Global hotel platforms the target of Australian probe into 'narrow' price-parity clauses
By James Panichi ( November 28, 2022, 06:26 GMT | Insight) -- Accommodation portals such as Booking.com that deny hotels the right to advertise lower prices on their own websites are the target of an Australian government review announced today. In a statement published by the Australian Treasury, the government said it was considering the impact of such narrow price-parity clauses used by some accommodation websites as a way of preventing hotels from undercutting the websites on room prices.Accommodation portals such as Booking.com that deny hotels the right to advertise lower prices on their own websites are the target of an Australian government review announced today....
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