Competition Commission and Booking.com settle after regulatory crackdown

[Jan]

Good news about Booking.com in South Africa

The Competition Commission and Booking.com have agreed on the steps for the online booking platform to comply with the remedial actions recommended in the Online Intermediation Platforms Market Inquiry report.

Booking.com has committed to addressing the wide and narrow price parity terms in all contracts with accommodation providers and in any criterion relating to participation in its membership programmes.

 

[deweyzeph]

If only they spent as much time and effort investigating the electricity monopoly.

 

[PaulMurkin]

If only they spent as much time and effort investigating the electricity monopoly.

ANC says no to that one. Too many cadres involved

 

[deweyzeph]

ANC says no to that one. Too many cadres involved

Yeah, it's bizarre. The Competition Commission won't touch SOE monopolies but happy to launch endless pointless investigations into the private sector.

 

[SeRpEnT]

"Booking.com has also committed to establishing a programme to fund initiatives to identify, onboard, promote, and grow accommodation providers, activities, and experiences offered by SMEs owned by historically disadvantaged persons."

Cadre jackpot!

"The Commission also found that Booking.com isn’t sufficiently promoting tourism to historically disadvantaged communities, distorting competition from such communities.

“To address this distortion, it is required to put in place substantial programmes to provide funding of initiatives in the identification, onboarding, promotion and growth of SMEs that are black-owned and/or in black communities on the Booking.com platform,” it said."

Geez. Enforcing this kak on international online business "trading" in RSA.... all the k@k that they have to put up with...

 

[neoprema]

"Booking.com has also committed to establishing a programme to fund initiatives to identify, onboard, promote, and grow accommodation providers, activities, and experiences offered by SMEs owned by historically disadvantaged persons."

Cadre jackpot!

"The Commission also found that Booking.com isn’t sufficiently promoting tourism to historically disadvantaged communities, distorting competition from such communities.

“To address this distortion, it is required to put in place substantial programmes to provide funding of initiatives in the identification, onboarding, promotion and growth of SMEs that are black-owned and/or in black communities on the Booking.com platform,” it said."

Geez. Enforcing this kak on international online business "trading" in RSA.... all the k@k that they have to put up with...

Gotta get paid for doing nothing...

 

[deweyzeph]

"Booking.com has also committed to establishing a programme to fund initiatives to identify, onboard, promote, and grow accommodation providers, activities, and experiences offered by SMEs owned by historically disadvantaged persons."

Cadre jackpot!

"The Commission also found that Booking.com isn’t sufficiently promoting tourism to historically disadvantaged communities, distorting competition from such communities.

“To address this distortion, it is required to put in place substantial programmes to provide funding of initiatives in the identification, onboarding, promotion and growth of SMEs that are black-owned and/or in black communities on the Booking.com platform,” it said."

Geez. Enforcing this kak on international online business "trading" in RSA.... all the k@k that they have to put up with...

If I were them I would tell the CC to go stick it where the sun don't shine.