Originally Posted by
iahphx
Yes, I'm an Explorist with lounge passes. Interesting that the hotel would now code as a "Hyatt" for the brand explorer award. My problem is that I already earned the "easy" first brand explorer award. I'm not sure I can get to 10 different brands to get the second award: most of these brands are pretty hard to find.
Yeah, for the second five hotels it's usually advised to stay in the US or at least in Mexico/Jamaica if you prefer Ziva or Zilara hotels.
The hardest brands of course are Hyatt (17), Alila (15, of which 14 which are in Asia), Andaz (21), Destination Hotels (8, US only), Hyatt Zilara (3), Hyatt Ziva (5), Joie De Vivre (18, of which 17 are in the US), The Unbound Collection (19) and Thompson (11, US, Canada and Mexico).
So it's the best to go for Grand Hyatt, Hyatt Centric, Hyatt Regency, Hyatt House, Hyatt Place and Park Hyatt first.