The partnership between Ocean Casino Resort and Hyatt Hotels Corp. is no more.
The Press of Atlantic City reported Ocean will “no longer be operated as a Hyatt-affiliated hotel or within The Unbound Collection by Hyatt brand.” The hotel will continue its normal business operations with Hyatt until 11:59 p.m. Dec. 31, according to the website.
“Due to our continued success, our hotel volumes no longer permit preferential booking for Hyatt Loyalty guests,” said a casino statement. “We are grateful to Hyatt for the impetus it gave us for our grand reopening.”
The partnership between Ocean and Hyatt’s luxury brand, The Unbound Collection, was among the first announcements by the former Revel Casino Hotel before it reopened in June 2018.
The deal put Ocean’s 1,399 guest rooms and resort on a platform with Hyatt’s collection of first-class international destinations. However, the Atlantic City hotel was rarely displayed prominently on the Hyatt website and prospective guests often had to search to find reservation information for Ocean.
The Exhale Spa, a 32,000-square foot fitness and health club at Ocean, is also owned by Hyatt, but will not be affected by the change.
The state Division of Gaming Enforcement said Ocean had the highest average rate per occupied hotel room through the first nine months of 2019 and the second-highest occupancy rate among the city’s nine casino properties. In the third-quarter of 2019, Ocean reported an occupancy rate of 99.6 percent with an average rate of $219.01 per occupied room.
