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Originally Dutch, Booking.com is now owned by a US holding and has a 45% market share. Book directly through the hotel, it's generally cheaper (i.postimg.cc)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

sounds like they're trying to be a loss leader? entice everyone in with artificially low prices, become a monopoly, and jack prices up.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago

That sounds possible, but I'd probably attribute it to hotels being bad at managing their pricing