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$5 Billion EU Fine Against Google Brings Travel Back Into the Spotlight

Patrick Whyte
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Photo Credit: Google has been levied with another multibillion dollar fine by the EU, this time related to its Android business. Pictured is the Google Trips feature, which was not part of the ruling. Skift

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With another multibillion dollar fine handed down, we might be getting nearer to the European Commission taking a closer look at Google's travel products.

Ever since the European Commission slapped Google with a $2.7 billion (€2.42 billion) fine a year ago for breaching antitrust rules with its shopping product, there have been rumors that its travel tools might be next in the firing line. So far, however, nothing has materialized and instead the commission, which serves as the European Union's executive arm, came down hard Wednesday on Google's Android operating system, fining the company $5 billion (€4.34 billion) for imposing "illegal restrictions on Android device manufacturers and mobile network operators to cement its dominant position in general Internet search." It's another meaty punishment — although one that Google again plans to app

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