In so doing, it appears as though Booking.com, the largest online hotel booking site in Europe — and the world — could be put at somewhat of a disadvantage versus competitors because of Booking.com’s market dominance.
In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing December 15, the Priceline Group announced that its Booking.com unit has reached “proposed commitments” with national competition authorities in those three countries, which were working closely with the European Commission, that would alter the existing “most favored nation” provisions in its contracts with hotel contracts.
By mid-afternoon December 15, Priceline Group’s stock price closed down 2.3 percent to $1,078.64 on Nasdaq in New York.
