Originally Posted by
travelswithmyself
Worse than Hyatt? Wow... like just, wow.
Having all sites sell the same lowest rate is destroying the market? In what way? Isn't that the point, that the customer should be able to find the lowest rate wherever he/she goes?
I admit I exaggerated a bit and edited my post after you quoted it
From a scale from 1-5. Hyatt is 0 and SPG is 2.
I believe: If every 3rd party and 1st offer the exact same rate all the time the competition will die and so will the 3rd party hotels in the end since it won't make any sense to book by a 3rd party anymore. The reason why a 3rd party exist is to offer rates lower than hotel chains back in the days when it all started. That's why hotel chains started a BRG program to bring back their customers. Rates should never be fixed.