The end of PH Lounges
PH CBR, MEL and HAM as we know are the very few PHs to feature lounge.
PH Canberra's Ambassador Lounge is permanently closed. Melbourne's GM has confirmed there are no plans to reopen their enormous Park Lounge. While the reason given was "to standardise the Park Hyatt brand globally," it's clearly a cosy cutting measure. Has anyone heard of HAM's closing date?
While CBR was just ok, MEL had high quality, substantial canapés, meats, salads, an array of desserts and all of the alcohol was self service free pour. Breakfast was always in Radii, the main restaurant, except Sundays.
I've spent hundreds of nights often on business, but also leisure at the PH MEL Lounge. It will very much be missed.