Originally Posted by
MePlatPremier
Marriott ended the SPG practice of paying hotels according to a benchmark ADR when occupancy was above a certain threshold. It now pays a fixed rate, that is not strictly correlated with hotel category (also contrary to SPG practice, where rates paid to hotels were set at locksteps according hotel category). Strong incentive for fraud and inventory-tampering was one of the reasons given for the measure.
how do you know this exactly?