Originally Posted by Sydneyberlin

Plenty of speculation but no new news, as far as I can tell.

I’d also think that any half-way “proper” integration would require long negotiations with every single property who mostly never had any association with Hyatt (or even any chain at all, in the case of independently owned single properties). I’d imagine this a HUGE quest for Hyatt and would not be surprised if the process took longer than anticipated and/or lots of the more exciting MMS properties pull are pulling out.

Let’s not forget that this platform simply used to be a booking channel and not much more to these hotels. Suddenly being affiliated with one of the major US hotel conglomerates might not go that well with some of these. It’s definitely a total different ballgame compared to being a available on a booking platform, potentially one of many.