The release period is the number of days before arrival by which an intermediary must return the rooms of an allotment it has not sold. It marks how long the hotel has that inventory locked and when it gets it back to sell on its own. A badly set release leaves dead beds right on the good dates.
Example With a 7 day release, the tour operator returns the unsold allotment a week before arrival.
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