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Last-Room Availability Not the Norm... Yet

Using the Choice-Expedia negotiations as a jumping-off point, the Web site asked readers whether Expedia or other OTAs have demanded last-room availability as a condition of a listing deal, as Choice CEO Steve Joyce claims Expedia is. Full Article at Global Hotelier's Community

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