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Booking.com chief slams EU over ‘dumb’ regulations - https://archive.ph/3eJRj

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[–] Oni_eyes 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So is the EU trying to make it where booking has to match the lowest price on the hotel website? Sounds like making the hotels compete with each other instead of letting an agency meddle in who gets what share.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yep, EU are preventing price fixing. He's trying to present it as good for HIS customers. Competition is better for all customers.

Booking tries to be the place you shop around. However, they control the market instead. Ow a cheaper vonpetitior can still attract hotels and not be more expensive for consumers.

[–] Oni_eyes 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yeah that's what I thought it looked like. Thanks for the clarification. Kinda like when Google stopped trying to find the place your answer was and direct you to it, and now tries to bring your answer to Google so that you don't leave their environment and share profits with the people who actually did the work.

[–] paysrenttobirds 7 points 2 months ago

new EU digital rules: Booking.com must allow hotel companies to offer lower prices on their own websites than on Booking.com

Booking.com CEO: “I believe in giving customers the best prices. Any regulation that prohibits us [from doing that], I consider that to be a dumb regulation.”

Just admitting customers are paying higher prices whenever hotels have a deal with his company, whether they use his site or not.

[–] BakedGoods 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Booking .com chief can go fuck himself