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Old Apr 6, 2018 | 9:33 pm
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Originally Posted by antonius66
Saying that Hyatt expects 1667 points a night for 60 nights to be a satisfactory customer is a fallacy. They want 20k to as an option for people who stay at high value but smaller stay numbers. You don't want to alienate people who spent 20 nights at 1k a night, but that doesn't mean they think 60 night 200 a night people are less valued. In fact, given that hotel nights are perishable, they need and I would imagine, WANT people who stay 60 over 20 nights, even if the 60 nighters spend less total. The two measurements do not go hand in hand.
Indeed.

And Hyatt corporate isn't seeing that 1k per night anyhow. They're getting their % cut, whilst the franchise owner keeps the bulk of it.

So Hyatt corporate couldn't care less whether they get their money from a few nights from high rollers or a lot of nights from "grifters". Most, if not all, of the expense of housing Globalists falls onto the hotel, not corporate.

An empty room earns zilch for all involved - a marginal guest who chooses the hotel based on status is nothing but good news...
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