diff --git a/backend/services/booking_scraper.py b/backend/services/booking_scraper.py
index fa8b0c1..5fdffce 100644
--- a/backend/services/booking_scraper.py
+++ b/backend/services/booking_scraper.py
@@ -295,12 +295,16 @@ def cleanup_stale_batches(db: Session, max_age_minutes: int = 60):
 
 
 def get_active_hotels(db: Session) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
-    """Return all active hotels that have a booking_com_url (needed for hotel-page scraping)."""
+    """Return own + competitor hotels with a booking_com_url (for hotel-page scraping).
+    Market-tier hotels are excluded — they were auto-discovered from search results and
+    are not hotels we specifically want to track at rate-plan level."""
     rows = db.execute(
         text("""
             SELECT id, booking_com_id, name, booking_com_url
             FROM booking_com_hotels
-            WHERE is_active = TRUE AND booking_com_url IS NOT NULL
+            WHERE is_active = TRUE
+              AND booking_com_url IS NOT NULL
+              AND tier IN ('own', 'competitor')
             ORDER BY display_order, id
         """)
     ).fetchall()