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Booking vows to appeal Spanish EUR413 million antitrust fine

By Tono Gil and Nicholas Hirst
  • 30 Jul 2024 13:58
  • 30 Jul 2024 13:58
Accommodation platform Booking has said it will challenge the Spanish competition authority’s decision to fine it a record 413 million euros ($447 million), for abusing its dominant position to the detriment of hotels and online travel agencies.
“We strongly disagree with the outcome of the CNMC investigation and intend to

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Tono Gil

Regulatory Reporter


Tono is a competition reporter for MLex in Brussels. Prior to joining MLex, he worked as a trainee in the European Parliament and as a correspondent in Valencia and Buenos Aires for the Spanish news agency EFE. Tono holds a degree in Journalism from the University of Valencia and a master in Transmedia Journalism.

Nicholas Hirst

Chief Correspondent


Nicholas covers EU merger review and antitrust investigations for Mlex in Brussels. He previously wrote about EU affairs for Politico Europe, European Voice and PaRR. After earning an LLM in European law from the College of Europe in Bruges, he spent a year working in the competition practice of a leading competition law firm in Brussels 2009-10. He graduated in modern European languages from Oxford University in 2006.

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