Originally Posted by
Will Stonehocker
I know when the Hyatt Place was new, plasma TVs were also a thing. These days, plasma TVs are outdated in favor of something that is more energy efficient. Yet at some Hyatt Place hotels, they still have plasma TVs. What is the logic behind that?
TerryK has the right answer. I would expect their existing TVs are likely grandfathered in but new TVs would likely need to be the current brand standard, which I think is 55". They may even need to be a specific model that allows standard hotel features like always turning onto the hotel channel (I haven't used a HP TV in a while so can't recall).
Being very conservative at $500 per installed TV, that's $50k to redo the TVs per 100 rooms. I'd be hard pressed to show any material ADR/RevPAR increase from just updating the TV without doing it as part of a larger room refresh, especially if the existing plasma is 42" or larger.