Hyatt, Hilton Win Suit As Court Rejects AI Price-Fixing Claims

Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc., Hyatt Hotels Corp. and Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc. convinced a federal judge to dismiss claims they conspired to fix hotel room prices through a shared pricing algorithm.

The ruling adds to evolving but mixed case law on whether the use of price-setting software among competitors is tantamount to price-fixing.

Hotel-guest plaintiffs lacked sufficient facts to allege an unlawful horizontal agreement among the hotel chains, Judge Jeffrey S. White of the US District Court for the Northern District of California said in a July 18 order that granted the hotel companies their motion to dismiss ...