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Old Aug 16, 2021 | 5:49 am
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Originally Posted by itsallgood
Ever since Hoplamazian took over, Hyatt's been making one poor decision after another IMO.
Changed the loyalty program including coming up with dorky names for each level.
Acquired Miraval. Three hoity toity resort spas that seem like a bad fit with Hyatt.
Several other acquisitions that are mostly lower end.
The only addition I think fits well is SLH, and even that doesn't work well because we don't get the Hyatt program benefits while staying there.
Now this.
Hard disagree. Have you been to a Miraval? They are fantastic & are aspirational...fits well within the Hyatt positioning.

SLH, not a pure integration, but there is earn & burn, breakfast, 1 cat upgrade, late check-out/in, etc...looking forward to my 1K EUR/night stay at a SLH in a few weeks on points.

Don't think anyone wants to see Hyatt go low end like larger competitors, hopefully there are some asset sales on the lower tier ones.
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