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Booking to challenge EU’s Etraveli merger veto at July hearing

By Andrew Boyce ( June 5, 2025, 09:01 GMT | Insight) -- Booking Holdings will counter the European Commission’s decision to block its takeover of online flight reservation company Etraveli at a two-day hearing next month. In blocking the deal, the regulator alleged that Booking expanding its travel "ecosystem" would have increased its dominant position in the hotel booking market, leading to higher prices. The case is much anticipated for how the General Court rules on such a theory of harm.Booking Holdings will counter the European Commission’s decision to block its takeover of online flight reservation company Etraveli at a two-day hearing next month....

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