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Stop sale

Meaning in tourism & hospitality, with examples

nounCommon term

In tourism & hospitality, stop sale means: A message from a hotel telling tour operators and agencies to stop selling rooms for certain dates or room types, usually because it is nearly full.

In Turkish: satış durdurma, stop sale

How it is used

A daily term in Turkish resort reservation offices, where it is used in English. Hotels put or send a stop sale and later release it. Many contracts work on free sale, which means partners can sell without asking until they receive a stop sale.

Example sentences

  1. We're sending a stop sale for all sea-view rooms from 1 to 15 August.

  2. The agency confirmed the booking after the stop sale, so now we're overbooked.

Common collocations

  • send a stop sale
  • put a stop sale on
  • release a stop sale
  • free sale
  • stop sale dates
  • allotmentA number of rooms that a hotel gives a tour operator or agency to sell for set dates at agreed rates under a contract.
  • overbookingAccepting more reservations than there are rooms or seats, expecting that some guests will cancel or not arrive.
  • tour operatorA company that puts together holiday packages from flights, hotels, transfers and tours and sells them directly or through travel agencies.
  • fully bookedHaving no free rooms, tables or places left for a particular date because everything has already been reserved.
  • revenue managementSetting the right prices and selling conditions for each room type, date and sales channel to earn as much as possible from the hotel's rooms.

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