Hilton Worldwide declined to comment, but several sources said it's planning to reduce agency commissions on its new HHonors rates. Those are the discounted rates that Hilton revealed in February as part of its "Stop Clicking Around" marketing campaign, designed to compete with online travel agencies. Other travel agencies at first worried they also would not have access to those rates. Hilton assured them they would.

However, Hilton has since communicated to multiple sources that commissions paid on these new rates . . .

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