Hyatt has released updated to their award chart, effective January 22, 2015.
- 48 hotels will move to a LOWER category
- 22 hotels will move to a HIGHER category
Between now and January 22, you can make bookings under the current category. If you have a hotel stay after the 22nd and the hotel moves to a lower category, you’ll receive a refund for the difference.
All in all, the changes aren’t horrific, though there are some significant hotels that are shifting around:
- Park Hyatt Maldives, Hadahaa moves to Category 7 (up)
- Andaz Amsterdam Prinsengracht moves to Category 6 (up)
- Hyatt Regency Nice Palais de la Mediterranee moves to Category 6 (up)
- Park Hyatt Washington DC moves to Category 5 (down)
Here is the full list of changes:
Hotels Moving to a Higher Category
Category 1 moving to Category 2:
- Hyatt House Raleigh North Hills
- Hyatt Place Denver Tech Center
- Hyatt Place Denver-South/Park Meadows
- Hyatt Place Nashville Airport
- Hyatt Place Pensacola Airport
- Hyatt Regency Dongguan
- Hyatt Regency Greenville
Category 2 moving to Category 3:
- Excalibur
- Hyatt House Miami Airport
- Hyatt Place Dewey Beach
- Hyatt Place Long Island/East End
- Hyatt Place Portland – Old Port
- Hyatt Regency Santa Clara
- Hyatt Regency Toronto
Category 3 moving to a Category 4:
- Grand Hyatt Sao Paulo
- Grand Hyatt Taipei
Category 4 moving to a Category 5:
- Grand Hyatt at Baha Mar
- Grand Hyatt Macau
- Park Hyatt Seoul
Category 5 moving to a Category 6:
- Andaz Amsterdam, Prinsengracht
- Hyatt Regency Nice Palais de la Mediterranee
Category 6 moving to a Category 7:
- Park Hyatt Maldives, Hadahaa
Hotels Moving to a Lower Category
Category 2 moving to Category 1:
- Hyatt House Colorado Springs
- Hyatt on Main, Green Bay
- Hyatt Place Albuquerque Airport
- Hyatt Place Baton Rouge/I-10
- Hyatt Place Ft. Myers
- Hyatt Place Germantown
- Hyatt Place Greensboro
- Hyatt Place Greenville/Haywood
- Hyatt Place Memphis/Primacy Parkway
- Hyatt Place North Charleston
- Hyatt Place Orlando Airport
- Hyatt Place Orlando/Lake Mary
- Hyatt Place Roanoke Airport/Valley View Mall
- Hyatt Place Salt Lake City Airport
Category 3 moving to Category 2:
- Hyatt Bangalore
- Hyatt House Charlotte/Center City
- Hyatt House Cypress/Anaheim
- Hyatt Place Charlotte Downtown
- Hyatt Place Orlando/Convention Center
- Hyatt Place Orlando/Universal
- Hyatt Place Saratoga/Malta
- Hyatt Regency Chennai
- Hyatt Regency Chongqing
- Hyatt Regency Gurgaon
- Hyatt Regency Jinan
- Hyatt Regency Montreal
- Hyatt Regency Osaka
- Park Hyatt Chennai
Category 4 moving to a Category 2:
- Grand Hyatt Shenyang
Category 4 moving to a Category 3:
- Grand Hyatt San Antonio
- Hyatt Capital Gate, Abu Dhabi
- Hyatt Regency Bethesda
- Hyatt Regency Dar es Salaam
- Hyatt Regency Delhi
- Hyatt Regency Louisville
- Hyatt Regency Mexico City
- Hyatt Regency Orlando Intl Airport
- Hyatt Regency Pier Sixty-Six
- Hyatt Regency San Antonio
- Hyatt Regency Savannah
Category 5 moving to Category 4:
- Grand Hyatt Washington
- Hyatt French Quarter
- Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort and Spa
- Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress
- Hyatt Regency La Jolla
- MGM Grand
Category 6 moving to Category 5:
- Mandalay Bay
- Park Hyatt Washington
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