Originally Posted by
djo4gq
Overall, I can’t recommend the Conrad highly enough and it’s not a bad way to redeem HH points given a room rate of ~$750 per night with taxes/fees. Looks like Hilton is “discounting” the points rate from 95k to 90k per night as they try to fill up the place for the first few months after opening.
If the hotel is at 20% occupancy, then Hilton Honors will reimburse so little to the hotel owners that any award price would still be minting $$$ for Hilton corporate. Certainly a better bet than hoping that people will pay $750 per night in Tulum.
But perhaps the award pricing algorithm can't deal well with occupancy projections for new hotels.