The billion-dollar duopoly of Expedia and Booking.com has developed at breakneck speed. These two Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) now control 85 per cent of the market in Australia for short-term accomodation. Commissions and prices have been rising quickly but, as with Google, Facebook and a host of other foreign digital companies, they don’t recognise the … Continue reading Booking.com: what the online travel giant owes Australia