More than 10,000 hotels in Europe want to open a joint court action against Booking.com, based in Amsterdam, seeking compensation for losses incurred as a result of the booking platform's use of the so-called "lowest price clause", DPA reports, according to Agerpres. The clause, which prohibits hotels from offering rooms on their own sites at a lower price than on Booking.com, is perceived as illegal by hoteliers. The platform wanted to avoid customers who checked prices on Booking.com and then