Booking.com goes on the offensive against UK rate-fixing allegations
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The provisional decision in the UK about hotels' and OTAs' pricing practices is a shot heard round the world. If other countries pile on, the dollars at stake would be huge.
While InterContinental Hotels Group and Expedia have been fairly laid back in their public responses to the UK Office of Fair Trading's provisional finding that they engaged in anticompetitive practices regarding hotel rate parity issues, Priceline's Booking.com has come out swinging.
After all, Booking.com notes that if an OFT decision, which isn't expected before 2013, goes against the company, it could be subject to up to $50 million in fines.
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