# Legal actions against Booking.com > Live situation record from CLSTR: https://clstr.news/situations/legal-actions-against-bookingcom > Updated: 2026-10-18T09:16:00.000Z. Sources: 4. Developments: 2. Legal challenges against Booking.com have intensified, moving from regulatory complaints to large-scale collective litigation. In September 2026, the Austrian Hotel Association (ÖHV) filed a complaint with the European Commission, alleging that Booking.com violated the Digital Markets Act. The association claimed the platform used its gatekeeper status to impose terms that act as a ‘dictate’ rather than a negotiation. Specific allegations included unauthorized price reductions, manipulation of search visibility, lack of fee transparency, and arbitrary account suspensions. By October 2026, the legal pressure expanded into a massive collective lawsuit filed in the Netherlands. More than 15,000 hotels across over 30 countries are seeking several billion euros in damages. This litigation targets the platform’s use of ‘price parity clauses’ between 2004 and 2024, which hoteliers argue prevented them from offering lower prices on their own websites and stifled competition. The Stichting Hotel Claims Alliance (SHCA) estimates that hotels may be entitled to claim 30% or more of the total commissions paid to the platform during that period. ## Timeline ### 2026-10-18: Booking.com faces multi-billion euro lawsuit from 15,000 hotels Over 15,000 European hotels are suing Booking.com for billions of euros, alleging that price parity clauses unfairly restricted competition and inflated commission costs between 2004 and 2024. 2 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/bookingcom-faces-multi-billion-euro-lawsuit-from-15000-hotels ### 2026-09-23: Austrian Hotel Association files EU complaint against Booking.com The Austrian Hotel Association has filed a complaint with the European Commission against Booking.com, alleging violations of the Digital Markets Act regarding unfair pricing and search visibility. 2 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/austrian-hotel-association-files-eu-complaint-against-bookingcom --- Cite as: Legal actions against Booking.com. CLSTR, https://clstr.news/situations/legal-actions-against-bookingcom