Expedia Inc. and three other online travel companies paid $23.6 million to the city of Chicago under four confidential settlements, ending more than a decade of litigation focused on the e-commerce companies’ alleged failure to pay city lodging taxes.
Previously sealed documents obtained by Bloomberg BNA under a freedom of information search reveal Expedia struck an $18 million agreement with Chicago on April 25. Expedia’s subsidiaries Hotels.com LP and Hotwire Inc. also participated in the settlement.
The settlement came just one day before the Appellate Court of Illinois issued a ruling that absolved Bellevue, Wash.-based Expedia of any liabilities to ...
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