What changed
On September 8, the American Society of Travel Advisors opened its Hotel Watch List to the public for two weeks. The list normally sits behind ASTA membership and identifies properties reported for overdue advisor commissions.
ASTA says its commission-recovery work has returned nearly $60,000 to advisors. That is a program-wide recovery figure—not the amount available to any single agency.
Who is affected
The immediate audience is US travel advisors with unpaid hotel receivables, but Canadian advisors can also use the temporary public access when evaluating properties and following up on cross-border bookings.
The financial exposure
The recoverable amount depends entirely on the original booking, commission agreement and payment status. The direct exposure is the unpaid commission; the secondary cost is the time spent chasing accounting departments and reconstructing documentation.
Your move: reconcile every hotel stay that checked out 45 or more days ago, compare the property against the watch list, preserve the confirmation and commission terms, and report unresolved cases to ASTA before the public window closes.