Russian Authorities Impose Anti-Trust Penalty on Booking.com
(“Booking.com Faces $17.5 Million Competition Fine in Russia,” August 26, 2021 via Skift) (subscription may be required)
Russia’s federal antimonopoly service (FAS) announced that it was imposing a $17.5 million dollar fine on Booking.com for its alleged abuse of its market dominant position. The fine comes nine months after FAS accused the online travel agent of violating Russia’s competition laws. Booking.com plans to appeal the fine.
Tripadvisor Plus: While Brands May Not Be Participating, Branded Properties Are
(“TripAdvisor Plus Offers Plenty of Chain Hotels Even If It Is Short on Brand Agreements,” August 25, 2021 via Skift) (subscription may be required)
While most all of the major brands have up until now decided against entering into brand-wide corporate agreements with Tripadvisor’s subscription service, that reluctance hasn’t stopped individual branded properties from appearing on the service – whether intentionally or not. Whether the discounted rates of these individual properties (viewable by both members and non-members of the subscription program) garner the attention of other parity-minded distributors remains to be seen, but if (or when) claims are made (or the discounted rates begin appearing on other channels through the variety of automatic price-matching tools), it will only underscore the brands’ hesitancy to join the subscription program.
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PrincipalGreg is Chair of the firm's national Hospitality, Travel & Tourism practice, which is directed at the variety of matters faced by hospitality and travel industry members, including purchase and sales agreements, management ...
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Greg Duff founded and chairs Foster Garvey’s national Hospitality, Travel & Tourism group. His practice largely focuses on operations-oriented matters faced by hospitality industry members, including sales and marketing, distribution and e-commerce, procurement and technology. Greg also serves as counsel and legal advisor to many of the hospitality industry’s associations and trade groups, including AH&LA, HFTP and HSMAI.
