The Andalusian firm Montero Aramburu & Gómez-Villares Atencia, with a client base in the hotel sector of Andalusia and the Canary Islands, and the Madrid-based firm Eskariam have reached a collaboration agreement to advise the hotel and tourism sector in claiming damages against Booking.com.
This action is derived from years of "anti-competitive practices that have directly affected the sector's profitability and commercial freedom," as reported in a statement on Tuesday.
This collaboration is framed within the context generated by the ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in September 2024, which questions the legality of the parity clauses imposed by Booking.com, considering that they were neither necessary nor proportionate to the objective they pursued.
These clauses, it recalled, prevented hotels from offering lower prices or better conditions on their own channels or other platforms, which limits their commercial autonomy and reduces effective competition in the market.
Thanks to this alliance, Montero Aramburu & Gómez-Villares Atencia will offer a "comprehensive legal solution that combines technical specialization, knowledge of the sector, and territorial proximity," the firm stated.
