The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is taking Trivago to the Federal Court, alleging the hotel booking comparison site made misleading hotel price representations in TV and online advertisements. "Increasingly, people are putting their faith in comparison websites, and we have increasing concerns that those websites aren't working in the interest of consumers,"
It's something that concerns us for not only our safari business, but for our general travel through "Journeys Unlimited". Some very wise comments from the ACCC - read the news reports at these locations:
https://www.smh.com.au/business/consumer-affairs/trivago-misled-consumers-on-hotel-pricing-accc-alleges-20180823-p4zz9x.html
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-23/accc-sues-trivago-for-misleading-advertising/10156152
It's something that concerns us for not only our safari business, but for our general travel through "Journeys Unlimited". Some very wise comments from the ACCC - read the news reports at these locations:
https://www.smh.com.au/business/consumer-affairs/trivago-misled-consumers-on-hotel-pricing-accc-alleges-20180823-p4zz9x.html
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-23/accc-sues-trivago-for-misleading-advertising/10156152
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