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FTC’s Junk Fee Rule FAQs Give Road Map for Displaying Price

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In May the FTC’s Rule on Deceptive or Unfair Fees (the Rule) went into effect, and the FTC staff published accompanying FAQs for business. We have blogged a lot about the proposed Rule, enforcement in this space and its windy...more

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Rule Banning Junk Ticket and Hotel Fees

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Earlier this month, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a final rule—dubbed the Junk Fees Rule—to address what it views as deceptive pricing practices that cause harm to consumers and that undercut other honest...more

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Bipartisan FTC Rule Bans Junk Fees for Live-Event Tickets and Short-Term Lodging

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Warnings of an impending regulatory focus on hidden and junk fees materialized following President Joe Biden’s call to Congress during his 2023 State of the Union address to eliminate them. On December 17, the Federal Trade...more

Holland & Knight LLP

NY Court: Short-Term Rental Services Must Register Dwellings to Comply with Local Law

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In a win for New York City's hospitality industry, a New York judge has rejected Airbnb's legal challenge to a New York City law requiring dwellings hosting short-term rentals to be registered with the City. The City will...more

Foster Garvey PC

Online Travel Update: Tripscout Introduces Instagram Hotel Bookings, and Hopper Brings Flexible Payment Options to Short-Term...

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Last week’s Update features stories on two less frequently used social media platforms – Instagram and Snapchat – and details the brewing battle among banking companies for travel industry legitimacy. I hope you enjoy....more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #288 – Scammers Take Advantage of Shortage of Rental Cars

Another post pandemic fallout is the fact that rental car agencies have sold their fleets, for obvious reasons. In doing so, there aren’t enough rental cars for all of us who have been stuck at home and are now raring to go...more

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OTA & Travel Distribution Update: Trip.com's CEO discusses COVID-19 & the China travel market; some U.S. hotels transform vacant...

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In this week’s Update, I’ve again included a larger than normal number of stories given the interesting updates we are seeing. Not all the updates may be directly related to traditional distribution, but there is a...more

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Short-Term Rental Update: Vacasa nearly doubles real estate footprint with the acquisition of Wyndham vacation rentals;...

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Vacasa Nearly Doubles Real Estate Footprint - ("Vacation rental platform Vacasa will pay $162M to acquire Wyndham Vacation Rentals," GeekWire on Jul 30, 2019) We learned last week that Portland-based Vacasa plans to...more

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