Another data point showing that the booking sites are starting to play with the BRG department.
While in China I found a lower rate on hotels.com for the HI Golden Mile in Hong Kong. The rate was about 25% lower than the rate on IHG.
The BRG department replied (within 24 hours) with screenshots showing that hotels.com offers excactly the same rate as IHG. When I check on hotels.com, however, the rate is still much lower than on IHG.
HTB.