Originally Posted by
gengar
Hyatt is absolutely a small chain - there's no one in the hotel industry, Hyatt employees included, who would dispute that. Even just speaking of its typically-discussed competitors on FT, Hyatt barely has 1/10 the footprint of IHG, Hilton, or Marriott/SPG. Even other chains that are usually referred to as small, like Radisson, have nearly twice the footprint of Hyatt.
No one in the entire hotel industry would dispute that Hyatt is a small chain? Other chains that are usually referred to as small - like Loews, Fairmont, Four Seasons, Mandarin Oriental, Peninsula, Rosewood - would still say Hyatt is a small chain? Those chains surely don't have twice the footprint.
Bottom line is Hyatt may be small to some travelers and plenty big for others. Some travelers need to go to buttf--k nowhere forty times a year - Hyatt won't work for them and they're going to need to be with the large
st chains. Other travelers go only to big cities, and they'll easily rack up 80-100 Hyatt nights a year.