On September 19, the China Hotel Association issued the “Initiative on Regulating Platform Competition and Jointly Building a Good Ecology for the Accommodation and Catering Industry”: Recently, the General Administration of Market Supervision, together with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, held an administrative guidance meeting on the online hotel travel reservation platform service industry. The Beijing Municipal Administration of Market Supervision opened an investigation on four online hotel travel reservation platforms in accordance with the work arrangements of the General Administration of Market Supervision. The China Hotel Association actively supports and promotes the implementation of relevant arrangements. Currently, some platforms use the advantages of traffic and algorithms to raise hidden costs by means of high commissions, mandatory binding, opaque data, and low cost drainage, etc., harming the competitive order, harming corporate interests, and limiting service quality upgrades; “one location, multiple stores” and “shadow kitchens” affect food safety and consumer experience. The initiative promotes disclosure of platform rules and transparent algorithms. Platforms should actively disclose transaction rules, disclose key matters such as search ranking, traffic allocation, commission rates, and promotional activities in accordance with the law to guarantee operators' right to know and fair trade.

On September 19, the China Hotel Association issued the “Initiative on Regulating Platform Competition and Jointly Building a Good Ecology for the Accommodation and Catering Industry”: Recently, the General Administration of Market Supervision, together with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, held an administrative guidance meeting on the online hotel travel reservation platform service industry. The Beijing Municipal Administration of Market Supervision opened an investigation on four online hotel travel reservation platforms in accordance with the work arrangements of the General Administration of Market Supervision. The China Hotel Association actively supports and promotes the implementation of relevant arrangements. Currently, some platforms use the advantages of traffic and algorithms to raise hidden costs by means of high commissions, mandatory binding, opaque data, and low cost drainage, etc., harming the competitive order, harming corporate interests, and limiting service quality upgrades; “one location, multiple stores” and “shadow kitchens” affect food safety and consumer experience. The initiative promotes disclosure of platform rules and transparent algorithms. Platforms should actively disclose transaction rules, disclose key matters such as search ranking, traffic allocation, commission rates, and promotional activities in accordance with the law to guarantee operators' right to know and fair trade.