Relocate Easily. Bid on other hotels' customers.
It's not just for trains and planes
Like airlines, hotels factor in noshows according to historical data, sometimes they are too pessimistic
Hotels sales team might want to accomodate large parties (eg: conferences or events) at cost of relocating some guests.
Hotels are selling through dozens of channels, closing availability might leave some bookable even when using channel managers
(and technical issues always occur while approaching full occupancy)
You can't always plan rooms' maintenance and you might have to put a room out of order.
Today. For tonite.
You can still get bids from non-matching hotels
Or none.
(You can relax now)
Relocate Easily. Bid on other hotels' customers.