"Fully booked" can have a variety of meanings, and in many instances it does not mean there are no rooms available for sale.
Originally Posted by
kaizen7
I thought it was common for hotel to allocate some rooms for the OTA and other travel channel partners.
When their own non allocated inventory runs out, they cant just sell those pre allocated ones.
This is definitely true. When I've told staff "but there's a room for sale on Expedia," the response is "you should book it with them, because we can't sell it to you."