Hyatt opens the first Thompson hotel in Europe

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• Hostime says:

  13 Sep13 September 09:23

  The Thompson in Austin is the worst hotel I have stayed in. The concept struck me as… bizarre. Hope Madrid is a better implementation.

• tintin38 says:

  13 Sep13 September 11:40

  Stayed at the Thompson Madrid on the opening weekend on WoH points (cash rates were eye wateringly high, even considered the current elevated rates in Madrid for all hotels).
  Hotel and service was excellent with few teething problems normally experienced during the opening weeks. Staff were amazing. The pool and rooftop bar were open (but not yet the restaurant) although perhaps the use of space on the roof needs reconsidering, it’s a bit all over the place. They will fix this no doubt.
  Breakfast in the bakery on ground floor was exceptional. Overall great hotel and a great option alongside the very good Hyatt Centric. My only complaint was no desk in my room so might not be the best for business travel, seems the hotel is more aimed at leisure travel anyway.

• Rand says:

  13 Sep13 September 12:12

  Stayed at the Thompson Seattle and it was an underwhelming experience.

• AL says:

  13 Sep13 September 13:33

  Thompson Seattle is, quite frankly, appalling. And there are some awful properties in that city.

  • AL says:

    13 Sep13 September 13:34

    In fact, there are better Hyatts in Seattle – Hyatt Regency is good. Seattle is devoid of decent accommodation, on the whole, though.

  • Will in SJC says:

    14 Sep14 September 03:32

    Interesting. I would say compared to the other hotels in Seattle the Thompson isn’t that bad. I guess it’s all personal presence. I find The Kimptons tend to be a bit worn, the Hilton and CP are meh, the Grand Hyatt is surrounded by empty stores and had an issue with homeless when I last went by. The Four Seasons is just too expensive for what it is and I was never that impressed by the Fairmont- but Fairmonts generally aren’t my thing. I’m back to the Kimpton Monaco next week, Charter Hotel later next month.

    I do agree though that Seattle really isn’t that great for hotels which is a shame given how much time I spend there.

• merlin90 says:

  13 Sep13 September 14:57

  I couldn’t really put my finger on the precise selling point of a Thompson specifically (although the poster who said they were aimed at the 35–45 bracket is probably close to the mark), but I’ve stayed at the Thompson in Chicago and Washington DC, and liked both. The DC one is very new, I believe. It’s in the Navy Yard area around the Washington National’s (baseball) stadium, which has had a lot of new development in the last five or 10 years. When I went earlier this year it had a decent rooftop bar, but for some reason that is now permanently closed. Chicago’s Thompson is in Gold Coast, around lots of bars, restaurants, and shops, and within walking distance of the lake, the river, museums/galleries, and Lincoln Park zoo.

• Lumma says:

  13 Sep13 September 17:22

  Now when I say “hello Mr. Thompson” and press down on your foot, you smile and nod.

  • Azza says:

    13 Sep13 September 18:29

    I think he’s talking to you.

• Jm says:

  13 Sep13 September 18:16

  Aberdeen to Dublin is a shame for Loganair who have also added capacity to that route – does it really need 4 flights across 2 airlines?

  • ADS says:

    13 Sep13 September 22:34

    presumably Aer Lingus are expecting a fair amount of connecting traffic

    and presumably all four flights are on pretty small aircraft

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