Travel website didn’t show the cheapest deals for rooms but promoted advertisers who paid the biggest feesTravel website Trivago misled consumers about cheap hotel deals on its website and in advertising, a federal court judge has ruled. The Netherlands-incorporated company didn’t actually show customers the cheapest deals for hotel rooms but promoted advertisers who paid the biggest fees. “Contrary to the impression created by the relevant conduct, the Trivago website did not provide an impartial, objective and transparent price comparison service,” the federal court justice Mark Moshinsky said on Monday. “The fact that Trivago was being paid by the online booking sites was not made clear,” he wrote in his judgment. The matter will return to the federal court for case management at a date yet to be set.

Source: The Guardian January 20, 2020 08:15 UTC