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Skift
21-05-2025
- Business
- Skift
Booking Holdings' Hotel Commissions 'Too High' – Swiss Watchdog Orders 25% Cut
Swiss authorities believe ordering to cut commission fees will boost the country's hotel industry — but the online travel agency said it would appeal. Switzerland's "price watchdog" has ordered to lower prices in the country, ruling that the online travel agency's commission rates for hotels are "too high." The supervisory body said on Wednesday that will be required to reduce commission rates for Swish hotels by 25%, adding th
Washington Post
19-05-2025
- Climate
- Washington Post
As a landslide threatens an Alpine village, Swiss authorities expand the evacuation order
GENEVA — Swiss authorities on Monday expanded the evacuation of an Alpine village threatened by a possible landslide, ordering most of its people to leave. More than 90 people were evacuated on Saturday night from their homes in Blatten, in the Lötschental — a valley above the larger Rhone valley in the southern Valais canton (state).
