Thousands of hotels in Europe to sue Booking.com over ‘abusive’ practices

The lawsuit, expected to be one of the largest ever filed in the European hospitality sector, is also backed by 30 national hotel associations, including Ireland's

Booking Holding, the website’s parent company, controlled 71% of the European market in 2024.

Booking.com is facing a class-action lawsuit from more than 10,000 European hotels, arguing the accommodation mega-site used its muscle to distort the market to their detriment over a 20-year period.

The Association of Hotels, Restaurants and Cafes in Europe (Hotrec), which represents the industry within the EU and is bringing the legal action, recently extended to August 29 a deadline for hotel owners to join the suit because of high demand.