November 01, 2021
Five days into a jury trial in Texas federal court, Marriott has cut a deal with online booking company TravelPass to escape an antitrust suit accusing hotel giants of plotting to dominate search advertising.
October 20, 2021
A Texas federal judge has rejected Marriott's emergency bid to pause a jury trial in an antitrust case brought by TravelPass, ruling that a continuance of the trial date would not simplify the case, as the hotelier argues, but would prejudice the travel booking platform.
October 19, 2021
Marriott, facing a jury trial in a week over an antitrust suit lodged by TravelPass, has urged a Texas federal court to pause the trial's start date, saying a magistrate judge's recent report on appropriate review standards raises issues that can't be resolved quickly.
August 26, 2021
Online travel agent TravelPass and Choice Hotels International Inc. have resolved a dispute in Texas federal court that was part of a suit accusing several lodging chains of scheming to shut down bids for hotel search terms.
May 05, 2021
A Texas federal magistrate has blocked a subpoena bid filed by three hotel chains that wanted documents about nonparty Booking Holdings Inc.'s relationships and communications involving TravelPass and other hotel chains facing TravelPass' antitrust suit, finding that the hotels took too long to file their compel motion for a subpoena filed by a dismissed defendant.
April 01, 2021
A Texas federal court has granted Expedia's bid to intervene in booking technology company TravelPass' antitrust suit claiming hotel chains conspired to keep it from bidding on search terms, ruling that the online travel agency would be inadequately represented if TravelPass defended its interests.
March 04, 2021
Three hotel chains have urged a Texas federal judge to deny Expedia's bid to intervene in TravelPass' antitrust suit, which claims the chains conspired to keep it from bidding on search terms, saying TravelPass has already opposed releasing information about a private arbitration between the two booking companies.
February 26, 2021
Online travel agency TravelPass is urging a Texas court to nix a bid by a group of hotels it's suing in an antitrust lawsuit for material exchanged during a separate arbitration with Expedia, arguing the hotels shouldn't be permitted to "invade a private arbitration."
February 18, 2021
Expedia is looking to intervene in booking technology firm TravelPass' antitrust suit in Texas federal court claiming that hotel chains conspired to keep it from bidding on search terms, saying information about a private arbitration between Expedia and TravelPass must be kept confidential.
December 21, 2020
Caesars has become the latest hospitality company to cut a deal with TravelPass to resolve the booking firm's antitrust allegations in Texas federal court that major hotel chains conspired to keep it from bidding on search terms as well as the casino-resort giant's counterclaims for trademark infringement.