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This week: Expedia faces an antitrust suit over hotel rate restrictions, McDonald’s is accused of using AI to coordinate franchisee menu prices, a lobby fragrance question for California hotels, the FTC
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Good Sunday evening from Seattle . . . Our weekly Online Travel Update for the week ending Friday, October 9, 2026, is below. This week’s Update features a number of important updates around algorithmic pricing and surveillance pricing and new
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Good afternoon from Seattle . . . Our weekly Online Travel Update for the week ending Friday, October 2, 2026, is below. My attention this week is squarely on AI. Having recently returned from two days of AI presentations and
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This week: California’s CIPA tracking bill heads for the governor’s signature with some gaps, an El Niño emergency declaration puts price gouging rules on hold, Illinois’ swipe-fee fight widens, two Mexican
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Good Sunday afternoon from Seattle . . . Our Online Travel Update for the week ending Friday, September 18, 2026, is below. This week’s Update (a short one) adds further color to the recently announced Marriott/Spotnana direct connection and follows up on
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This week: the EU lays out a new legal framework to help cities crack down on short-term rentals in stressed housing markets, and the FTC extends its comment period on personalized
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Good Sunday afternoon from rainy Seattle . . . Our Online Travel Update for the week ending Friday, September 11, 2026, is below. It was a busy week in the online travel world as the travel industry returned to work
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Good Monday morning from Seattle . . . And for those of you in the U.S. enjoying the long holiday weekend (and unofficial end of summer), happy Labor Day. We are back from a short August break and include below
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This week: California moves to curb website tracking lawsuits and expand data privacy protections, the UK’s hidden-fee crackdown turns its attention to travel, the FTC invites public comment on personalized pricing
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This week: LA’s expanded Transient Occupancy Tax, a securities fraud suit over Microsoft’s AI strategy, a Colorado junk fee case with implications beyond residential landlords, the Ninth Circuit blocking Hawaii’s gun
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