Hotels x Online Travel Agencies – Brazil’s Competitive Authority Decision1 Joandre Antonio Ferraz2 I. Forum of Brazilian Hotel Operators (FOHB); II. Online Travel Agencies (OTAs); III. Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE); IV. Representation; V. CADE’s Report; V.1. The OTA Market and Alleged Practices; VI. The OTAs Commitment Proposals; VII. CADE’s Analysis; VII.1. The Convenience and Opportunity of Proposals; VII.2. Failure to Comply with TCC and Applicable Penalties; VIII. CADE’s Conclusion; Annex. I. FORUM OF BRAZILIAN HOTEL OPERATORS (FOHB) The Forum of Brazilian Hotel Operators (FOHB)3 is a non-profit civil association, founded in 2002, which brings together 25 national and international hotel chains, operating 673 lodging facilities in 164 municipalities in the country’s 5 regions, totalling 118 thousand housing units and generate over 153 thousand direct and indirect jobs. Among its associates are Accor Hotels, InterContinental Hotels Group, Meliá Hotels International, Pestana Hotel Group and Travel Inn Hotels. The Forum’s mission is to contribute for the development, regulation and systematisation of the sector as well as of the hotel market in general, seeking to create conditions that enable its associates to improve their services, by acting on four axes: • the representation of the demands of the sector before the public sector; 1 https://sei.cade.gov.br/sei/modulos/pesquisa/md_pesq_processo_exibir.php?0c62g277GvPsZDAxAO1t Mi VcL9FcFMR5UuJ6rLqPEJuTUu08mg6wxLt0JzWxCor9mNcMYP8UAjTVP9dxRfPBcTxHTesk7ujM0u5JLxr9 KheofVYrD_3wGZyVwWqL1PUl. 2 Lawyer; 55 11 3051-3555, 55 11 99609-4198; joandre@joandreferraz.com.br; http://www.joandreferraz. com.br. 3 http://fohb.com.br/home/.
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