December 18, 2014
Posted December 18, 2014
Nine hotel operators in Massachusetts agreed to cease a potentially anticompetitive practice through which a hotel receives competitive room rates and occupancy information that can be used to raise or stabilize its own prices. Three of the operators agreed to pay a total of $45,000 in civil penalties. The hotels involved in the investigation included Morgans Hotel Group Management LLC, Pyramid Advisors, LP / Kimpton Hotel and Restaurant Group, LLC, HHLP Bulfinch Associates, LLC / Marriott International, Inc. / Omni Hotels Management Corporation / Pacific Boston Holdings Corp. / Seaport Hotel Limited Partnership / Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. MA