UK Edges Closer To New Discounting Rules For Booking Sites and Hotels

Photo Credit: The UK's Office of Fair Trading is revising discounting rules for online travel agencies and hotels. Pictured is the renovated and renamed InterContinental London Park Lane. InterContinental Hotels Group
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The rules being discussed would apply to Europeans booking rooms in the UK, and the framework would be fairly narrow in scope. They do not address broader rate parity issues, but would indeed provide for more competition and would be good for limited numbers of travelers.