A fire swept through a 1,700-guest Wyndham resort in the Dominican Republic, killing an Italian tourist and exposing what happens when thatched roofs, strong winds, and an untested emergency plan collide. If your property still has the same evacuation binder from your last brand inspection, this is the story that should keep you up tonight.
A recycled "coming soon" headline about a resort that opened in 2019 is masking the real story: Hyatt bought the operator, sold the dirt, kept the management contracts, and locked in 50-year fee streams. If you're an owner watching this playbook, you should be taking notes... and asking hard questions.
Hyatt is celebrating a decade of its Unbound Collection with four boutique additions across the Americas, and the brand positioning is gorgeous. Whether the economics are equally beautiful for the owners flying that flag is a conversation the anniversary press release conveniently skips.
Hyatt is celebrating a decade of its Unbound Collection with four new Americas properties and a pipeline that sounds gorgeous on paper. The real test isn't whether these hotels are beautiful... it's whether the owners joining the collection are getting what they were sold five years ago.
