Grand Hyatt Baha Mar

World of Hyatt Announces 2024 Changes to Its Loyalty Program - AFAR

"Through a Globalist Guest of Honor booking, family trips featured standard suite upgrades, complimentary breakfast, and 4 p.m. checkout, delivering a more upgraded and relaxed experience at the resort." - Paul Rubio

How to Buy Points for Hotels—and Why It Can Be a Good Idea - AFAR

"A luxury Bahamian resort with steep cash rates (about $810+ per night on the dates cited) that can offer exceptional value when booked with points. At the time referenced, standard rooms were 20,000 World of Hyatt points per night, and a 25% bonus points sale made 40,000 points cost $768 (effectively $384 per night). Because World of Hyatt waives resort fees and taxes on award bookings (the daily resort fee cited was $85 per person), booking with purchased points saved several hundred dollars per night — turning a two-night cash total of $2,023.46 into a points-purchase cost of $768." - Paul Rubio

Grand Hyatt Baha Mar - Hotel Review | Condé Nast Traveler

"Grand Hyatt Baha Mar is one of the resorts that has so much going on, there’s no need to leave. Clock the beach right in front, a Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf course, premium tennis facilities, six swimming pools, a wildlife sanctuary, luxury shopping, art center with the largest collection of contemporary art in the Bahamas, and the largest casino in the Caribbean—with more than 100,000 square feet of the latest gaming equipment and entertainment venues. The 1,800 comfortably sized rooms (including more than 230 suites with various numbers of bedrooms) all have floor-to-ceiling windows, and full or Juliet balconies. There are more than 30 dining options, ranging from poké bowls, to hot dogs from an Airstream trailer on the beach, to hand-pulled Chinese noodles, to award-winning Mediterranean fine dining. The 30,000-square-foot spa is run by ESPA, leader in luxury wellness. If it all feels too…big, there’s the Reserve, a hotel-within-the-hotel, with a dedicated entrance and check-in desk, a private lounge, and butler service."

"Grand Hyatt Baha Mar Not since the Atlantis Paradise Island opened in 1998 has there been this much hype about a resort in the Bahamas. After years of on-again, off-again setbacks, Baha Mar officially debuted in summer 2017, with the launch of the 1,800-room Grand Hyatt Baha Mar, the first of three hotels on the 1,000-acre beachfront development. Accommodations come with floor-to-ceiling windows, marble baths, and balconies overlooking the ocean or lake fountain, but the grounds arethe main attraction here.Over-the-top amenities include a gleaming 100,000-square-foot casino, the largest in the Caribbean, as well as six swimming pools (one has a swim-up aquarium “cave”), a Jack Nicklaus Signature 18-hole golf course, and a guests-only beach club. There’sno shortage of food and beverage options with 18 restaurants and bars, though celeb hotspot Katsuya, designed by Philippe Starck, is the frontrunner. You’ll find even more restaurants and shopping next door at the resort’s sister properties, SLS and Rosewood."

Hyatt Offers Free COVID Testing at Mexico, Caribbean Hotels - AFAR

"Through May 31, 2021 this resort is offering complimentary on-site COVID-19 testing (PCR or rapid antigen) for up to two registered guests per room to help travelers meet the U.S. CDC's pretravel testing requirement of a negative test within 72 hours. Complimentary tests require a minimum length of stay that varies by property and additional on-property tests can be purchased. If a guest tests positive and must delay travel, participating properties generally allow extended stays of up to 14 additional nights at a travel-delay rate of up to 50% off the standard room rate and up to 30% off food and beverage (excluding alcohol). Complimentary testing is only available to guests traveling to the United States, and the company says it plans to expand testing availability across the Americas and globally." - Michelle Baran