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Overbooking

A situation in which more room reservations have been taken by a hotel than what the hotel is able to accommodate. Hotels that use overbooking as a policy are increasingly being targeted by tour wholesalers and operators in an attempt to better control and minimise the serious adverse marketing effects which overbooking has for all stakeholders.

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