Hyatt is giving away 100,000 points to ten Gold Passport members who “Like” Hyatt Facebook pages. There are nine Hyatt Facebook pages and you may enter the sweepstakes one time on each page.

Nine Hyatt Facebook pages:

1. Hyatt (www.facebook.com/Hyatt),
2. Hyatt Hotels (www.facebook.com/hyatthotels),
3. Park Hyatt (www.facebook.com/ParkHyatt),
4. Andaz (www.facebook.com/andaz),
5. Grand Hyatt (www.facebook.com/grandhyatt),
6. Hyatt Regency (www.facebook.com/HyattRegency),
7. Hyatt Place (www.facebook.com/HyattPlace),
8. Hyatt Summerfield Suites (www.facebook.com/HyattSummerfieldSuites),
9. Hyatt Vacation Club (www.facebook.com/hyattvacationclub)

This sweepstakes started yesterday, 2pm CT, October 27 and runs through 5:00pm CT, December 9, 2011.

• open only to legal residents of any one (1) of the fifty (50) United States or the District of Columbia, Aruba, Canada (excluding Quebec), Curacao, or Puerto Rico.
• Limit one (1) entry per person/e-mail address per Sponsor Facebook page listed above, for a total of nine (9) possible entries in the Sweepstakes.
• Hyatt Million Points Sweepstakes Terms & Conditions

Loyalty Traveler Hat Tip to Vinay.

Hyatt Gold Passport members earn 1,500 American Airlines AAdvantage miles per stay at any Hyatt brand hotel worldwide from October 1, 2011 to January 15, 2012. Normally Hyatt Gold Passport offers 500 miles with most airline partners for members who prefer miles to 5 points per dollar. Triple AAdvantage miles may be earned on ten stays for 15,000 total miles during the promotion period.

Hyatt promotion registration is required for 1,500 AAdvantage miles per stay. You can register online or by phone at 1-800-30-HYATT and request promotion code AA001.

Gold Passport members have the opportunity to earn both miles and 5,000 points every three nights at Hyatt until November 15. The current Hyatt Possibilities promotion offers 5,000 bonus points every three nights and the promotion terms include Gold Passport members earning miles on hotel stays. You can earn triple miles and promotion bonus points, but you will not receive regular Gold Passport points or elite points.

How to Request Miles from Hyatt Gold Passport

Hyatt Gold Passport does not have a way to change your earning preference to airline miles instead of Hyatt points through online account preferences. Gold Passport members need to request American Airlines AAdvantage miles (or any airline miles) at check-in and provide your frequent flyer number. Even when you request miles at the hotel there is the likelihood your account will post Gold Passport points instead of miles.

Don’t panic if you earn Hyatt points instead of AAdvantage miles when your hotel stay posts. This is common for miles earners. A call to Hyatt Gold Passport customer service can easily get the Gold Passport points changed to miles.

 

Loyalty Traveler Analysis

Triple miles with American Airlines AAdvantage promotion can be combined with the 5,000 Gold Passport points every three nights promotion that runs concurrently through November 15, 2011.

Hyatt Gold Passport points are typically worth $20 per 1,000 points.

The combination of 1,667 Gold Passport points per night (about $27 value) and 1,500 AAdvantage miles per stay ($20+ value) is a nice rebate on Hyatt hotel spend.

Hyatt Gold Passport offers good value hotel rebates for frequent guests this fall 2011.

 

Related Post: Southwest Airlines 1,800 Rapid Rewards points per Hyatt stay, up to 18,000 points October 1-January 15, 2012. Loyalty Traveler post September 23.

 

Hyatt Gold Passport offers Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards members 1,800 points per Hyatt stay worldwide from October 1 to January 15, 2012. This is triple points compared to the normal earning rate of 600 Rapid Rewards points per stay. A maximum 10 hotel stays may earn triple Rapid Rewards points for 18,000 Rapid Rewards points.

The value of 1,800 Rapid Rewards points has a set $30 value (60 points = $1) when redeemed for Southwest Airlines Wanna Getaway fares.

Hyatt Promotion Registration Required

Hyatt Gold Passport Triple Rapid Rewards points with Southwest Airlines registration page. You may also register by calling 1-800-30-HYATT (provide promotion code WN002).

How to Request Miles from Hyatt Gold Passport

Hyatt Gold Passport does not have a way to change your earning preference to airline miles instead of Hyatt points through online account preferences. Gold Passport members need to request Southwest Rapid Rewards points (or any airline miles) at check-in and provide your frequent flyer number rather than earn the normal 5 Gold Passport points per dollar. Even when you request miles at the hotel there is the likelihood your account will post Gold Passport points instead of miles.

Don’t panic if you earn Hyatt points instead of Southwest points (miles) when your hotel stay posts. This is common for miles earners. A call to Hyatt Gold Passport customer service can easily get the Gold Passport points changed to Southwest Rapid Rewards points.

Loyalty Traveler Analysis

Triple points with Southwest Airlines promotion can be combined with the 5,000 Gold Passport points every three nights promotion that runs concurrently through November 15, 2011. The ability to combine the 5K per 3 nights with airline promotions was confirmed by Gold Passport Representative, Hyatt’s company concierge on FlyerTalk.

Hyatt Gold Passport points are typically worth $20 per 1,000 points.

The combination of 1,667 Gold Passport points per night and 1,800 points per stay can be a rebate value around $190 after three one-night Hyatt stays between October 1 – November 15 when both of these offers are in effect.

Hyatt Gold Passport offers good value hotel rebates for frequent guests this fall 2011.

Andaz, the luxury boutique brand by Hyatt, has a package rate for 1,500 bonus points and hotel local area extras for stays from July 27 to September 10 using special offer code ADZGP. This offer is available at five Andaz Hotels.

• Andaz Liverpool Street, London
• Andaz San Diego
• Andaz West Hollywood
• Andaz 5th Avenue
• Andaz Wall Street

The AZDGP rate is quite a bit higher than otherwise lowest rates for hotels I checked.

Andaz San Diego includes 1,500 bonus points, breakfast for two and a two hour harbor cruise for two at a price $53 per night more than the AAA rate for Friday, August 13. This is a decent deal if you do not have Hyatt Gold Passport complimentary breakfast as a Diamond elite.

Andaz West Hollywood includes 1,500 bonus points, cocktails for two, Sunset Strip VIP passes and a Starline Sightseeing tour for two at a nightly rate of $330. The AAA rate for the same night includes breakfast for two at a rate of $265.50. That is a $75 savings after tax with AAA if you desire breakfast more than VIP passes and sightseeing. 1,500 bonus points for $75 is not such a good deal.

Each hotel has its own special local package so check out the deals, but compare rates to avoid overpaying for package add-on items you might not use.

 

Hyatt has some airline miles opportunities happening. Earn up to 25,000 Aeroplan miles with Hyatt stays globally. Hyatt’s newest airline miles partner is Hawaiian Airlines.

Up to 25,000 Aeroplan miles after 10 Hyatt stays.

A big summer bonus is 2,500 Air Canada Aeroplan miles per Hyatt stay globally from July 1 to September 30, 2011. This is 5x miles per stay since Hyatt stays normally earn 500 miles for most airline partners. A maximum of 25,000 Aeroplan miles may be earned with 10 stays.

Earning Hyatt miles requires the member to request miles at hotel check-in and provide Aeroplan frequent flyer number. You still may find points post instead of miles and a quick call to Hyatt Gold Passport customer service should rectify any errors in Aeroplan miles postings.

It is just a fact of hotel loyalty programs that many transactions do not post correctly and following up by phone or email is often necessary to correct missing promotion and hotel stay credit points. I still need to contact SPG about 4,000 missing points from two Best Rate Guarantee stays in May that never posted to my account.

Hyatt Gold Passport Aeroplan Bonus Registration

Promotion registration required for this offer using this link or by calling 1-800-228-3360 and request enrollment code AC001 for promotion.  

New members may join Hyatt Gold Passport and be automatically enrolled in Aeroplan promotion using link: www.hyatt.com/ACSUM11.

You must also be an Aeroplan member for this promotion. Join Aeroplan here.

Hawaiian Airlines is new Hyatt partner

Hyatt stays are now eligible to earn 500 Hawaiian Airline miles per stay. Here is a list of all 35 airline frequent flyer miles partners, including Amtrak.

Related posts: One Mile at a Time – 2,500 Aeroplan miles per Hyatt stay through September 30 (July 1)

The Points Guy – 2,500 Aeroplan miles per Hyatt stay (July 4)

Hyatt offers Southwest triple rewards points for stays from June 1 – August 31, 2011. The bonus offers 1,800 Rapid Rewards points for each stay with a 10,000 points bonus after the 5^th stay. This offer is available for any Hyatt brand hotel worldwide.

Hyatt promotion registration required for Southwest Triple Points.

By the Numbers:

Stay 1: 1,800 points
Stay 2: 1,800 points
Stay 3: 1,800 points
Stay 4: 1,800 points
Stay 5: 1,800 points + 10,000 point bonus

Total: 19,000 Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards points 

To participate in this promotion:

• Register online or by calling 1-800-30-HYATT (provide promotion code WN001).
• Stay at any Hyatt hotel between June 1 and August 31, 2011.
• Provide your Rapid Rewards account number at time of check-in.
• Pay an Eligible Rate during each stay.

FlyerTalk Hyatt Gold Passport forum moderator Peteropny states this promotion can be combined with the current offer for 10,000 points after 5 nights and 5,000 points for each additional two nights through June 30.

Choosing Southwest miles means member does not earn 5 points/$1 for hotel stay, but the 10,000 point bonus after 5 nights with Possibilities promotion is a separate sweep which should allow earning both the Possibilities points bonus and the Southwest points bonus for the same stays through June 30.

FlyerTalk member TooManyBooks estimates 19,000 Southwest points have a value of $317.

Looks like a great double dip points & miles opportunity with Hyatt for the next few weeks. Five one-night stays before the end of June can provide an airline ticket and one or two free hotel nights.

This post organizes newly opened New York City hotels by hotel loyalty program and shows the cost of a reward night.

NYC & Company at nycgo.com compiled a New York City briefing sheet on Hotel Development in NYC distributed at International Pow Wow 2011. I do not see the paper I have online, but here is a similar briefing sheet from six months ago. The paper covers recently opened hotels in the five boroughs of New York City and a list of hotels scheduled to open in the next two years.

42% of new NYC hotels were built outside of Manhattan in the past three years from 2008 to 2011. The city has seen a 25% increase in hotel rooms in the past five years from 72,625 rooms to more than 90,000 active inventory rooms by the end of 2011.

There are 86,230 hotel rooms in New York City in active inventory as of April 30, 2011. Occupancy rates averaged 85% in 2010 and average daily rate, ADR was $263 for April 2011.

Here are some of the hotels opened since 2010 and hotels in the pipeline for opening in the next two years across major hotel loyalty programs.

2010 and 2011 Hotel Openings in New York City organized by hotel chain:

Room data shown here is mainly from NYC & Company press release. I found some discrepancies with numbers compared to hotel website room number at a couple of hotels.

Best Western Hotels – Best Western Rewards

Best Western Plus Prospect Park, Brooklyn – 99 rooms, opened December 2010. Best Western Rewards 28,000 points.

Best Western Plus Arena Hotel Brooklyn  – 56 rooms. Best Western Rewards 24,000 points.

 

Choice Hotels – Choice Privileges (Reward levels shown are through Sep 15, 2011)

Comfort Inn Lower East Side – 32 rooms, opened September 2010. New build hotel located Lower East Side. Choice Privileges 25,000 points.

Comfort Inn Brooklyn – 77 rooms, opened August 2010. Choice Privileges 20,000 points.

Sleep Inn Brooklyn – 72 rooms. Choice Privileges 20,000 points.

Quality Inn Woodside near Shea Stadium and JFK. – 72 rooms. Choice Privileges 20,000 points.

Comfort Inn Staten Island – 93 rooms. Choice Privileges 20,000 points.

Hilton Worldwide – Hilton HHonors

Doubletree by Hilton NYC Financial District – 399 rooms, opened December 2010. HHonors category 7 at 50,000 points.

Hilton New York Fashion District – 280 rooms, opened February 2011. HHonors category 7 at 50,000 points.

Conrad New York – 463 rooms. Scheduled for late 2011 opening. Undoubtedly this will be HHonors category 7 at 50,000 points (unless they create a category 8 before the end of year).

 

Hyatt Hotels – Hyatt Gold Passport

Andaz 5^th Avenue – 184 rooms, opened July 2010. Hyatt Gold passport category 6 at 22,000 points.

Andaz Wall Street – 253 rooms, opened February 2010. Hyatt Gold passport category 5 at 18,000 points.

Hyatt 48 Lex New York– 116 rooms. Opening July 2011.

Hyatt Union Square opening late 2011? No official page yet, but the link has construction updates.

InterContinental Hotels Group – Priority Club

Holiday Inn Express Staten Island West – 95 rooms, opened August 2010.

InterContinental New York Times Square – 607 rooms, opened July 2010. Priority Club 40,000 points.

Holiday Inn Express NYC Wall Street –112 rooms, opened July 2010.

Staybridge Suites Times Square – 310 rooms, opened May 2010. Priority Club 20,000 points.

Hotel Indigo Brooklyn  – 172 rooms. Scheduled for late-2011 opening as one of the premier hotels in the downtown Brooklyn area.

Loyalty Traveler Note: Priority Club’s site has been terribly dysfunctional for the past month and I find it quite difficult to look up hotel rewards at the moment. I assume the HIX hotels are 25,000 points.

 

Kimpton Hotels – Kimpton In Touch

Hotel Eventi –  Kimpton Hotels –287 rooms, opened June 2010.

Marriott International – Marriott Rewards

Courtyard New York Manhattan/SoHo – 120 rooms, opened December 2010. Marriott Rewards category 7 at 35,000 points.

Fairfield inn & Suites Manhattan/Chelsea – 112 rooms, opened December 2010. Marriott Rewards category 6 at 30,000 points.

Fairfield Inn & Suites New York Brooklyn – 133 rooms June 2011. Marriott Rewards Category 5 at 25,000 points.

Fairfield Inn & Suites New York Manhattan/Fifth Avenue – 92 rooms. Marriott Rewards Category 6 at 30,000 points.

SpringHill Suites by Marriott New York Queens/Corona – Opening June 2011. Marriott Rewards Category 4 at 20,000 points.

 

Starwood Hotels – Starwood Preferred Guest

Aloft Harlem – 128 rooms, opened December 2010. SPG category 3 at 7,000 points.

Aloft Brooklyn – 176 rooms. Opening June 9. SPG Category 4 at 10,000 points.

Element New York Times Square West – 410 rooms, opened November 2010. SPG category 5 at 12,000 or 16,000 peak-season points.

Four Points by Sheraton Long Island City – 91 rooms, opened April 2011. SPG category 3 at 7,000 points.

The Chatwal, Starwood Luxury Collection  – 88 rooms, opened August 2010. SPG category 6 at 20,000 points or 25,000 points in peak season.

Sheraton Hotel Brooklyn –321 rooms, opened June 2010. SPG category 4 at 10,000 points.

Sheraton TriBeCa New York Hotel – 360 rooms, opened October 2010. SPG category 5 at 12,000 or 16,000 peak-season points.

W New York Downtown – 217 rooms, opened August 2010. SPG category 5 at 12,000 or 16,000 peak-season points.

Wyndham Worldwide – Wyndham Rewards

Super 8 Brooklyn New York Park Slope – Wyndham Rewards Tier 4 at 16,000 points.

Dream Downtown – 315 rooms. Scheduled for summer 2011 opening. New hotel brand partner with Wyndham Worldwide.

New York City Hotels In Construction 

There are plenty of other big hotel projects with scheduled openings in late 2011 and 2012. There are not official links for most of these hotels on the hotel chain websites yet. Google searches indicate New York neighborhood papers and bloggers have interesting stories and photos on the construction development of several of these hotels.

Aloft Chelsea (Starwood Hotels) – 170 rooms. 815 Sixth Avenue. Projected opening 2013.

Best Western Staten Island – 111 rooms. 290 Wild Avenue. Projected opening late 2011.

Clarion Brooklyn – 65 rooms. 1120 36th Street, Brooklyn. Projected opening late 2011.

Hampton Inn – 150 rooms. 231 E. 43rd Street. Projected opening late 2011.

Holiday Inn – 132 rooms. 150 Delancey Street. Projected opening late 2012.

Holiday Inn Express – 175 rooms. 538 W. 48^th Street. Projected opening late 2012.

Park Hyatt – 210 rooms. 157 W. 57^th Street. Projected opening 2012.

Hyatt Place – 219 rooms. 206 E. 52^nd Street. Projected opening late 2012.

SpringHill Suies by Marriott – 173 rooms. 25 W. 37^th Street. Projected opening late 2012.

Tryp New York City by Wyndham – 173 rooms. 345 W. 35^th Street. Opening summer 2011.

Wyndham Garden Hotel – 108 rooms. 93 Bowery at Hester Street. Projected opening summer 2011.

  

Related Post: Travel Weekly – New York Hotel Market Booming, and not just Manhattan (May 4, 2011)

Hyatt Hotels has a 48-hour sale for Tuesday May 17 and Wednesday May 18 ending at 11:59pm central Time (Chicago time). Only about 90 select hotels in the USA, Canada and Caribbean are participating.  Rates are advertised as 15% to 30% off and hotels I checked in the San Francisco Bay Area show the lowest rates I have seen lately. Main caveat is these rates are prepaid and nonrefundable.

Starting and ending dates for hotel stays are slightly variable within the dates of May 27-September 5, 2011.

Some hotels do not allow stays until after the first week of June and Hyatt Mar Monte in Santa Barbara, California for example only offers this sale rate through June 30.

Participating Hotels

Arizona
Hyatt Place Phoenix/Gilbert 
3275 S Market Street, Gilbert, AZ

Hyatt Place Phoenix/Mesa  

1422 West Bass Pro Drive, Mesa, AZ

Hyatt Place Phoenix-North 

10838 N. 25th Ave, Phoenix, AZ

Hyatt Place Scottsdale/Old Town 
7300 East 3rd Ave, Scottsdale, AZ

Hyatt Regency Scottsdale Resort and Spa
7500 E. Soubletree Ranch Road, Scottsdale, AZ 

Hyatt Place Tempe/Phoenix Airport  

1413 W. Rio Salado Pkwy, Tempe, AZ

Hyatt Place Tucson Airport  
6885 SWB. Tuscon Blvd, Tucson, AZ

California
Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport
1333 Bayshore Highway, Burlingame, CA

Park Hyatt Aviara Resort, Spa & Golf Club
7100 Aviara Resort Drive, Carlsbad, CA

Hyatt Carmel Highlands
120 Highlands Drive, Carmel, CA

Hyatt Regency Orange County
11999 Harbor Blvd, Garden Grove, CA

Hyatt Grand Champions Resort, Villas and Spa
44-600 Indian Wells Lane, Indian Wells, CA

Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort and Spa
21500 Pacific Coast Highway, Huntington Beach, CA

Hyatt Regency Long Beach
200 S Pine Ave, Long Beach, CA

Hyatt Place Sacramento/ Roseville
220 Conference Center Drive, Roseville, CA

Hyatt Regency Sacramento
1209 L Street, Sacramento, CA

Hyatt Regency La Jolla
3777 La Jolla Village Drive, San Diego, CA

Hyatt Regency Mission Bay Spa and Marina
1441 Quivira Road, San Diego, CA

Grand Hyatt San Francisco
345 Stockton St, San Francisco, CA

Hyatt Regency San Francisco
5 Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, CA

Hotel Mar Monte
1111 E Cabrillo Blvd, Santa Barbara, Ca

Hyatt Regency Santa Clara
5101 Great American Parkway, Santa Clara, CA

Hyatt Vineyard Creek Hotel & Spa
170 Railroad Street, Santa Rosa, CA

Hyatt Regency Valencia
24500 Town Center Drive, Valencia, CA

Colorado
Park Hyatt Beaver Creek Resort & Spa
136 East Thomas Place, Avon, CO

Hyatt Regency Denver Tech Center
7800 East Tufts Avenue, Denver, CO

Hyatt Place Denver Tech Center
8300 East Crescent Parkway, Englewood, CO

Hyatt Summerfield Suites Denver Tech Center
9280 E. Costilla Avenue, Englewood, CO

Hyatt Place Denver-South/Park Meadows
9030 East Westview Road, Lone Tree, CO

Florida
Hyatt Regency Clearwater Beach Resort & Spa
301 South Gulfview Blvd, Clearwater, FL

Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort & Spa
5001 Coconut Road, Bonita Springs, FL

Hyatt Regency Pier Sixty-Six
2301 SE 17th Street Causeway, Ft Lauderdale, FL

Hyatt Place Lake Mary/Orlando-North
1255 S International Parkway, Lake Mary, FL

Hyatt Regency Miami
400 Southeast 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL

Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress
One Grand Cypress Blvd, Orlando, FL

Hyatt Regency Sarasota
1000 Blvd Of The Arts, Sarasota, FL

Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay
6200 Courtney Campbell, Tampa, FL 

Hyatt Regency Tampa
211 North Tampa Street, Tampa, FL

Georgia     
Grand Hyatt Atlanta
3300 Peachtree Road NE, Atlanta, GA

Hawaii
Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort & Spa
1571 Poipu Road, Koloa, HI

Hyatt Regency Waikiki Resort and Spa
2424 Kalakaua Avenue, Honolulu, HI

Illinois
Hyatt Deerfield
1750 Lake Cook Road, Deerfield, IL

Hyatt Lisle
1400 Corporetum Drive, Lisle, IL

Hyatt Rosemont
6350 North River Road, Rosemont, IL
 

Indiana
Hyatt Place Fort Wayne
111 W. Washington Center Road, Fort Wayne, IN

Hyatt Regency Indianapolis
1 South Capitol Avenue, Indianapolis, IN

Kansas
Hyatt Place Kansas City/Overland Park/Conv Cntr
5001 W. 110th Street, Overland Park, KS

Hyatt Regency Wichita
400 West Waterman, Wichita, KS

Kentucky
Hyatt Place Louisville-East
701 South Hurstbourne Pkwy, Louisville, KY

Maryland
Hyatt Regency Bethesda
One Bethesda Metro Center, Bethesda, MD

  
Michigan
Hyatt Regency Dearborn
Fairlane Town Center, Dearborn, MI

Nevada
Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe Resort
111 Country Club Drive, Incline Village, NV

New Jersey
Hyatt Place Fair Lawn/Paramus
41-01 Broadway, Route 4 West, Fair Lawn, NJ

Hyatt Regency Jersey City on the Hudson
2 Exchange Place, Jersey City, NJ

Hyatt Morristown
3 Headquarters Plaza, Morristown, NJ

Hyatt Place Princeton
3565 US Route 1, Princeton, NJ

Hyatt Regency Princeton
102 Carnegie Center, Princeton, NJ

New Mexico
Hyatt Regency Albuquerque
330 Tijeras NW, Albuquerque, NM

Hyatt Place Santa Fe
4320 Cerillos Road, Santa Fe, NM

Hyatt Regency Tamaya

1300 Tuyana Trail, Santa Ana Pueblo, NM

New York
Hyatt Regency Buffalo
Two Fountain Plaza, Buffalo, NY

Hyatt Regency Rochester
125 East Main Street, Rochester, NY

Ohio
Hyatt Regency Cleveland – The Arcade
420 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH

Hyatt on Capitol Square
75 East State Street, Columbus, OH

Hyatt Regency Columbus
350 North High Street, Columbus, OH

Oklahoma
Hyatt Regency Tulsa
100 East Second Street, Tulsa, OK

 
Pennsylvania
Hyatt Regency Pittsburgh International Airport
1111 Airport Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA

 
Texas
Hyatt Summerfield Suites Austin Arboretum
10001 N. Capitol of Texas Highway, Austin, TX

Hyatt Regency Dallas
300 Reunion Blvd, Dallas, TX

Hyatt Place Fort Worth/Cityview
5900 Cityview Blvd, Fort Worth, TX

Hyatt Summerfield Suites Houston Galleria
3440 Sage Road, Houston, TX

Hyatt Summerfield Suites Houston West Energy Corridor
15405 Katy Freeway, Houston, TX

Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort & Spa

575 Hyatt Lost Pines Road, Lost Pines, TX

Hyatt Place San Antonio – North/Stone Oak
1610 East Sonterra Blvd, San Antonio, TX
 

Utah
Hyatt Escala Lodge at Park City
3551 North Escala Court, Park City, UT

Hyatt Place Salt Lake City Airport
52 N. Tommy Thompson Rd., Salt Lake City, UT

Virginia
Hyatt Place Richmond/Chester
13148 Kingston Ave, Chester, VA

Hyatt Fairfax at Fair Lakes
12777 Fair Lakes Circle, Fairfax, VA

Hyatt Regency Reston
1800 Presidents Street, Reston, VA
               
Hyatt Place Richmond/Arboretum
201 Arboretum Place, Richmond, VA

Hyatt Place Sterling/Dulles Airport-North
21481 Ridgetop Circle, Sterling, VA

Washington
Grand Hyatt Seattle
721 Pine Street, Seattle, WA

Hyatt at Olive 8
1635 8th Avenue, Seattle, WA

Canada
Hyatt Regency Toronto
370 King Street West, Toronto, Ontario

Hyatt Regency Vancouver
655 Burrard Street, Vancouver, British Columbia


Caribbean

Aruba
Hyatt Regency Aruba
J.E. Irausquin Blvd #85, Palm Beach

Curacao
Hyatt Regency Curacao Golf Resort, Spa and Marina
Santa Barbara Plantation, Porta Blancu, Nieuwpoort

 

Hyatt Hotels released its financial statement February 17. These reports reveal the number of hotels in each brand. Hyatt Hotels added 31 properties in 2010 and apparently lost two properties for net growth of 29 hotels; nearly 7% increase in hotel properties.

I have been stating all week as I report hotel numbers for different loyalty programs that Loyalty Traveler counts hotels rather than using the hotel industry norm of room count. By rooms Hyatt Hotels only grew by 4.2% in 2010. This reflects the smaller room size of Hyatt Place hotels compared to full service Hyatt Regency properties.

The following properties were added to the portfolio during the fourth quarter of 2010:

• Hyatt Place Des Moines/Downtown (franchised, 95 rooms)
• Hyatt Place Pittsburgh-North Shore (franchised, 178 rooms)
• Hyatt Place Houston/Sugar Land (managed, 214 rooms)
• Hyatt Escala Lodge at Park City (managed, 153 rooms) (Classified as Hyatt Regency)
• Hyatt Regency Dusseldorf, Germany (managed, 303 rooms)
• Hyatt Regency Pune, India (managed, 219 rooms)

Hyatt is Expanding

Hyatt Hotels is poised for major growth with approximately 140 hotels signed as of December 31, 2010 to be Hyatt brands. This will add nearly 31% more hotels to the chain and provide a much expanded geographic reach for Hyatt Gold Passport members. Approximately 70% of the new Hyatt hotels will be located outside North America.

Hyatt Average Daily Rates

Room rates for the three months ending December 31, 2010 were $167.57 for comparable systemwide properties.

North America has significantly cheaper average rates than international properties.

North America Full Service 119 hotels (all brands except Hyatt Place and Hyatt Summerfield Suites)

• ADR = $158.12
• Occupancy = 64.7%

North America Select Service 158 hotels (Hyatt Place and Hyatt Summerfield Suites)

• ADR = $91.03
• Occupancy = 69.9%

International 92 Hotels  

• ADR = $234.16
• Occupancy = 69.1%

 The significance of this information for this loyalty traveler is the fact that Hyatt Hotels offer the Hyatt Gold Passport frequent guest the opportunity to earn points and stay credit at low priced Hyatt Place and Summerfield Suites properties in the U.S. and redeem points for much higher priced hotels when traveling international.

Hyatt has 104 international properties. Here is the geographic distribution.

• Asia Pacific = 51 hotels
• Southwest Asia = 13 hotels
• Europe, Africa, Middle East = 33 hotels
• Other Americas = 7 hotels

Over the next couple of years the addition of nearly 100 hotels in these global regions will double the geographic coverage of Hyatt outside North America.

Hyatt Hotel Brands By the Numbers (Hyatt Properties as of Dec 31, 2010)

• Park Hyatt = 25 hotels (5,049 rooms)
• Andaz = 5 hotels (1,096 rooms)
• Grand Hyatt = 37 hotels (21,568 rooms)
• Hyatt Regency/Hyatt = 167 hotels (72,577 rooms)
• Hyatt Place = 161 hotels (20,434 rooms)
• Hyatt Summerfield Suites = 34 hotels (4,582 rooms)
• Hyatt Vacation Ownership and Residential = 24 hotels (2,201 rooms)

Hyatt Hotels Global Total = 453 properties as of 12-31-2010

And finally – the question on all our Gold Passport loyalty members’ minds is when will Hyatt announce a systemwide 2011 loyalty promotion?

Hyatt Gold Passport is currently offering 409 bonus offers at 273 hotels. That is an impressive number of points-earning opportunities for a hotel chain with just around 425 hotels.

Gold Passport points bonuses are often referred to as “G” Bonuses on FlyerTalk. These points and miles bonus opportunities contribute significantly to earning points quickly through Hyatt Gold Passport.

Most full service Hyatt Hotels offer a G bonus for 1,000 bonus points per stay, 1,500 points or 2,000 points per stay depending on the days of week. Some hotels limit the bonus to weekday stays, some hotels limit bonus to weekends and some hotels offer a bonus any day of the week.

Spend $200 and you earn only 1,000 Gold Passport base points at the earn rate of 5 points per dollar. Add on 2,000 bonus points per stay and this is like earning 3x points for a $200 hotel stay.

There are several regional promotions for 2,000 bonus points per stay for hotels in Europe, Africa, Middle East, Asia-Pacific and U.S. These regional offers are listed below. There are also over 200 hotels with an individual hotel G bonus points offer.

Loyalty Traveler Note: Hyatt promotion code links below go to a specific property offering the promotion. These links are provided solely to show a webpage with offer. These promotional offers apply to several Hyatt Hotels in the specific promotion region.

Southeast U.S.

• Promotion Code 10GPX2 = Double Points on Southeast Stays
• Earn 10 points per dollar.
• Rate includes 10% off hotel dining and bar.
• Book any eligible rate (AAA, senior are allowed.)
• Promotion offer dates January 19 – April 24, 2011.

Western U.S.

• Promotion Code 2,500GP  = Plot a Post-Holiday Winter Getaway promotion.
• 2,500 points for stays at participating hotels in California, Pacific Northwest and western Canada.
• Promotion offer dates January 19 – March 31, 2011.
• Minimum 2-night stay.
• Book Hyatt Daily Rate.
  • The 15% off spa services is valid at Hyatt Regency Calgary’s Stillwater Spa, Hyatt at Olive 8′s Elaia Spa, Grand Hyatt Seattle is valid at Olive 8′s Elaia Spa, Hyatt Vineyard Creek Hotel & Spa’s Vineyard Creek Spa, Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel & Spa’s Accista Spa, Highlands Inn guests at either Accista Spa or for in-room spa treatments, Hyatt Regency Century Plaza’s Equinox Spa, Hyatt Regency Newport Beach’s Wellness Day Spa, Hyatt Regency Mission Bay’s Blue Marble Spa and Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego’s Kin Spa.
  • Lunch and dinner 15% discount is not applicable for tax, gratuity or alcoholic beverages, and is only valid for in-room dining at Hyatt Regency Bellevue and at Grand Hyatt Seattle for in-room dining or at Urbane restaurant at Hyatt at Olive 8.

  

Europe, Middle East and Africa

• Promotion Code GP 481  
• 2,000 points per stay at participating hotels in Europe, Middle East and Africa
• Book Hyatt Daily Rate.
• Promotion offer dates January 15 – April 15, 2011.

 

Germany:

Grand Hyatt Berlin, Hyatt Regency Dusseldorf, Hyatt Regency Mainz, Hyatt Regency Cologne and Park Hyatt Hamburg. 

• Promotion Code LH397  
• 1,000 Lufthansa Miles per stay. Must choose to earn miles instead of points at hotel check-in.
• Book Hyatt Daily Rate.
• Receive 20 EUR fodd and beverage credit per stay.
• Promotion offer dates January 15 – April 15, 2011.

 

Asia Pacific

• Promotion Code GP643 = Regency Club bonus
• 2,000 points per stay at participating Hyatt Regency hotels in Asia Pacific.
• Must book Regency Club room type rate (includes Regency Club access for stay).
• Book any eligible rate. [LT note: advance purchase, AAA, senior rates eligible, but must book Regency Club room type for bonus.]
• Promotion offer dates December 20 – February 28, 2011.

 

Asia Pacific

• Promotion Code GP647 = ‘Weekday Stays are more rewarding in Asia Pacific’
• 2,000 points per stay at participating Hyatt Regency hotels in Asia Pacific.
• Must stay a weekday Sunday through Thursday.
• Book any eligible rate. [LT note: advance purchase, AAA, senior rates eligible.]
• Promotion offer dates January 20 – March 15, 2011.

Australia/New Zealand

• Promotion Code GP646
• 1,500 points per stay at participating Hyatt hotels in Australia and New Zealand.
• No day of week or room type restrictions.
• Book any eligible rate. [LT note: advance purchase, AAA, senior rates eligible.]
• Promotion offer dates January 20 – March 15, 2011.

 

Master List of Hyatt Gold Passport Bonus Offers 

The Hyatt Gold Passport list used to be a much more condensed format enabling hotels to be searched significantly more quickly than the typically slow-crawl Hyatt website currently allows.

Hyatt has 28 pages with 273 hotels and 409 bonus offers at the time of this post. 

One of the issues I frequently have with Hyatt Gold Passport is missing G Bonus points from hotel stays. Simply call up Hyatt Gold Passport customer service a week or two after your stay if the points do not post. This generally works well for getting missing points added quickly to your account.