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Industry
How Sweden took on Booking.com – and won
On July 20, Sweden's Patent & Market Court asserted Booking.com's narrow price parity clauses had the potential effect of restricting competition…
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Industry
Dick Smith exclusive: “Colossal response makes me feel good about Australia”
Last week, I spoke to a very deflated Dick Smith about his protest video and its failure to take off.…
Read More Parity ban close as ACCC gets a roasting
The consumer watchdog has given its strongest indication yet of a possible ban on the rate parity clauses imposed by…
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Industry
EXCLUSIVE: Dick Smith blasts accom’s “immoral” “unethical” standover men
The entrepreneur took aim at accommodation’s public enemy number one, comparing online travel agencies to the infamous Kings Cross standover…
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Industry
Naked truth: The OTA programs violating contracts and threatening profits
Accommodation owners and managers must realise that falling hotel profitability is due to OTAs increasing market share and “sneaky” initiatives…
Read More Alleged Trivago rorts slammed as ACCC takes action
The Australian consumer watchdog is taking Trivago to court over allegations the company duped customers about room rates in a…
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Industry
Watchdog shows teeth over OTA pressure sales tactics
The consumer watchdog is investigating accommodation booking websites over their ‘one room left' sales tactics, says TAA.
Read More The town where OTAs are considered as deadly as the crown-of-thorns starfish
Irate Port Douglas accom owners frustrated by OTA commissions have set up their own tourism collective to create a more…
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News
What happened when Airbnb met Gold Coast resort managers
Resort News heard from more than 100 accom managers at a marketing masterclass in the Gold Coast last week, where…
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Technology
Why we need watchdogs to police the digital marketing space
The situation has become a matter for competition authorities to investigate, with high-spenders in travel marketing unable or unwilling to…
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