China fines Trip.com $765 million for forcing hotels into exclusive deals and controlling their prices

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China’s market regulator fined Trip.com Group $765 million on Saturday after concluding that the country’s largest online travel platform abused its dominant market position. The State Administration for Market Regulation said Trip.com used its traffic allocation algorithms, platform rules and technology to restrict hotel operators from listing on competing services and to control the prices […]This story continues at The Next Web