German Hotel Association suffers defeat against Booking.com at Dutch court
( August 11, 2025, 10:30 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Hotel trade association Hotelverband Deutschland has seen its bid for a court in the Netherlands to declare that hotel reservation platform Booking.com's loyalty program Genius is in breach of German and EU dominance abuse rules rejected as inadmissible. In a ruling already made last month, but only published on Thursday, the Amsterdam District Court said that the association had no material interest of its own in its claims.The ruling is attached (in Dutch). ...
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