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...A letter to the EU competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager, signed by 34 companies, including HomeToGo, TripAdvisor, Expedia and eDreams and seen by the FT, accuses Google of harming rivals by elevating...
...It is now making pre-emptive changes in the hope that it can avoid a future probe, this time into how it treats its rivals in job searches and local services searches, such as TripAdvisor....
...Shares in Expedia are down 30 per cent over the past week, TripAdvisor has lost nearly a quarter, while Booking shares are down 7 per cent....
...It said the search giant displays Google Local Search information at the top of the results page, while links to Yelp, TripAdvisor and other services are displayed further down, where they are rarely clicked...
...“For the good of consumers and competition on the internet, we welcome any renewed interest by US regulators into Google’s anti-competitive behaviour,” said Stephen Kaufer, the chief executive of TripAdvisor...
...TripAdvisor and Kayak did not respond to requests for comment and MyFitnessPal declined to comment....
...Among those issuers have been high-profile tech companies such as Facebook, Groupon, LinkedIn, TripAdvisor and Zynga....
...Its hotel finder, for instance, relies on online travel agents such as Expedia and TripAdvisor competing to supply listings....
...TripAdvisor rose 5.8 per cent to $89.51....
...This put the search group on a collision course with companies such as TripAdvisor, which tried to block Google’s use of its content earlier this year....
...Previously, Google aggregated reviews from internet rating experts such as Yelp and TripAdvisor....
...Tech news from around the web: Online travel site Expedia is planning to spin off TripAdvisor, in a deal that could value the unit at as much as $4bn, the Wall Street Journal reports....
...Analysts roundly approved of the move, saying that the plan could help unlock value for the high-growth and high-margin TripAdvisor....
...“It’s one of the main things mentioned in reviews on TripAdvisor.” Back at the Hoxton Hotel, Beecham gives short shrift to explanations about costs, outsourcing and so on....
...Data sources are sites such as CitySearch, Expedia, OpenTable and TripAdvisor, supplemented by guidebook content, user ratings and a number of local experts checking the quality of entries....
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