WORLDSTORY 532· AUGUST 9, 2026

China's biggest travel booking platform found to have abused its market position

A Chinese watchdog has concluded that Trip.com, the country's largest online travel agency, abused its power as a platform. A platform, in regulatory terms, is an intermediary that connects two sides of a market: in Trip.com's case, hotels…

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