My First Time Visiting A Hyatt Globalist Lounge: Good Or Unhealthy For Elites?

Throughout my latest keep on the Grand Hyatt Deer Valley (which I’ll be reviewing shortly), I found one thing that I don’t suppose I’ve ever seen earlier than, in all of my years as a World of Hyatt Globalist member… although perhaps I’m forgetting one thing?

The Grand Hyatt Deer Valley’s distinctive(ish) Globalist Lounge

As most OMAAT readers most likely know, many accommodations have membership lounges, which will be accessed in quite a lot of methods. Some must be outright paid for, whereas others can be accessed by sure elite members.

Many Hyatt accommodations have membership lounges, which company can both buy entry to, or they can be accessed by World of Hyatt Globalist members (or these on a Visitor of Honor award, or with a membership entry award). For instance, Hyatt Regencies typically have Regency Golf equipment, whereas Grand Hyatts typically have Grand Golf equipment.

Again earlier than the Grand Hyatt Deer Valley first opened final 12 months, it was introduced that the lodge would have a Grand Membership. Nevertheless, when the lodge truly opened, they seemingly backtracked on that call… I believe I heard that they determined that the house that they allotted to the Grand Membership wasn’t sufficiently big, or one thing.

So after we booked the Grand Hyatt, my expectation was that there wouldn’t be a Grand Membership. I used to be stunned at check-in to learn that the lodge has a Globalist Lounge — that’s proper, not a Grand Membership, however as a substitute, a Globalist Lounge.

What’s the excellence? Properly, plainly company can’t truly buy entry to the lounge, however as a substitute, it’s solely for Globalist members.

What was it like, and the way was it totally different than a Grand Membership? For one, the lounge wasn’t in a everlasting house, however as a substitute, simply appeared to make use of up no matter convention room wasn’t at the moment occupied. Throughout our three-night keep, the Globalist Lounge was in two totally different convention rooms — one was massive and had a great variety of home windows, whereas one was fairly small, and was windowless.

The Globalist Lounge serves breakfast, snacks all through the day, and had a night choice. By (admittedly very low) US requirements, I’d say the meals choice was truly above common in comparison with the everyday Grand Membership.

For instance, the breakfast choice included cereal, yogurt, contemporary fruit, pastries, smoked salmon, cheese, chilly cuts, and a number of other sizzling choices, like oatmeal, egg bites, sausage, potatoes, and extra.

Through the day there have been cookies, packaged chips, and entire fruit.

Then within the evenings, choices included veggies, cheese, chilly cuts, empanadas, gyoza, soup, beef medallions, broccoli, and extra. As is customary at US lounges, alcoholic drinks had been obtainable for buy.

The property appeared to be actually empty throughout our keep, and I couldn’t consider how few Globalists there have been. The 2 instances I checked out the lounge in the course of the hours with an actual meals unfold, there was at most one different occasion there, whereas the lounge was staffed with three to 4 servers.

What’s the logic for this Globalist Lounge idea?

I discovered the Globalist Lounge thought to be shocking, because it’s mainly like a Grand Membership in non permanent places you can’t truly pay for. That appears a bit backwards, on the floor. That’s as a result of lodge homeowners are sometimes pissed off by how lounges are largely full of elite members getting entry at no cost, with fewer folks truly paying for entry.

I can’t assist however be curious in regards to the motivation for this:

• Maybe the lodge thinks this can be a good factor to do for Globalist members that can win long run enterprise, however given the non permanent location, the lodge doesn’t be ok with promoting entry to this lounge idea
• Maybe this offers the lodge lots of flexibility, since it might probably resolve which days (or time of 12 months) it needs to open the Globalist Lounge, and when it doesn’t wish to, which is trickier to do in the event you’re promoting entry
• Maybe that is about limiting the variety of folks with entry to restaurant breakfast, particularly throughout busier durations; for Globalist members, the draw back with this idea is that in the event you get entry to the Globalist Lounge, then you possibly can’t have complimentary restaurant breakfast

I believe Globalist members may have blended emotions on this idea. On the one hand, some folks could also be bummed that they don’t obtain restaurant breakfast, since this convention room setup is a downgrade. Alternatively, some folks will definitely worth the snacks and drinks in the course of the day, plus the night unfold.

As I view it, we obtained the very best of each worlds. Since we booked by means of the Hyatt Privé program, we additionally acquired restaurant breakfast. So we may have breakfast within the restaurant, after which go to the lounge in the course of the day, if we needed to.

That being stated, we didn’t actually partake within the night unfold an excessive amount of. In any case, we didn’t journey to Deer Valley to eat dinner in a convention room. I like a membership lounge with wonderful views and good ambiance, however this positively wasn’t it. Even in the event you’re not going to depart the lodge, the foyer is a lot extra charming of an area, with nice views, cozy fireplaces, and many others.

Backside line

Whereas I’ve been to lots of accommodations with membership lounges, I simply witnessed my first-ever “Globalist Lounge” throughout a latest keep on the Grand Hyatt Deer Valley. Consider it as a membership lounge in alternating convention room venues, but it surely’s just for Globalist members, and entry can’t be bought.

I’m positive folks may have blended emotions about this — some folks received’t like that this prevents Globalist members from having complimentary breakfast in membership lounges, whereas others will like having an all-day venue, and a night meals unfold.

What do you make of this Globalist Lounge idea? Do you like this, or only a lodge with no lounge, the place Globalist members get restaurant breakfast? And do every other Hyatts have the same idea?