Honorary advisor and former chairman of the Travel Industry Council, Mr. Hu Siu-ying, the managing director of Jin Lun Travel Co., Ltd., and Tink Labs Limited, between May 2016 and May 2017, on their travel in nine hotels under the Hong Kong hotel group. The price of attraction tickets and train tickets, including 8 Degrees Harbour Plaza, Hengfeng, Seaview Jiafu, etc., violated the Competition Ordinance.
The Competition Commission started legal proceedings against Hu Zhaoying and the four companies involved in the case at the Competition Tribunal today (20th). Hu Zhaoying and his group reached a cooperation agreement with the Competition Commission and were disqualified as directors for a period of 3 years. The company's Jinlun was fined 4.177 million yuan, and Haijing Jiafu was fined 1.6 million yuan.
Harbour Plaza 8 and Hang Fung, which are also involved in the case, did not cooperate with the Commission. The Commission has applied to the Tribunal to impose fines on them, collect investigation costs and legal costs, and implement the procedures the Tribunal deems appropriate and effective. compliance plan, etc.
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Respondents are Jin Lun Travel Services Limited, Harbour Plaza 8 Degrees Limited and Harbour Plaza Hotel Management Limited (owner and operator of Harbour Plaza 8 Degrees), Prudential Hotel (BVI) Limited (owner and operator of Hengfeng Hotel) ), Dehou Investment Co., Ltd. (owner and operator of Seaview Jiafu), and Hu Zhaoying, the managing director of Jinlun.
The case alleges that between May 2016 and May 2017, Jin Lun and Tink Labs Limited agreed to set the prices of tourist attraction tickets and bus tickets they sold in nine hotels under the Hong Kong hotel group.
The hotel group and the travel counter operator in one of the hotels acted as "facilitators", communicated pricing information between the two competitors, and actively assisted in the implementation of the colluded pricing arrangement. First Code of Conduct".
In February last year, the Commission issued violation notices to six "facilitators" of hotel groups and a travel counter operator. They also accepted the notices as a solution and cooperated with the Commission during the investigation.
Subsequently, Jin Lun, Hu Zhaoying and Haijing Jiafu agreed to cooperate with the Competition Commission to terminate the anti-competitive behavior.
The two parties have reached a cooperation agreement to jointly apply to the Competition Tribunal for an order to handle this lawsuit. The relevant orders include:
1.
Declare
that all co-respondents have violated the "First Conduct
Rule
" or are involved in breaching the Code
2. Fine Jin Lun 4.177 million yuan and Seaview Karfook 1.6 million yuan
3.
Collect the
Commission's Investigation costs and costs
4. Disqualification of directorship order against Hu Zhaoying for a period of 3 years
As for Harbour Plaza 8 Degrees and Hang Fung, there is no cooperation agreement with the Commission on reservation of seats. The Commission applied to the Tribunal to declare that the two respondents had violated the "First Conduct Rule", imposed fines, and received the Commission's investigation. costs and costs, and requiring the Respondent to implement a compliance programme that the Tribunal considers appropriate and effective.
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