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​Booking.com’s South Korean antitrust appeal hinges on definition of business

By Wooyoung Lee ( October 30, 2019, 10:02 GMT | Insight) -- The third appeal hearing in an ongoing battle between Booking.com and South Korea's antitrust regulator is centering on the definition of the online travel platform as a proxy that connects customers with hotels or a seller involved in the supply of hotel rooms. The KFTC last year handed corrective orders to Booking.com and Agoda, demanding that they revise the terms of service in their contracts with South Korean users, saying their policies made it difficult for customers to obtain refunds for cancellations of non-refundable rooms under a terms and conditions law.The third appeal hearing in an ongoing battle between Booking.com and South Korea's antitrust regulator is centering on the definition of the online travel platform as a proxy that connects customers with hotels or a seller involved in the supply of hotel rooms....

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