Rebate
What is a rebate in a hotel room block contract?
A per-room-night amount the hotel agrees to pay back to the group or organizer — effectively a share of room revenue returned to help fund the event. A rebate of $10 per room night on a block that picks up 2,000 room nights returns $20,000, which organizers often apply to offset planning costs, staff rooms, or attendee subsidies. Rebates are negotiated concessions and are usually credited against the master account or paid out after the event once final pickup is known. They differ from commissions, which go to a travel agent or third-party planner rather than back to the group. Because a rebate scales with pickup, model it against realistic pickup rather than the full block when weighing it against a lower nightly rate.
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Stay-to-play is a tournament policy requiring teams to book inside the event's official hotel blocks to be eligible to compete. Here is how the rules work.
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