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Hotel-tech glossary

Distressed Inventory

Room nights close to arrival without bookings, typically offered at discount to fill.

Distressed inventory is room-night inventory close to arrival (typically within 7-14 days) that has not been booked at standard rates. Properties typically offer distressed inventory at meaningful discount through last-minute OTAs (HotelTonight) or direct flash sales. The trade-off is filling versus protecting next-stay ADR for the channel.

Related terms

Dynamic Pricing

Automatic rate adjustment based on demand, competition, and forecast.

Channel Mix

The percentage of bookings each distribution channel produces.

Part of the hotel-tech glossary. Maintained by Maciej Dudziak, founder of Guestivo.