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130,000 join Booking.com lawsuit in EU
On June 27th, Spain ordered Booking.com to remove more than 4,000 short-term rentals for breaking housing laws. Just days after, more than 130,000 travellers in the Netherlands signed on, accusing the platform of nudging prices up and misrepresenting what you actually pay for. Online booking sites like Booking.com, Airbnb, and Expedia have spent years growing unchecked, offering convenience, yes… Source
The Consumers' Association's mass claim against Booking.com has already received more than 130,000 applications in less than a week. A spokeswoman for the association calls that "a lot".
The Consumers and Users Federation (CECU) has filed a complaint with the General Consumer Directorate against Booking and Airbnb, the main online short-term rental platforms, for failing to publish the registration number in short-term rental announcements.
It will not be easy for customers to get money back from Booking.com for excessive rates for stays, says legal specialist Sjaak Drinkenburg of legal service provider DAS. He is responding to the mass claim by the Consumers' Association against the well-known hotel booking site, which received more than 180,000 registrations within a week.
Confidence enduring among European accommodations but skill-gap concerns and industry division loom, according to the 2025 European Accommodation Barometer - PressReach
AMSTERDAM, July 2, 2025 Today, Booking.com, released the fifth edition of its European Accommodation Barometer, featuring insights from 1,160 travel accommodation executives across Europe on the current outlook, opportunities and challenges facing the industry: 63% of European accommodations expect positive business development in the coming six months. 62% plan to maintain existing levels of investment 47% of European accommodations cite a la…
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