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Friday 24-Aug-2012

Expedia, Starwood, Marriott named in Price-Fixing Lawsuit in US

Sites and hotels are named in a complaint filed in federal court in San Francisco on behalf of hotel-room purchasers nationwide

By  Traveltechie Bureau | Mumbai

Expedia Inc., Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. and Marriott International Inc are among a group of online travel sites and hotels accused of conspiring to fix prices for hotel rooms, according to reports. 
 
Reports stated that sites and hotels are named in a complaint filed in federal court in San Francisco on behalf of hotel-room purchasers nationwide.

The plaintiffs, one a resident of Chicago, the other of Cedar Falls, Iowa, seek unspecified damages and a court order to end the alleged price fixing, says report.