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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11h

Expedia accounts for *80%* of all hotel bookings by dollar value.

By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11h

Expedia's position, in other words, is basically Amazon's position, so Expedia is doing exactly what Amazon is doing: they charge huge fees to hotels, and then force the hotels to raise their prices everywhere through a "most favored nation" deal: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11h

But - as Lee Hepner writes for the BIG newsletter - Expedia has figured out ways to out-Amazon Amazon. They've copied one of Amazon's sleaziest businesses, and *made it worse*: www.thebignewsletter.com/p/how-expedi...

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How Expedia Rigs Travel Markets and Raises Your Hotel Prices

A new lawsuit against online booking service Expedia alleges the popular travel agent is hiking hotel prices by as much as 30%. It’s one of many layers of a rigged market.

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