Thousands of Hotels in Europe to Sue Booking.com over ‘Abusive’ Practices | Travel & Leisure - EUROPE SAYS
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The hotel must guarantee the site lower rates than those charged to direct customers
Hoteliers challenge the "best price" clause in force on the platform between 2004 and 2024, which prevented them from offering rooms at a lower rate on their own site.
Nearly 10,000 European hotel establishments bring legal action against the Booking website for abusive pricing practices. The platform would prevent them from offering better prices
Over 10,000 European hotels join lawsuit against Booking.com
Over 10,000 European hotels have now joined a class action lawsuit against the online platform Booking.com, as hotel owners across the continent unite to seek compensation after being barred for years from offering lower prices on their own websites. The Association of Hotels, Restaurants, and Cafés in Europe (HOTREC), which represents the sector at the EU level, stated that hotel owners are pursuing repayment for losses suffered between 2004 an…
10,000 European hoteliers bring legal action against the Booking website for abusive pricing practices, reports France Inter this Wednesday. The site holds more than 70% of online bookings in Europe, compared to 15% for its competitor Expedia
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