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Articles tagged “antitrust”

Online Travel

Yelp Targets Google Employees in New Antitrust Drive

Yelp's efforts to see tighter regulation of Google's business practices could have more success this time around than several years ago, when the U.S. Federal Trade Commission dropped the ball. European Union regulators have really cast the previous U.S. effort in a shameful light, and the Trump team may be more sympathetic than the Obama administration.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 6 years ago

Yelp Targets Google Employees in New Antitrust Drive

Online Travel

Google Travel Feeling Intensified Antitrust Pressure

Might 2018 be the year U.S. regulators take a hard look anew at Google's travel-business practices after declining to take action in 2012? We hope so, in the interests of fair play, although the Trump Administration has been keen to reduce government regulation of businesses, not increase it.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 6 years ago

Google Travel Feeling Intensified Antitrust Pressure

Online Travel

Are Hotels and Online Travel Agencies Colluding on Keyword Bidding?

The largest hotel chains and online travel agencies have deals on paid search marketing practices that effectively trim their ad spend on Google. But smaller players remain unprotected from tough marketing tactics.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 6 years ago

Are Hotels and Online Travel Agencies Colluding on Keyword Bidding?

Online Travel

Priceline Group CEO Faults Hotel Association for False Allegations

There is ample competition among hotels, online travel agencies, and airlines in the U.S. travel marketplace as all of these sectors have seen a spate of consolidation. It may make sense business-wise for these companies, but none of it is particularly good for consumers or competition.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 7 years ago

Priceline Group CEO Faults Hotel Association for False Allegations

Hotels

Is China Holding the Marriott-Starwood Deal Hostage?

In China, anything is possible when it comes to antitrust clearance and there are a number of potential reasons why regulatory authorities there extended their review of the Marriott-Starwood merger. This prolonged waiting game could be part of a larger strategy to extract concessions and finish off part of what Anbang started in March.

Deanna Ting, Skift | 8 years ago

Is China Holding the Marriott-Starwood Deal Hostage?

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Buying TripAdvisor: Would Antitrust Issues Kill a Priceline or Google Acquisition?

While one U.S. administration is getting ready to pack up things in the White House and Trump or Clinton hope to redecorate the place on their own, it could be an opportune time to sneak a Priceline-TripAdvisor or Google-TripAdvisor marriage past those sometimes-pesky antitrust regulators.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 8 years ago

Buying TripAdvisor: Would Antitrust Issues Kill a Priceline or Google Acquisition?

Hotels

Booking.com’s Hotel Rate Practices Get Slapped Down in Germany

The German regulator's ruling to reject Booking.com's reformed hotel rate practices as not going far enough could be a landmark decision if it holds up upon appeal and if other European countries follow Germany's lead. Booking.com may have the leverage to inhibit hotel partners from getting carried away on discounting but the ruling is a victory for consumers nonetheless.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 8 years ago

Booking.com’s Hotel Rate Practices Get Slapped Down in Germany

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Expedia’s Acquisitions: Orbitz Buy Caps Off 3 Years of Major Deals

It was a helluva ride but the Expedia-Orbitz deal was never in serious jeopardy because there is plenty of competition despite the Expedia-Travelocity-Orbitz consolidation. But if Expedia gets greedy in the future and uses its new powers unwisely, you can bet that regulators will pounce.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago

Expedia’s Acquisitions: Orbitz Buy Caps Off 3 Years of Major Deals

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Expedia Antitrust Regulators Decide That Orbitz Is Too Small to Matter

We said all along that increased competition from Booking.com and TripAdvisor's burgeoning power as a hotel-booking site would be enough to get the Expedia-Orbitz deal approved. The Antitrust Division saw Google as an up-and-coming force in flight and hotel bookings, as well.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago

Expedia Antitrust Regulators Decide That Orbitz Is Too Small to Matter

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TripAdvisor Is a Key Focus of the Expedia-Orbitz Merger Investigation

TripAdvisor is already a must-have for travel marketers, including Expedia and Booking.com. But how big a force the Justice Department believes TripAdvisor will become in hotel booking in the near future could be an Orbitz-Expedia deal-maker or breaker.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago

TripAdvisor Is a Key Focus of the Expedia-Orbitz Merger Investigation