Irish hotels to join 'unprecedented' legal action against Booking.com 

Irish hotels group seeking 'substantial financial compensation' following an ECJ ruling from last year

E9WED4 Booking.com HQ headquarters head office building on the Rembrandtplein Rembrandt Square with the statue of Rembrandt. Amsterdam.

More than 900 Irish hotels have joined a landmark legal action against online travel agency Booking.com over what they say were inflated rates of commission imposed for two decades.

Joining with hotels across Europe, the group is seeking “substantial financial compensation” from Booking.com following a judgment from the European Court of Justice (ECJ) last September, which found that the platform’s so-called parity clauses breached EU competition law. This judgement has binding effect across all EU members states.