Originally Posted by
pogonation
I would say that it gives an incentive for people who have planned business stays at quality hotels to change their stays from SPG/Hilton for example and have their stays at HR GH and PH properties. It doesn't just mean people are going to stay at local HP's so I imagine in most cases it actually makes Hyatt profit and hopefully makes Diamonds fail to qualify with other programs so they become more loyal to Hyatt.
I completely agree with you. I know several such people, who are loyal to another program but always steer stays to Hyatt when a FFN comes along. And those folks have never seen the inside of a Hyatt Place.
Those are the folks that make a promo like this profitable for Hyatt -- and it's why they do it.
It's those who
only attain and retain Diamond, by staying at cheap properties to maximize FFN nights at Park Hyatts (a fair percentage of the crowd here) that GP won't miss.