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Old May 4, 2024 | 2:45 pm
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Originally Posted by ABC Traveler
Again, besides the sense of righteousness and morality/ethics (which personally I admire in a person to think and behave that way), how is this true? All facts show ghosts cost them next to nothing and earn them money that they likely wouldn't have earned. Short or long term. And how is a customer that stays in a room will cause them less problems than ghosts that rarely stays?
I think you're focused on the micro-economics of virtual stays from the individual property's perspective and missing the bigger picture concern about allowing unlimited stay credit without a physical stay. If Hyatt were to allow this, it would basically be allowing individual properties to sell Globalist over the internet on whatever terms the properties wish ("60 nights for $1000 - book now!").
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