How Hyatt Is Selling The New Category 8 Award Tier (SLH partnership)

Hyatt has confirmed that they will be introducing a new category 8 award level costing 40,000 points per night. Earlier Hyatt announced that they will be partnering with Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH). Hyatt is claiming that no current Hyatt-branded hotels or resorts will move into this new category 8 tier, but some SLH properties will fall under that new tier. I’d consider this short term good news if this means all SLH properties will be bookable with Hyatt points, even if it means some will cost 40,000 points per night. In the medium to long term I’d consider this bad news as Hyatt will almost certainly move some Hyatt branded hotels/resorts into this new tier at some time in the future.