So, thoughts:
(1) Gild Hall was probably getting hammered with Cat 1-4 certs and ended up "crying uncle". Being the only Cat 4 in Manhattan would've left them exposed to getting hit by folks with those certs being able to roll up, use the certs, and (for Globalists, of which I suspect there are "more than normal" right now) get free parking. That said, I feel like this makes Manhattan a bit of a "hole" in the system in terms of viable properties.
(2) In the Orlando area...I'm disappointed by the increase in category for the HR OIA (that's been Cat 3 for as long as I can remember), but I approve of dropping the HP LBV down to Cat 2. Having frequented both hotels, I can say that from a pricing perspective they really did not belong in the same category (the HR is usually at or over $200/night while the HP LBV is quite often closer to $100-120/night...it can land higher, yes, but never in the $300 ballpark that the HR OIA could land at on occasion).
(3) I agree that Hyatt needs to make the Cat 1-7 cert a Cat 1-8 cert (and perhaps carve out an exemption for some of those FHR properties...honestly, just bin cert use at FHR properties and call it a day; those are interesting aspirational properties but at least from my point of view they're not really "there" for me).