UK Government and Parliament Petition

OTA = Online Travel Agency, which means those sites that sell the booking and take the payment for you.
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UK Government and Parliament Petition

Post by Villa Verde Makri Greece »

Make "highjacking" by OTAs of a B&B or hotels name on search engines illegal
https://petition.parliament.uk/petition ... icwsIjy0q8
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Although I agree with the sentiments, it's not a well worded proposal as it says "Such bidding should be by express mutual agreement only." All that will happen is that the OTAs will insist on the agreement being signed in order to list with them.

A much better idea would be to make price parity agreements illegal so that cheaper prices could be advertised on the owner's own website.
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