UK Watchdog Probes Marriott, Hilton, IHG Over Suspected Data Sharing

Marriott, Hilton, and InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) are being investigated by the UK’s competition watchdog over the alleged exchange of sensitive pricing and commercial data through STR, CoStar’s hotel data analytics tool.

“The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched an investigation into suspected sharing of competitively sensitive information among competing hotel chains – Hilton, IHG Hotels and Marriott – using the hotel data analytics tool STR, owned by CoStar. All four businesses are under investigation,” the regulator said Mon