Largest Hotelier Group Takes Stance Against Last-Room Availability

On November 4, 2009, the Asian American Hotel Owners Association (AAHOA), the world’s largest association of hotel owners, achieved a new milestone by registering more than 10,000 members who own 22,000 hotels, which is forty percent of all hotels in the United States.

AAHOA strongly opposes (1) any attempts by the OTA’s to absolutely mandate last room availability, which would require the hotels to list their last available rooms on the OTAs at discounted prices, regardless of the market strength and demand for such rooms, and (2) allowing the OTAs to command rate parity and preclude hotel owners from offering discounts on their guest rooms that were greater than what was listed on the OTA website.


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