What is a “chain scale” and why is it important? Taylor Johnson recently connected client Bradford Allen with Hotel Management for a story looking into what determines a hotel’s position along the chain scale — and how or when it can move up. In the resulting piece, Aghfar Arun of Bradford Allen discussed the company’s recent $30 million redevelopment of the Hyatt Rosemont Chicago O’Hare into the Hyatt Centric Chicago O’Hare, a 206-room hotel featuring elevated design and amenities and a completely redeveloped in-house restaurant, CIMA. BA’s hospitality platform has grown since 2022 to seven properties nationally totaling approximately 900 rooms.
