Watchdog probes Booking.com

Greece’s Competition Commission is putting Booking.com under the microscope pursuing a ailment submitted to the watchdog.

In fact, the committee – which does not sanction the level it is investigating successful its announcement, but which, according to accusation received by Kathimerini, is Booking.com – decided connected Friday to delegate the introspection of the lawsuit successful question to a competent rapporteur arsenic a priority.

Due to the scope of the level and the information that the lawsuit concerns the authorities for integer platforms, the Greek authorization will beryllium working successful practice with the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition (DG Comp).

This improvement came 1 time aft an announcement by the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels that, together with implicit 25 nationalist edifice associations from crossed Europe, it is supporting a corporate enactment for damages against Booking.com.

This action, which is besides actively supported by the European Hospitality Confederation, is based connected September’s verdict by the European Court of Justice confirming that the parity clauses used by Booking.com violate EU contention rules.