Trip.com announces corrective measures after China's $765m antitrust sanction
By MLex Staff ( July 27, 2026, 07:38 GMT | Insight) -- Trip.com has promised a broad overhaul of its hotel-platform rules after China’s antitrust regulator imposed a combined 5.18 billion yuan ($765 million) in fines and confiscated illegal gains from the online-travel company for abusing its dominant market position. The corrective plan will require Trip.com to redesign core parts of its relationship with hotels, including merchant classifications, commission arrangements, traffic allocation and pricing tools.Trip.com has promised a broad overhaul of its hotel-platform rules after China’s antitrust regulator imposed a combined 5.18 billion yuan ($765 million) in fines and confiscated illegal gains from the online-travel company for abusing its dominant market position....
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