21 Dec 2022

Do hotel booking sites actually keep prices high?

From Nine To Noon, 9:15 am on 21 December 2022

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if you're heading away this summer and looking at booking a hotel or motel - should you use a booking site?

An investigation is underway by the Australian department of treasury - requested by Australia's Assistant Competition Minister Andrew Leigh - into hotel booking sites such as booking.com, hotels.com, trivago and wotif. 

The investigation will assess whether booking sites are in fact keeping prices high.

It's a probe that Consumer New Zealand would like to see undertaken here.

Kathryn speaks with Jon Duffy, Chief Executive of Consumer New Zealand.

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