Lawsuit alleges Expedia rigs hotel market, inflating prices 15-30% across all channels
builderjaydub · x · 2026-10-13
A new lawsuit alleges Expedia exploits its leverage over 80% of all online bookings to charge hotels commissions of roughly 15% per booking — up to 25-30% for hotels buying extra visibility — costs built into the rates consumers pay. The complaint claims these anticompetitive restraints inflate hotel prices across all booking channels, calling it an economy-wide price-fixing scheme comparable to Amazon's practices in retail.
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