Bestpreisklausel: EuGH stärkt Hotels gegenüber Booking.com

An Amsterdam court turns to the European Court of Justice in the Streit um de Bestpreisklausel of Booking.com an.

Source: dpa

The background is a longer series for German and Dutch messages. Via portals with Booking.com, HRS and Expedia hotels and others can make an overview and book directly. There are many consequences for the use of the hotel and the facilities. At room price it is einkalkuliert – the user also pays indirectly.

If you go directly to the hotel, there is no provision available. Here the Zimmer account can be created. Then the so-called best price clauses of Booking.com are set. If you are looking for a hotel, Zimmer and its own sales channel can get more offers. The Federal Cartel Office and the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) ensure that these clauses are dismantled.

An Amsterdammer now wants to know about EuGH in Luxembourg, while Klausel as a Nebenabrede does his business and no longer knows that the Cartel Ban has fallen. I have been looking for the Frage in the background, where you can go on Booking.com, then you can book the hotel yourself. The judge decides now that the Cartel Ban can be lifted in this Fall.

Black hat Online Hotel Booking Services by platform with Booking.com a neutral or sogar positive effect on the legal requirement, explained by the EUGH. It is a good idea to use a word, so that the German language the different accommodations compare. For others look at the hotels that have a great value. After all, the best price clauses are not necessary, damn Booking.com and other platforms remain economically.

In the praxis dürfte das Urteil nur begrenzte Wirkung haben: Booking.com hatte de Bestpreisklauseln im Europäischen Wirtschaftsraum in diesem Jahr abgeschafft. Begründet would die with the EU-Digitalgesetz Digital Markets Act (DMA), which will make the rules for large platforms more legal for digital services.

Booking.com said it was time for the Urteil des EuGH. If you see the Standpunkt, if you are paritätklauseln, go to Deutschland files, “notnauwen and angemessen in the hint on the Beziehungen-zwischen-unterkunftspartnern and Booking.com were”. About the concrete statements Fall muss nun das Amsterdams Gericht entscheiden. It is a matter of right to EuGH’s rights.

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