Originally Posted by
VickiSoCal
I don't know-they don't look that nice- and I'm not sure the demand will be there to justify those categories. London and Paris can command Cat 7 or 8, but going outside of the capital into second tier cities you are usually looking at Cat 5 or max cat 6, with rooms (with the exception of Paris) that sleep 3 or 4.
I think you are incorrect. Rome has a Category 8 and a CY at a Category 6. Moscow has a Category 7, I believe, and the 2 properties in Madrid are quite well known. One is a former convent, the other a fromer home of a Duke, I believe that fronts Retirio park, and later was the Canadian embassy.
One might not wish to spend 7 days in Madrid under the old awards program, but under the buy 4 get 1 free, I can easily see spending 5 nights there -- which I am doing, just at the Westin, though.