What MOST people don’t know about hotels! Hotels sometimes overbook their rooms as a revenue management strategy to maximize their occupancy and minimize revenue losses due to cancellations or no-shows. The practice of overbooking involves accepting more reservations than the hotel has available rooms, assuming that not all guests will actually show up. There are a few reasons why hotels engage in overbooking: No-shows and cancellations: Hotels often experience last-minute cancellations or guest