A Florida Keys motel and a nearby SCUBA dive center regularly send each other customers. The dive center attracts customers to the motel which is conveniently located near the dive center. The dive center also sends customers to other motels in the area. The motel owner learns a lot about the SCUBA dive business in the process. What would be the most likely long-term consequence of this business relationship?

A. The motel owner will stop sending customers to the dive center and will instead send customers to the dive center's competitors.

B. The motel owner will greatly increase the rental price of his motel rooms to customers that come from the dive center.

C. The motel owner will open a dive center to give customers incentive to stay in his motel and to earn profits from both businesses.

D. The motel owner will sever his ties with the SCUBA dive center because the dive center sends customers to the motel's competitors.