After HRS ruling: When will the decision against Booking and Expedia be taken?
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New hotel portal with only 5% commission
Norderstedt. The new booking portal "HotelDeals Direct" arose like a Phoenix from the ashes this week. Here, hoteliers in German-speaking Europe will pay a commission of only 5 percent per booking. Until then though, there's still a long way to go as the start-up must first drum up capital. It's here that the scepticism begins.
HRS complains by reason of unfair treatment
Cologne. HRS had lodged a complaint in February against the decision by the German Federal Cartel Office for which the hotel reservation platform may no longer require rate parity in Germany.
HRS: Federal Cartel Office decision in original
Bonn. As reported, the German Federal Cartel Office had definitively prohibited the online mediator, HRS, from the Best Price guarantee on the 20th of December, 2013. The authority has now made their explanatory statement public. Those interested can find the full text here. Austrian hoteliers are protesting violently in the meantime – the judgment is valid only for Germany.