Originally Posted by
baroqen
It works if the management is "in on it" and doing a regular check in/check out post rather than a no show.
But it's China. There are lots of people with entrepreneurial spirits who are willing to game the system to make a few extra bucks. Some of these methods are highly complex and can even involve a large number of people across different parts of the country.
Yeah...it would not shock me if there are a few hotels out there that manage to fake some inventory (or who might otherwise play games involving which rooms are occupied). A corrupt GM (or even potentially a few desk employees) could easily check people in and out and run the appropriate credit cards without much trouble.