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...Few hotels would welcome TripAdvisor reviews headed “Not as bad as it used to be”....
...Jazz Lounge Spa is rated an impressive ninth among the 451 Dubai hammams, spas and wellness centres listed on TripAdvisor....
...Email: jonathan.moules@ft.com Economic data It is a peak week for interest rate announcements and everyone is attempting the tricky balancing act of curbing inflation without tipping economies into recession...
...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...
...Among those named in addition to Airbnb were TripAdvisor, Motorola and Expedia. Amazon was not included....
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...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....
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...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....
...Expedia, whose portfolio includes Hotels.com and Trivago, said it spent more on advertising as links to its sites fell in the rankings of search results....
...“Booking.com reported absolutely no problems,” he said....
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...Airbnb launched its experiences platform in 2016, while Booking.com and TripAdvisor, both bought activity aggregation businesses in 2018....
...Gushing TripAdvisor reviews led me to sign up for one of their two-hour tours....
...“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...
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...Booking Holdings and rivals like TripAdvisor have faced growing competition from upstarts like Airbnb....
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