Hotel revenue leakage is often discussed as a pricing or fraud problem. Many recoverable gaps are more ordinary: the hotel earned value, an outside financial process settled incorrectly, and the difference remained hidden inside otherwise normal records.
Distribution leakage
OTA payable value can remain uncollected, virtual cards can be undercharged, and commission can follow the wrong reservation economics.
Payment leakage
Processor billing can differ from verified contract terms, or future transaction qualification can be more expensive than necessary.
AP leakage
The same invoice can be paid twice, or a valid vendor credit can remain unused.
The common pattern
In each case, recovery begins by establishing what should have happened, comparing it with what did happen and proving the difference from source data.
That is the core of hotel financial recovery.