October 15, 2020
Travelpass Group LLC and Red Roof Inn have agreed to end the booking site's claims over an alleged scheme that kept it from bidding on search terms and the hotel chain's counterclaims for trademark infringement.
August 21, 2020
Hyatt Corp. has blasted TravelPass for allegedly attempting to withhold key information that the hospitality company says is needed to debunk the booking outfit's antitrust claims against Hyatt and other hotel chains.
October 11, 2019
Hyatt Corp. shot back Friday at the booking company that brought an antitrust suit that accuses it of conspiring with other hotel chains not to compete for web search terms, telling a Texas federal court that TravelPass' business "depends on deceiving customers."
September 27, 2019
A Texas federal judge on Friday adopted a magistrate judge's recommendation that a travel booking company's conspiracy lawsuit against Caesars and other hotel groups be allowed to move forward, rejecting Caesars' call for an early dismissal of the claims.
September 13, 2019
Caesars railed against a magistrate judge's recommendation that a travel-booking company's conspiracy lawsuit against it be allowed to move forward, arguing in Texas federal court that the decision was reached after "little analysis" and is contrary to settled case law.
August 30, 2019
A Texas federal magistrate judge has rejected bids by eight hotel groups, including Hilton, Marriott and Hyatt, to throw out a travel-booking company's suit claiming they plotted to avoid competing for internet search terms, saying it has sufficiently claimed antitrust injury.
August 26, 2019
A group of major hotel chains has asked a federal judge in Texas to force TravelPass to turn over two sets of documents — one from a Federal Trade Commission investigation and another from arbitration with Expedia — that the hotels argue will show the lawsuit alleging they conspired to hurt TravelPass' business is baseless.
August 21, 2019
TravelPass on Tuesday opposed Caesars' request to exit its suit accusing leading hotel chains of conspiring not to compete for search terms, saying Caesars is misconstruing the accusations TravelPass has made against the hotel chain.
July 29, 2019
Caesars urged a Texas federal court on Friday to dismiss it from TravelPass's suit accusing leading hotel chains of conspiring not to compete for search terms, arguing that the only alleged evidence connecting it to the scheme does not exist.
May 24, 2019
Hilton, Marriott and other leading hotel chains facing an online travel agent's suit accusing them of anti-competitive behavior, including agreeing not to compete for advertising search terms, objected Thursday to a magistrate judge's report and recommendation that the litigation remain in Texas.