Officially from IHG: No hotels moving up in points in 2014, 100 hotels moving down
http://boardingarea.com/viewfromthew...es-100-hotels/
Finally some good Frequent Traveler news! 100 hotels are moving down a category, none will move up through the end of 2014. The partial list in the article indicates that some decent hotels are moving down as well, not just "HIX-West Bumf**k-Tumbleweed, NE.