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Klobuchar Urges Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission to Investigate Potential Existence of Deceptive Conduct by Online Travel Agencies
November 7, 2017
While the large online travel agencies serve an important role in promoting consumer choice and competition for hotel and airline bookings, their size and market influence may allow them to engage in practices that could be detrimental to consumer welfare In a letter to Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim and Federal Trade Commission Acting Chairman Maureen Ohlhausen, Klobuchar calls on the agencies to examine the extent to which these websites may be engaging in misleading or anticompetitive conduct, affecting the prices and levels of service available to American consumers WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, the R...
Klobuchar, Fischer Urge FTC and DOT to Investigate Reported Deceptive Practices by Fraudulent Online Travel Booking Websites
September 9, 2016
There have been recent news reports that some deceptive online companies appear to be imitating websites of actual hotels or airlines in order to attract bookings; Further, there have been reports of scammers using the fraudulent information listed on these websites to impersonate travel company representatives and even impersonate consumers in conversations with the hotels and airlines Klobuchar and Fischer urge FTC and DOT to investigate these reports and use tools available to help stop these deceptive practices WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Deb Fischer (R-NE) have urged the Federal Trade Commissio...
Pritzker, Thune, Klobuchar, Bilirakis, Quigley Honored as Travel Champions
U.S. Travel Association | March 26, 2015
Leaders Recognized for Delivering the Benefits of Travel to Their States, Districts and Nation WASHINGTON (March 26, 2015)—The U.S. Travel Association today bestowed the second annual Distinguished Travel Champion Award on five high-ranking U.S. officials. The recipients, who include Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), Sen. Amy Klobuchar (R-Minn.), U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla.) and U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Ill.), were honored for their exceptional leadership in advancing policies that strengthen travel to and across America. U.S. Travel presented the awards at the association's Destination Capitol Hill...
