The UK’s Office of Fair Trading had a key point: Kayak makes less than £70 million a year in the UK.
Priceline’s acquisition of Kayak is okayed by UK regulators
May 9, 2013 By 2 Comments
The $1.8 billion merger has received the green light from the UK’s Office of Fair Trading.
Changing its tune, UK regulator declines to investigate Expedia’s acquisition of Trivago
March 6, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Last week, we reported that Britain’s Office Of Fair Trading (OFT) is casting its eye over US travel giant Expedia’s recent bid to buy control of Düsseldorf-based hotel search company Trivago. Among other things, there had been some questions about Expedia using Trivago to display its own results more prominently, despite assurances of otherwise during [...]
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UK regulator to investigate Expedia and Priceline meta acquisitions
February 27, 2013 By 2 Comments
Britain’s Office Of Fair Trading (OFT) is investigating the recent acquisitions of Trivago by Expedia and Kayak by Priceline.
A US e-petition questions airlines’ ancillary sales practices, and UK authorities warn travel sites about fare display rules
November 27, 2012 By 1 Comment
A US lobbying firm launched an online petition requesting that the US government mandate that all airlines provide all of their optional services data to GDSs, while in the UK regulators warned travel sites that they must comply with new regulations on displaying total fare prices.
Another hotel price fixing class action emerges in the US, same defendants as previous complaints
August 28, 2012 By 10 Comments
Are we seeing the floodgates beginning to open with the hotel price parity issue? Perhaps so, with news of another attempt at a class action in the US against online travel agencies and hotel chains.
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Hotel price fixing case will likely do little but generate legal fee bonanza
August 22, 2012 By 1 Comment
A class action suit was filed this week in California against various major online travel retailers and hotel chains alleging antitrust violations in relation to resale price management (RPM) agreements.
Hotel price fixing saga switches to the US with class action against Expedia and others
August 21, 2012 By 13 Comments
There is a whiff of anger in the air, it appears, over alleged price fixing between online travel agencies and hotels – with a class action being brought against some of the biggest travel brands on the planet in the US.
Regulator accuses Expedia, Booking.com and IHG in hotel competition infringement probe
July 31, 2012 By 6 Comments
Two years in the making, UK regulator The Office of Fair Trading has cited Expedia, Booking.com and InterContinental Hotels in its investigation into fixing hotel rates.
EasyJet answers regulators with upfront admin fee, scraps free Visa Electron payments
January 11, 2012 By 5 Comments
EasyJet is making changes overnight to the way consumers pay for its flights with the introduction of a £9 administration charge.
