{"id":300782,"date":"2025-08-11T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.travelreport.se\/?p=300782"},"modified":"2025-08-11T08:03:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T06:03:01","slug":"booking-site-backed-by-over-10000-hotels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelreport.se\/en\/bokningssajt-stams-av-over-10-000-hotell\/","title":{"rendered":"Booking site sued by over 10,000 hotels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The booking site Booking.com is being sued by over 10,000 European hotels who claim that the platform has used its market dominance to distort competition for 20 years, writes\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2025\/aug\/07\/thousands-of-hotels-in-europe-to-sue-booking-com-over-abusive-practices\">The Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lawsuit is being driven by the industry body Hotrec, which represents hotels and restaurants in the EU. 30 national hotel associations, including the UK, support the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hotrec accuses Booking.com of using illegal &quot;best price&quot; clauses to pressure hotels not to offer lower prices on other platforms or their own sites, and of blocking &quot;free-rider&quot; bookings, where customers find hotels on Booking.com but book directly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lawsuit covers the years 2004\u20132024, when the clauses were removed to comply with the EU Digital Markets Act. This follows a court decision in 2024 that ruled that the clauses were in breach of competition law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hotrec chairman Alexandros Vassilikos says that European hotels have \u201dlong suffered from unfair conditions and high costs\u201d and demands correction.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Booking.com calls the allegations \u201dfalse and misleading\u201d and says the clauses promoted competition. A survey shows that 74% of hotels believe the collaboration has increased their profitability. But critical industry representatives say the company\u2019s methods have been depleting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A study shows that Booking Holding, which is based in the Netherlands, controlled 71 percent of the European market in 2024, up from 68.4 percent in 2019. The legal negotiations are expected to be lengthy and difficult, but experts see it as \u201da revolt by hotels\u201d against the platform\u2019s dominance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: DI.SE<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bokningssajten Booking.com st\u00e4ms av \u00f6ver 10.000 europeiska hotell som menar att plattformen under 20 \u00e5r anv\u00e4nt sin marknadsdominans f\u00f6r att snedvrida konkurrensen, skriver\u00a0The Guardian. St\u00e4mningen drivs av\u00a0branschorganisationen Hotrec, som representerar hotell och restauranger i EU. 30 nationella hotellf\u00f6reningar, d\u00e4ribland Storbritanniens, st\u00f6djer processen. 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