Smart pricing tool set to change the game for NZ accommodation providers

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newzealand·Aotearoa / New Zealandbywalter_wiggles

Smart pricing tool set to change the game for NZ accommodation providers

Technology company offers novel way for accommodation providers to fix prices.

This is what happened with a similar company in the US: https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/20/rental-housing-market-doj-investigation-00147333

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/350306555/smart-pricing-tool-set-change-game-nz-accommodation-providersOpen link View original on lemmy.nz

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samara

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liv

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That url title cracked me up.

I think you're right, in a small market like NZ this will quickly become price fixing. On the other hand NZ doesn't really seem to protect itself from this kind of carry on all that vigorously.

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