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Booking.com joins tech giants as ‘gatekeeper’ under EU competition rules

The addition of Booking to the list followed the Dutch companys self-assessment, submitted on March 1.

The obligations include the ban of targeted advertising outside of the gatekeepers core platform.

Founded in 1996 in Amsterdam, Booking.com transformed the travel accommodation industry.

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Its current market capstandsat $127.05bn (117.7bn).

Story byIoanna Lykiardopoulou

Ioanna is a writer at TNW.

With a background in the humanities, she has a soft spot for social impact-enabling technologies.

Ioanna Lykiardopoulou

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