actually hotels will do a "call around" report and ask competition their occupancy and rate...ostensibly so they know to where people can be walked if needed....

i've had people tell me their occupancy...the place i am tonight is less than 30%....with a whopping 10 arrivals...of which 3 showed up in the hour i sat in the lobby waiting for my dinner to show up....took 1.25 hours as opposd to the 45 minutes they said...BUT...the hotel over achieved again and gave me 2 happy little bottles of merlot...for free.....^