Expedia Japan hotel listing parity commitments

Incident

The Japanese competition authority reviewed contractual terms used by the Expedia lodging business when hotels offered rooms through the Expedia booking channel. The authority questioned restrictions that could require hotel partners to provide rates and inventory on Expedia at least as favorable as those available through competing travel sites. Expedia proposed a plan to stop the specified wide parity conduct and introduce internal compliance, notices and periodic reporting. The Japan Fair Trade Commission accept…