Originally Posted by eefor jfp

...snip.... One of the things I like about Hyatt is the bell curve of their properties. ...snip....
Category 1-----144 properties-----23% of total
Category 2-----219 properties-----34% of total
Category 3-----114 properties-----18% of total
Category 4------74 properties-----12% of total
Category 5------47 properties------7% of total
Category 6------30 properties------5% of total
Category 7--------7 properties------1% of total

So 87% of their properties are category 4 or below. Only 13% are in the top three categories (the aspirational properties). That's a VERY different weighting that the other major chains where the equivalents of Hyatt Place (Courtyards, Hamptons, etc.) are very often in the top half of the bell curve and where it's rare to see a top property (a Park Hyatt, for example) outside of the top one or two categories. With Hyatt, 29% of their top brand (Park Hyatt) is Cat 1-4 and only one (1) Hyatt Place (their bottom brand) is Category 5 or above (and it's the NY Hyatt Place which is a category 5, not a 6 or a 7).