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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)
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Practically speaking, hotels *have* to pay for this, because it boosts booking rates by 42% (the first ten results on an Expedia search-results page get 62% of the clicks). VIP listing is expensive for the merchant - but it's even more expensive for you and me.
2026-10-15T11:17:30.782Z