{"id":9727,"date":"2025-08-19T02:30:54","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T02:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alfanouscar.com\/blog\/?p=9727"},"modified":"2025-08-19T02:30:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T02:30:54","slug":"rephrase-the-same-over-10000-european-hotels-sue-booking-com-over-unfair-pricing-rules-in-a-different-way-no-more-than-118-characters-as-if-you-were-a-native-american-speaker-as-expert-on-content-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alfanouscar.com\/blog\/rephrase-the-same-over-10000-european-hotels-sue-booking-com-over-unfair-pricing-rules-in-a-different-way-no-more-than-118-characters-as-if-you-were-a-native-american-speaker-as-expert-on-content-c\/","title":{"rendered":"Rephrase the same Over 10,000 European Hotels Sue Booking.com Over Unfair Pricing Rules in a different way no more than 118 characters, as if you were a native American speaker as expert on content creation and dont talk about yourself or your experience"},"content":{"rendered":"
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More than 10,000 hotels across Europe have filed a class-action lawsuit against Booking.com, accusing the Netherlands-based travel giant of imposing unlawful \u201cbest price\u201d clauses that restricted competition and hurt direct bookings, the Hotel Claims Alliance and industry groups said.<\/p>\n

The lawsuit seeks compensation for the 20 year time frame of 2004 through 2024, alleging that Booking.com forced hotel partners to agree to contract terms preventing them from offering rooms at lower rates on their websites or through rival platforms, even though Booking.com dropped those clauses after a September 19, 2024 ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) called them unnecessary and anti-competetive.<\/p>\n

Industry coalition HOTREC, representing hotels<\/a> from 36 countries, says hoteliers \u201csuffered long under unfair conditions and excessive costs. Now it\u2019s time to stand together and demand redress,\u201d according to President Alexandros Vassilikos.<\/p>\n

More than 30 national associations \u2014 including Germany\u2019s IHA and Italy\u2019s Federalberghi \u2014 are backing the litigation in a Dutch court. Booking.com is headquartered in Amsterdam, subject to oversight by the Hotel Claims Alliance.<\/p>\n

In light of Booking.com\u2019s market dominance, controlling around 71% of Europe\u2019s online hotel booking market in 2023, with as much as 72.3% of the market in Germany, many hotels rely on the platform for exposure. But regulators and hoteliers have increasingly criticized the company\u2019s commission structure and pricing practices.<\/p>\n

In response, Booking.com has dismissed the legal claims. A spokesperson described the allegations as \u201cmisinterpretation of previous rulings,\u201d calling suggestions of artificially inflated prices \u201cnonsense.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, consumer groups in the Netherlands, including Consumentenbond and CCC, have launched parallel litigation, arguing that Booking.com has charged excessive hotel prices amounting to hundreds of millions of euros in consumer damages since 2013.<\/p>\n

Hoteliers have until August 29, 2025, to register for the collective action, which seeks reparations for billions in lost revenue and market disadvantage dating back two decades.<\/p>\n


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