manhattan by BLADE helicopter I caught a Lyft over to Hyatt’s Hotel 50 Bowery in Chinatown.
This was actually my first JdV property. I was a little bit excited over it because this is one of the brands that Hyatt acquired as part of its Two Roads Hospitality purchase seven years ago – news that I broke several days before it was announced.
A reader was checking into the Hyatt Union Square and asked prior to arrival about possible suite upgrades. They were told a standard suite was available, it would be provided if they wanted to use a confirmed suite upgrade, but they would not honor a complimentary elite upgrade to a suite.
The ‘number of members’ is really just ‘records in the database.’ The more rooms you have, the more people are booking them, the more sign up for a program usually just to avoid paying extra. A large marketing file is valuable! But it says little about the value of the program. Far more interesting is which programs outperform the size of the chain.
Hyatt is keeping an award chart, and they’re not changing the points prices of that chart. That’s the good news, I suppose. But their annual category changes are out – going into effect in one month on March 25 – and they’re heavily biased towards price increases.
Is the most valuable award offered to Hyatt’s most loyal guests actually completely useless? Hyatt introduced the Ultimate Free Night Award and the Miraval Extra Award a year ago, and if you want to use them at Miraval Arizona before your certificates expire — you can’t.
Hyatt will acquire all outstanding shares of Playa Hotels at $13.50 per share, valuing it at $2.6 billion inclusive of $900 million debt. That’s a 40% premium over the company’s market cap prior to revealing talks over the sale. Hyatt plans to sell the physical hotel properties, and they anticipate this will generate approximately $2 billion by the end of 2027. The non-Hyatt branded properties seem likely to convert to Hyatt brands over time.
The nearly 800-room Crowne Plaza Times Square closed several weeks ago, and is expected to re-open over the summer as Hyatt Regency Times Square. They are currently accepting reservations starting September 1.
A couple of years ago Hyatt added the Lindner Hotels portfolio to its offerings, bringing more than 30 hotels and 15 new markets in Germany and Central and Eastern Europe. Most were added to the JdV brand, and they don’t get nearly as much attention as flagship hotels like Park Hyatt Vienna or Paris. But a reader brought his recent stay at three of these hotels to my attention, and they fit a really great use case for family travel. I’m pleased to share his trip report on these 3 Lindner hotels.
Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel -- a topic he has covered since 2002.
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