Prova questo:
DELIMITER $$
CREATE TRIGGER occupy_trig
AFTER INSERT ON `OccupiedRoom` FOR EACH ROW
begin
DECLARE id_exists Boolean;
-- Check BookingRequest table
SELECT 1
INTO @id_exists
FROM BookingRequest
WHERE BookingRequest.idRequest= NEW.idRequest;
IF @id_exists = 1
THEN
UPDATE BookingRequest
SET status = '1'
WHERE idRequest = NEW.idRequest;
END IF;
END;
$$
DELIMITER ;