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Booking Holdings Makes Good on Resort-Fee Commission Charges

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Dennis Schaal

Photo Credit: Calamansi Cove Villas by Jetwing in Sri Lanka. The property recently began receiving commission bills from Booking.com on the property's mandatory service fees. Jetwing Hotels

Skift Take

It appears as though big hotel brands that scream the loudest can get a reprieve from Booking.com's resort-fee commission charges. But that reprieve appears to only be temporary.

That on-again, off-again Booking Holdings introduction of charging hotels commissions on their resort fees or other extra charges quietly is under way — mostly outside the United States. Booking Holdings spokesperson Leslie Cafferty confirmed Monday that the company began charging hotels commissions on mandatory extra/hidden fees — those excluded from the room rate — including resort fees and parking fees, for example, around the world except for some properties in the United States. Skift reported in early July that Booking.com informed some major brands in the United States that it would delay charging the commissions on resort fees, a ne

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