US EditionItaly fines tour operators almost 20 mln euros over Colosseum tickets hoarding
- Italy’s competition authority fined ticketing agencies a total of 20 million euros for unfair practices at the Roman Colosseum.
- The Cooperative Culture Society received the largest fine of 7 million euros for practices that forced higher ticket prices.
- Six tour operators were fined for using automated systems to hoard tickets, making them unavailable for individuals.
- The investigation, started in July 2023, revealed that purchasing tickets online was nearly impossible, pushing consumers to pay more for bundled services.
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Italy fines tour operators almost 20 million euros over Colosseum tickets hoarding
ROME — Italy’s antitrust authority has fined a ticketing company and six tour operators nearly 20 million euros ($21.7 million) for ticket hoarding practices limiting access to the Roman Colosseum, the regulator said on Monday. The AGCM authority said it had fined CoopCulture, which managed official ticket sales for the Colosseum from 1997-2024, 7 million euros for […] The post Italy fines tour operators almost 20 million euros over Colosseum ti…
Tourists ripped off at popular landmark by 'impossible' ticketing schemes attract investigation
Italian authorities crack down on ticketing agencies selling access to the Colosseum by fining the companies a total of $22 million for making it tough for tourists to purchase basic tickets.
Colosseum ticket scandal:Tour firms fined €20M
Italy’s most iconic monument, the Roman Colosseum, has become the centre of a major controversy after the country’s antitrust watchdog, AGCM, slapped several tour operators — and the Colosseum’s former ticketing partner — with €20 million in fines for blocking access to regular tickets and reselling them at inflated prices. The investigation, which began in July 2023, uncovered a long-running… Source
If you never find tickets to the Colosseum of Rome, you already know the reason: there was an illegal resale system
For years it has been a recurring rumor in Rome, it was said that there was something rare in the sale of tickets to enter the Colosseum, the most visited monument in Italy, with 12 million tourists in 2023. Many times there was no way to buy them on the official portal, but they were found on other much more expensive tourist platforms. Finally, in 2023, the city councilor of Tourism, Alessandro Onorato, made a video denouncing that the system …
Italy fines Roman Colosseum ticketing agencies $22M for ripping off tourists
Italy is levying hefty fines against Roman Colosseum ticketing agencies for forcing tourists to pay more to visit the famed historic site. The fines come after an investigation that started in July 2023 following widespread complaints about the impossibility of buying tickets at official prices online, according to the Associated Press. Tourists looking to visit the Colosseum were forced to buy higher-priced admission fares or spend more for bun…
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