Amsterdam Court Upholds Key Elements of Booking.com’s Position in German Price Parity Case

AMSTERDAM, March 4, 2026 — Today the Amsterdam District Court upheld key elements of Booking.com’s position, concerning the company’s past use of price parity clauses in Germany before 2016 relating to a number of counterclaims brought by a group of German hotels. This ruling finds that the hotels have still not provided evidence proving that Booking.com’s past parity clauses restricted competition, despite the case having already run for over five years. The court has also raised concerns about the narrow market definition previously applied by both the German Competition Authority and German courts, finding that the substitutability and competitive threat of other sales channels has not been taken into account as required by the European Court of Justice’s 2024 ruling.