Florida Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Online Travel Agents

Travel Tech | June 11, 2015

Online travel innovators help support Florida's $76 billion tourism economy; 1.1 million jobs Tallahassee, FL – June 11, 2015 – The Travel Technology Association (Travel Tech), the national trade association for leaders in the online travel industry, including online travel agents (OTAs) Priceline, Expedia, Travelocity, Orbitz and others, released the following statement after Florida's Supreme Court ruled decisively in favor of OTAs today. The court affirmed earlier decisions by the Florida District Courts of Appeal and the Circuit Court that Travel Tech members are not hotels and thus the compensation they retain for their service...