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France Fines Google €1.1M Over Hotel Rankings Practices

By  |  February 15, 2021

Google Ireland and Google France have agreed to pay a €1.1 million (US$1.34 million) fine after a probe found that Google’s hotel rankings could be misleading for consumers, France’s finance ministry and fraud watchdog announced on Monday, February 15.

Both Google Ireland and Google France have agreed to pay the fine after a probe found that Google’s hotel rankings could be misleading for consumers, France’s finance ministry and fraud watchdog said on Monday

The ministry and watchdog also said in a statement that Google has amended its hotel rankings practices since September 2019.

Following complaints from hoteliers about the rank being shown on Google, the French government agency launched investigations into the matter in 2019 and 2020. Google said that it has made the necessary changes to show the official French star rank of hotels on Google Maps and Search.

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