The hotel booked a room and paid for it.

Legal analysis: Generally speaking, if the deposit is not refundable, if the party paying the deposit refuses to conclude the main contract, it has no right to demand the return of the deposit; If the party accepting the deposit refuses to conclude a contract, it shall return the deposit twice, but the specific provisions shall prevail.

Legal basis: Article 586 of the Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC), the parties may agree that one party shall pay a deposit to the other party as a guarantee for the creditor's rights. The deposit contract is established when the deposit is actually paid.

The amount of the deposit shall be agreed by the parties; However, it shall not exceed 20% of the subject matter of the main contract, and the excess shall not have the effect of deposit. If the actual amount of deposit paid is more than or less than the agreed amount, it shall be deemed as a change of the agreed amount of deposit.