Hoteliers set to launch legal claim over ‘billions in losses due to booking.com’

In France and among our Spanish neighbours, a collective action was taken by hoteliers to denounce the amount of the commissions exercised by the platform. Extremely large sums according to the lawyers responsible for the complaint.

Lawyers call on the hosts present on the platform to mobilize against its committees deemed too important, and its anti-competitive policy recently called into question by the Court of Justice of the European Union.

Paris, France. Two law firms plan to initiate a collective action of hoteliers from France and Spain who claim compensation from the Booking platform “for their losses linked to excessive commissions”, said on Tuesday to the AFP one of the drivers. The Eskariam law firms of Spain and Geradin Partners of Paris are based on a recent decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union of September 2024, which questions the “parity clauses” impos…

MADRID, 23 (EUROPA PRESS) The Spanish Confederation of Hotels and Tourist Accommodation (Cehat) has been disappointed and "painted" with the new specifications of the Imserso Social Tourism program for senior citizens, since they consider that the government "has lost again" the opportunity to address "a real update and modernization".In this sense, it considers [...] The entry Hoteliers, disappointed and "painted" with the new Imserso program s…

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Hoteliers set to launch legal claim over ‘billions in losses due to booking.com’

Travel website booking.com has been accused of causing financial harm to hotels through alleged unfair practices, with claims potentially amounting to billions…