An editorial slams Google for allegedly helping hotel chains and hurting online travel agencies. The Wall Street Journal is wagging its finger at Google’s travel business.
In an editorial, the Journal argues Google is giving preferential advertising treatment to certain hotel chains, putting online travel agencies at a disadvantage and preventing consumers from seeing all available options.
Google disputes the charges, saying in part it is merely trying to keep travelers from being duped.
Google is using its dominance of the search market to limit competition in the online travel business — for its benefit and that of some major hotel chains it’s teamed up with, the Wall Street Journal charges in a new editorial.
The online search giant, together with the hotel chains, is limiting the ability of online travel agencies (OTAs) to use keywords to advertise hotel rooms, according to the editorial.
Tech: Google is making it harder for travelers to find the best prices, the Wall Street Journal charges (GOOGL)
