Italy fines seven firms £17m for price fixing of tickets for Rome’s Colosseum
Ticketing company and six tour operators fined for using software bots to hoard tickets for sale at inflated pricesAn Italian ticketing company and six tour operators have been fined almost €20m (£17m) over illegal practices that made it difficult for regular visitors to access Rome’s Colosseum at the standard cost, including using software bots to hoard tickets and sell them at higher prices.Italy’s antitrust authority, AGCM, said the hoarding practice made it “essentially impossible” to buy tickets for the Roman amphitheatre online. Continue reading...
Ticketing company and six tour operators fined for using software bots to hoard tickets for sale at inflated prices
An Italian ticketing company and six tour operators have been fined almost €20m (£17m) over illegal practices that made it difficult for regular visitors to access Rome’s Colosseum at the standard cost, including using software bots to hoard tickets and sell them at higher prices.
Italy’s antitrust authority, AGCM, said the hoarding practice made it “essentially impossible” to buy tickets for the Roman amphitheatre online. Continue reading...
