Hotel price-fixing lawsuit adds EyeForTravel, Hyatt and Wyndham as defendants
Skift Take
We'd be surprised if the allegations against EyeForTravel stick. Dragging an industry conference into the mix with the unsupported implication that vast conspiracies were furthered seems a bit of a stretch.
This could put a chill into organizers of travel conferences: A purported class-action lawsuit alleging price-fixing among online travel agencies and hotels has added EyeForTravel, the UK-based conference company, as a defendant.
The lawsuit alleges that EyeForTravel "facilitated the conspiracy and agreements at issue" from 2004 to 2012 by conducting "private, industry-only conferences" in which presentations and discussions covered various hotel pricing strategies, and the need to enforce rate parity in all distribution outlets.
"There is no pro-competitive reason for competitors to be discussing restrictions on pricing, and such discussions
