A UK competition regulator, The Office of Fair Trading (OFT), is being kept busy in the travel space right now.
Why the Priceline plan to buy Kayak should be investigated by regulators
March 20, 2013 By 21 Comments
Rate parity in European hotels – October to December 2012
October 29, 2012 By 4 Comments
Data trends on price parity in hotel rates across some of the major cities in Europe, showing differences in parity on brand sites and online travel agencies, as well as number in overall parity.
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.
What happens if the hotel industry finally says RIP to rate parity?
July 24, 2012 By 25 Comments
It looks like the hotel industry’s trusty steed, rate parity, is lumbering towards the knackers yard, trash heap, call it what you like…
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Understanding (or not) the Rate Integrity issue for hotels
September 27, 2011 By 13 Comments
With no formal training in marketing I’m often quite baffled by the industry’s terms and expressions. Perhaps cynically, I often feel they’re put in place to distract the consumer.
Are travel shopping sites killing technical performance?
September 5, 2011 By 14 Comments
I stumbled across an amazing piece of software recently called Splunk. It does for server logs what Google does for web-pages, more or less.
Regulator drops hint at scale of online hotel booking probe
April 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
An investigation into possible breaches of competition law around online hotel bookings in the UK has been stepped up a gear by regulators this week.
Skoosh airs dirty laundry in public again, Kayak shrugs
November 19, 2010 By 2 Comments
UK discount hotel booking site Skoosh has issued an angry open letter to metasearch site Kayak after finding its contract terminated without warning.
