Labor pledges to give accommodation providers the ability to set their own prices, to compete with the world’s largest online booking sites. Ed Husic: We want to see competition, more opportunity, more options for producers and consumers. MORE: newsday
FULL INTERVIEW: The Labor Party has pledged to give Australia’s accommodation providers the ability to set their own prices in order to compete with the world’s largest online booking sites. Currently, the two businesses that control up to 85 per cent of online accommodation bookings in Australia, Expedia and Booking.
com, can put clauses in contracts with hotels and motels that restrict their ability to promote lower prices on their personal websites. If elected, Labor says it will follow the lead of several European countries and take action on banning such clauses. Labor frontbencher Ed Husic has told Sky News says his party’s plan will allow more competition in the accommodation space, and will give holiday-goers ‘the chance to get a better deal’.
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