At the start, February didn't seem like it would be the wildest month for hotel news. Well, that is until Hyatt announced it was dramatically altering its much-loved award chart to expand to five pricing tiers (from "Lowest" to "Top") from its previous "Peak," "Standard" and "Off-Peak" method. It's not the worst news in the world, but the change could lead to significantly higher redemptions, especially at top-tier hotels during busy periods. The good news, though, is that these changes don't start rolling out until May — so there's still time to lock in properties that you've had your eye on for a while.
The year's shortest month also had some other big news, like the opening of Alila Mayakoba in Mexico (which we'll review soon!), the launch of a new IHG brand (its 21st, to be exact) and Chase adding Wyndham Rewards as a transfer partner.
Here are a few other hotel news nuggets you might want to know about as we put February to bed.
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