AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a historic $9.5 million settlement with Booking Holdings Inc. (“Booking”) for deceptively marketing hotel room prices to consumers by omitting mandatory fees.
This settlement marks the largest amount recovered by a State related to “junk fee” practices against any hotel or online travel agency.
The lawsuit against the company, which operates Booking. com, Priceline. com and Kayak. com, alleged that Booking engaged in illegal practices by enticing consumers initially with artificially low room rates that were not actually available.
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