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		justhw on Sept 22, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Groupon Is Laying Off 1,100, Shutters Operations i... For hotels the majority of bookings come from third party sites. Why would hotels use third party sites regularly if they hate serving customers that book with them?

monksy on Sept 22, 2015 | [–]

Hilton does this by offering Free Wifi if you book directly. Also, delta has been known to hide the lowest prices from search engines.

toomuchtodo on Sept 22, 2015 | [–]

Some revenue is better than no revenue.

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