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Re:After GDPR, The New York Times cut off ad exchanges and k... by JAlexoid on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @12:02PM (#18922507)
A hotel can be 90% empty and Booking could have only 1 left in their inventory to sell.
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Re:After GDPR, The New York Times cut off ad exchanges and k... by reaperducer on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @01:36PM (#18923550)
A hotel can be 90% empty and Booking could have only 1 left in their inventory to sell.

There's a difference between "Only one room left!" and "We only have one room left!"

It's called lying.

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Re:After GDPR, The New York Times cut off ad exchanges and k... by r3bl on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @12:52PM (#18923053)
The opposite works as well.

On one occasion, I've tried booking straight from the hotel, it told me no rooms available for the selected dates. I've tried Booking, and sure enough, that same room I had my eyes on was available.

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Re:After GDPR, The New York Times cut off ad exchanges and k... by com2kid on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @01:47PM (#18923679)
Larger hotels have blocks of rooms reserved for the different booking services.

The opposite can also happen, Booking shows no rooms, and calling the hotel results in a room. It just means Booking's block of rooms is all rented out, not that the hotel itself is all rented out.

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