BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit Google faces the risk of more EU antitrust problems after 40 rivals on both sides of the Atlantic accused it of favouring its own vacation rental service on its search engine and urged European Union enforcers to take action.
The 40 companies and trade bodies in nine EU countries, Switzerland and the United States, which include eDreams Odigeo, Expedia (EXPE.O) and Tripadvisor (TRIP.O), laid out the case against Google in a letter to EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager seen by Reuters.
“We see strong indications of a competitive strategy for Google to reduce us and our industry to mere content providers for the ‘one-stop-shop’ of Google’s new product,” the letter said.
In focus is Google’s prominent display of its product at the top of its general search results pages, jazzed up with pictures, a map review, ratings and prices.
“Such favourable ranking and display secures Google’s service more user attention and…
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