March 31, 2026
An Illinois federal court Tuesday tossed a proposed class action from guests accusing luxury hotel chains of using software provided by Amadeus IT Group to exchange future occupancy information, finding that exchanging information on its own does not violate antitrust law.
July 29, 2025
Guests targeting luxury hotel chains for using software provided by Amadeus IT Group to exchange occupancy information told an Illinois federal court the chains have used the software platform to raise room rates in local areas across the country.
June 13, 2025
Hotel chains and their "benchmarking" software provider are telling an Illinois federal judge that the latest version of a proposed price-fixing class action is no better than the one that got dismissed in March, and that the plaintiff still hasn't alleged that the hotel groups ever communicated with each other.