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.@Hyatt CEO doubles down on idea the company's family of brands are meant for higher-end travelers (and owners willing to $$ to build said hotels): "We will not use a low-income denominator approach at any aspect of our business." $H

.@Hyatt CEO claims bookings by "members per hotel" is significantly higher at Hyatt relative to "our larger competitors" and says World of Hyatt has grown by an average of 27% per year. $H

.@Hyatt CEO seems to double down on keeping World of Hyatt the go-to loyalty program for travel nerds like yours truly: "We embrace the power of a differentiated loyalty program by providing more benefits for our members when many loyalty programs were taking benefits away." $H

.@Hyatt CEO: "Since 2017, we’ve doubled luxury rooms, tripled resort rooms, and quintupled lifestyle rooms." $H

Curiously, @Hyatt is the only of the major hotel groups to report a loss for Q4 (a "small" $54M loss...keep in mind: Hyatt still owns more real estate than its competitors that have the asset-light model Hyatt is moving toward) $H

.@Hyatt CEO notes on Q4 earnings call the company now has nearly 10,000 rooms in Las Vegas thanks to @VenetianVegas and @RioVegas now being part of WoH. (Still not hearing much in the way of when @StandardHotels will fully integrate) $H

To paraphrase @MariahCarey: "Marriott's a citizen of the world, dahhhhhling" (aka 55% of its development pipeline is currently found *outside* the United States). $MAR https://t.co/m1EkiBotP1

For those keeping track of the @MarriottBonvoy vs @HiltonHonors member count battle (a battle maybe only 5 of us nerds care about): Bonvoy now stands at "nearly 228 million" members while Hilton Honors had "more than 210 million" members at the end of Q4. $MAR $HLT

One to watch: @MarriottIntl CFO reports global performance (RevPAR) was up 6% in January — well above some recent hotel industry forecasts floating around for the industry. $MAR

.@MarriottIntl has bragging rights on its Q4 earnings call: $455M Q4 profit, and $MAR CEO touts more than a third of hotel rooms opened in 2024 fly one of Marriott's flags.

It's a bittersweet last day for yours truly at @thepointsguy! I'll be moving to Questex on Tuesday to be the new editorial director for pubs/conferences like @LuxuryTAmag and @UltraLuxuryExch. https://t.co/JSfUgjCzNk

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.@Hyatt is in talks for “potential strategic alternatives" (aka takeover talk) with all-inclusive resort operator @PlayaResorts. More at @thepointsguy $H https://t.co/VAV3kjqNpf

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MAJOR news out of Sin City: The World of @Hyatt returns to the Las Vegas Strip with a new partnership planned with @VenetianVegas. More at @thepointsguy $H: https://t.co/NtoAIC1IlR