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Ryanair Wins Jury Verdict Against Booking.Com Per the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA)

Ryanair recently prevailed in a jury trial in Delaware Federal District Court when the jury determined that Booking.Com B.V. violated the U.S. Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) by engaging in "screen scraping" of data...more

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Online Travel Update: TripAdvisor’s Potential Sale Dominates Headlines as Expedia’s CEO Departure Announcement Still Reverberates

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TripAdvisor’s rumored sale garnered most of this past week’s headlines, though reaction to Expedia’s recent earnings release and in particular, Peter Kern’s announced departure, came in a close second. Salacious headlines out...more

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Online Travel Update: Expedia's Asia/Pacific Expansion, Hopper's Operational Shifts, and an ADA Case Update

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This week’s Update features a variety of stories, including the latest on Hopper and its apparent ongoing transition. Enjoy....more

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Don’t Mess with Texas(’s Hotel Room Rates)

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The Texas OAG filed a lawsuit against Booking Holdings, Inc., a travel reservation company, for allegedly violating the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act by falsely marketing hotel rooms at prices that were not available to...more

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Online Travel Update: Expedia Terminates Hopper, TUI Unveils Package Offerings, Priceline Partners with Amazon for Prime Day, and...

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This week's Online Travel Update is below. As evidenced by the number of stories in this issue, it was a busy week in the online travel world, ending with what appeared to be a distributor dogpile on competitor Hopper. Enjoy....more

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Online Travel Update: Legal Developments in the U.S. and EU, Growing Concerns with Generative AI, Chargeback Challenges, and EU...

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For those of you in the U.S. and Canada, happy Independence Day. This week’s Update features a number of important legal updates – both in the U.S. and in the EU. The next 6-9 months should prove to be interesting as the EU...more

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Online Travel Update: Online Travel Giants $3.5 Billion Marketing Blitz, Priceline Embraces AI, Capital One Expands, and Expedia's...

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This week’s Update features a variety of stories, including an update on the major online booking platforms’ latest quarterly marketing efforts. Highlights include...more

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Online Travel Update: Unveiling the AI Era in Travel - Priceline's Future, Expedia Calls Out Agoda, Hotel Distribution Trends, and...

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For the first time, our weekly Update delves into the world of artificial intelligence (AI). We’ve tried for several months now to avoid joining the chorus of voices proselytizing about the likely effects of AI, but as the...more

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Online Travel Update: American Express Announces Investment in Selfbook

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Our weekly Online Travel Update for the week ending Friday, December 9, 2022, is below. Payments again feature prominently in this week’s Update as American Express (not to be outdone by Mastercard’s recent announcement)...more

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Online Travel Update: Rumors Around a Possible Sabre Sale Persist

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This week’s Update covers a variety of topics, including persistent rumors regarding a possible Sabre sale and proposed new federal regulations governing airline fee disclosures that may one day serve as a foundation for...more

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Online Travel Update: Summer Vacation Edition

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Our “vacation edition” of our weekly Online Travel Update is below. Our regular Updates will resume next week. Have a great week everyone....more

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Online Travel Update: The Travel Industry’s Push on Climate Gains Traction; Online Platforms Continue to Diversify; and Expedia...

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This week’s Update leads with an important Data Privacy Update from Eva Novick, the newest member of our firm’s privacy and data security team. If you currently operate a loyalty program (or plan to introduce one soon), I...more

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Online Travel Update: Booking Holdings to acquire Getaroom; Amadeus announces value-based agreement with Delta Airlines; the end...

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We begin this week’s Update with the announced acquisition of Getaroom by Booking Holdings. Enjoy....more

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OTA & Travel Distribution Update: Sabre likely to face anti-trust challenge; Google now offers vacation rentals; Priceline and...

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Sabre Likely to Face Anti-Trust Challenge - ("DOJ Poised to Sue to Block Sabre’s Deal for Farelogix," Bloomberg News on Aug 16, 2019) Following up on a story we featured back in April...According to reports coming out...more

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OTA & Travel Distribution Update: Lufthansa partners with AI-powered predictive platform; Priceline corners military market;...

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This week’s Update features a heavy dose of Airbnb as it celebrates a milestone. Enjoy....more

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OTA & Travel Distribution Update: Priceline is back full steam despite change in name and business model; Resellers running amok...

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Despite a Change in Name and Business Model, Priceline is Back - ("Remember Priceline? After a Comeback and a Name Change, It’s Betting Big on China," Wall Street Journal - Business, December 28, 2018) Booking Holdings...more

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OTA & Travel Distribution Update - Vertical vs. horizontal restraints on trade; Despegar's product diversification; TUI's...

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Our weekly client OTA & Travel Distribution Update for the week ending May 11, 2018 is below. This week’s Update features a variety of stories, including the third installment in our six-part series dissecting recent...more

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OTA & Travel Distribution Update - Brazilian antitrust authorities adopt narrow approach to rate parity; Group segment moves to...

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This week’s OTA & Travel Distribution Update for the week ending March 30, 2018 is below. This week’s Update features a heavy dose of OTA updates....more

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OTA & Travel Distribution Update - Airbnb continues its evolution into a traditional lodging company and/or distributor; Priceline...

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This week’s OTA & Distribution Update for the week ending February 23, 2018 is below. Other than Airbnb’s much publicized rollout of its 53 new product lines (an exaggeration, but not by much), last week was a relatively slow...more

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OTA & Travel Distribution Update - German coalition's plans for increased scrutiny of online platforms; Avvio introduces chatbot...

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This week’s OTA & Travel Distribution Update is below and features a variety of stories – EU regulation, AI-powered chatbots, direct booking, connectivity and taxes....more

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OTA & Travel Distribution Update - California City Can Ban Short-Term Rentals; Airbnb Purges San Francisco Listings; Italian...

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This week’s OTA & Travel Distribution Update for the week ending January 19 is below. This week’s Update includes a heavy dose of short-term rental stories as well as details on Italian regulators’ recent efforts against...more

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OTA & Travel Distribution Update - China shuts down Marriott's website & mobile app; Airbnb hits the jackpot in Las Vegas; Ctrip's...

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This week’s OTA & Travel Distribution Update for the week ending Friday, January 12, is below. This week’s Update features stories predominantly on OTAs....more

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OTA & Travel Distribution Update - Nov. 22nd, 2017

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This week’s Update for the shortened week ending Wednesday, November 22, is below....more

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OTA & Travel Distribution Update - Nov. 10th, 2017

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This week’s OTA & Travel Distribution Update for the week ending November 10, 2017 is below. Senator Kobuchar’s recent request for an DOJ and FTC investigation into OTAs’ purportedly anti-competitive practices leads this...more

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