Tourism: Leboncoin challenges Booking and Airbnb

Leboncoin is taking on the American tourism reservation platforms. The e-merchant, which has accelerated its development in the tourism sector in recent months, is launching an offer intended to support and attract hoteliers, hard hit by the Covid-19 crisis. When Booking and Expedia ask these professionals for commissions of the order of 15 to 20% for each reservation, Leboncoin undertakes to take none until the end of 2020. Until then, it had a commission rate 10%.

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" The sector is on the brink ," explains Antoine Jouteau, CEO of the Leboncoin group. We are calling on hoteliers: you are welcome on Leboncoin, which will not charge you any booking fees until the end of the year. You can thus replenish your cash. We are for you an alternative to Booking or Expedia, which do not take this type of initiative and pay little tax in France . ”

We are for you an alternative to Booking or Expedia, which do not take this type of initiative and pay little tax in France.

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