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From a UK perspective, it’s always been difficult to be very enthusiastic about Hyatt and its ‘World of Hyatt’ loyalty programme. Not because the hotels are bad (they are usually very nice) or because the loyalty programme is rubbish (it’s great – if you are a frequent guest), but simply because they only had 5 hotels in the UK and pretty weak representation in other parts of Europe too.

Unless you happened to regularly stay in parts of the world where their hotels are more prevalent, Hyatt was a bit of an irrelevance.

That situation has now changed quite dramatically overnight though, due to the ‘real’ launch of World of Hyatt’s new partnership with Small Luxury Hotels of the World(SLH). SLH has over 500 hotels on its books, but only the first batch of 54 have, so far, been incorporated into World of Hyatt. What’s exciting though, is that 10 of those 54 hotels are in the UK – effectively tripling Hyatt’s UK footprint overnight.

Even better, is that all but 5 of the 54 are in Europe, which is a HUGE boost to Hyatt’s coverage in the region.

What does the partnership mean for World of Hyatt guests?

World of Hyatt members can earn 5 Base Points for every $1 USD spent on qualifying room rates and can redeem points for free nights at participating SLH hotels. It doesn’t stop there, members can also enjoy exclusive in-hotel benefits when staying at a participating SLH hotel.

• Complimentary continental breakfast
• Complimentary Wi-Fi
• Early check-in 12:00pm (based on availability at check-in)
• Late check-out 2:00pm (based on availability at check-in)
• One category room upgrade (based on availability at check-in)

Full list of SLH hotels participating now (with more to be added soon):

• Pangkor Laut Resort (Pangkor Laut, Malaysia)
• Villa Spalletti Trivelli Rome (Rome, Italy)
• Flemings Mayfair London (London, United Kingdom)
• Hotel St. Petersbourg (Tallinn, Estonia)
• El Lodge Ski and Spa (Sierra Nevada, Spain)
• Nobu Hotel Marbella (Marbella, Spain)
• Dukes London (London, United Kingdom)
• The Capital Hotel & Apartments (London, United Kingdom)
• Tylney Hall Hotel and Gardens (Hook, United Kingdom)
• Alexander House Hotel & Utopia Spa (Turners Hill, United Kingdom)
• Ashdown Park Hotel (Forest Row, United Kingdom)
• Luton Hoo Hotel Golf & Spa (Luton, United Kingdom)
• Nira Caledonia (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
• St. James’s Hotel and Club (London, United Kingdom)
• The Arden Hotel (Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom)
• The Atlantic Hotel (St. Brelade, United Kingdom)
• Columbia Beach Resort (Limassol, Cyprus)
• Hotel de Orangerie (Bruges, Belgium)
• Archipelagos (Mykonos, Greece)
• Byblos Art Hotel Villa Amista (Verona, Italy)
• Ca’Sagredo Hotel (Venice, Italy)
• Elounda Gulf Villas and Suites (Crete, Greece)
• Grand Hotel Parker’s (Naples, Italy)
• Hotel and Spa des Pecheurs (Corsica, France)
• Hotel de La Ville – Monza (Monza, Italy)
• Hotel Le Strato (Courchevel 1850, France)
• Hotel Lord Byron (Rome, Italy)
• Hotel Vilon (Rome, Italy)
• Ketschauer Hof (Deidesheim, Germany)
• Les Etangs de Corot (Versailles, France)
• Magna Pars Suites Milano (Milan, Italy)
• Margutta 19 (Rome, Italy)
• On the Rocks (Santorini, Greece)
• Pietra e Mare Beach Hotel (Mykonos, Greece)
• San Antonio (Santorini, Greece)
• Sant Francesc Hotel Singular (Mallorca, Spain)
• Santorini Secret Suites & Spa (Santorini, Greece)
• Sesa Boutique Hotel (Kanali, Greece)
• The Margi (Athens, Greece)
• Theoxenia Palace & House Suites (Athens, Greece)
• Palazzo Vecchietti (Florence, Italy)
• Park Hotel ai Cappuccini (Gubbio, Italy)
• Relais San Lorenzo (Bergamo, Italy)
• Sikelia (Sicily, Italy)
• The View Lugano (Lugano, Switzerland)
• Aressana Spa Hotel and Suites (Santorini, Greece)
• Centurion Palace (Venice, Italy)
• Gaya Island Resort (Borneo, Malaysia)
• Lanson Place Bukit Ceylon (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
• Liostasi Hotel & Suites (Ios, Greece)
• Palazzo Sant’Angelo sul Canal Grande (Venice, Italy)
• The Excelsior (Thessaloniki, Greece)
• The Sukhothai Shanghai (Shanghai, China)
• The Edison George Town (Penang, Malaysia)