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Booking has lost a dispute over contract prices for hotel accommodation

21/09/2024 - 14:40

Digital platform Booking.com potentially restricts competition by contractually setting the price threshold for hotel accommodation, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled on Thursday. In contracts with online accommodation booking platforms, hotels often undertake not to offer lower prices on their websites and those on competing platforms. The German competition regulator...

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Booking has to pay a fine of 413 million euros due to monopoly

02/08/2024 - 20:29

Spain's antimonopoly agency has fined online booking platform Booking 413 million euros for abusing its dominant market position in the country over the past five years. According to the Spanish regulator, since 2019 Booking has abused its dominant market share in the country, which is between 70 and 90 percent, to impose unfair conditions on...

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Booking Warning: Fraud Jumps 900 Percent Due to AI

24/06/2024 - 11:10

Booking warns that artificial intelligence is causing a huge rise in fraud. Marnie Wilking, the company's head of internet security, said that in the last 18 months there has been a 500 to 900% increase in fraud. In particular, she highlighted the rise of fraud involving people disclosing their data since generative AI tools became available...

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The Netherlands is investigating Booking for renting out properties in Israeli settlements

23/05/2024 - 13:28

Dutch prosecutors are considering criminal charges against accommodation rental platform Bukling for advertising properties in Israeli neighborhoods. Dutch nonprofit SOMO said it filed a complaint with the state prosecutor in November along with three other human rights groups, but that it had not been previously announced. In the complaint, the groups accuse the platform of "profiteering from military ...

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Booking will have to offer a greater choice of accommodation facilities to tourists

14/05/2024 - 08:26

The European Commission has named Booking as a gatekeeper under the Digital Markets Act for its website Booking.com, while at the same time deciding not to grant such designations to X and ByteDance in relation to their platforms. X Eds, that is Tiktok Eds. In addition, the EC decided to launch a market investigation to determine whether...

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Booking has lost a dispute over contract prices for hotel accommodation

Booking has to pay a fine of 413 million euros due to monopoly

Booking Warning: Fraud Jumps 900 Percent Due to AI

The Netherlands is investigating Booking for renting out properties in Israeli settlements

Booking will have to offer a greater choice of accommodation facilities to tourists

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Booking has lost a dispute over contract prices for hotel accommodation

Booking has to pay a fine of 413 million euros due to monopoly

Booking Warning: Fraud Jumps 900 Percent Due to AI

The Netherlands is investigating Booking for renting out properties in Israeli settlements

Booking will have to offer a greater choice of accommodation facilities to tourists

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