This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. As of today, Booking Holdings Inc. (BHI), designated as gatekeeper on 13 May 2024, must ensure that its online intermediation service, Booking.com, complies with all relevant obligations of the Digital Markets Act (DMA). Concretely, this means hotels, car rental companies, and other providers of […]Booking must now comply with the Digital Markets Act
November 15, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. As of today, Booking Holdings Inc. (BHI), designated as gatekeeper on 13 May 2024, must ensure that its online intermediation service, Booking.com, complies with all relevant obligations of the Digital Markets Act (DMA). Concretely, this means hotels, car rental companies, and other providers of […]Mergers: Commission prohibits proposed acquisition of eTraveli by Booking
September 26, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has prohibited, under the EU Merger Regulation, the proposed acquisition of Flugo Group Holdings AB (‘eTraveli’) by Booking Holdings (‘Booking’). The acquisition would have allowed Booking to strengthen its dominant position on the market for hotel online travel agencies (‘OTAs’) in […]Short-term rentals: increasing transparency and curbing illegal listings
September 19, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. Rules on data sharing on short-term rentals across the EU to help authorities take appropriate measures Policies should foster short-term rental services, while respecting local communities Divergent local rules lead to fragmentation of the internal market Short-term rentals, booked through platforms like Airbnb […]Mergers: Commission opens in-depth investigation into the proposed acquisition of eTraveli by Booking
November 17, 2022 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to assess, under the EU Merger Regulation, the proposed acquisition by Booking Holdings (‘Booking’) of Flugo Group Holdings AB, that operates under the trading name ‘eTraveli’. The Commission is concerned that the proposed acquisition would allow […]
