# Google drops rates from EU hotel search: hotels left with a name and a link

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Published: 2026-09-10T14:31:55.551Z
Modified: 2026-09-10T14:31:55.551Z
Author: Joan Sanz
Topics: Hotel Technology
Summary: Google removed live pricing, date filters and budget tags from its EU hotel search unit under DMA compliance. Hotels now appear as just a name, a link and an address.

## Article

Google has removed **live pricing, date filters and budget tags** from its hotel search unit in the European Union. The move, picked up by [hospitality.today via Hospitality Net](https://www.hospitalitynet.org/editorial/4134325/google-stripped-rates-from-its-eu-hotel-search-unit-and-hotels-got-only-a-name-and-a-link-anthropics-risk-report-has-four-findings-hospitality-isnt-reading-staff-confidence-is-a-guest-experience-strategy), is part of its DMA compliance. The result is blunt: hotels now show up in that box as a name, a link and an address.

The same piece also mentions Pertlink's breakdown of Anthropic's August risk report, which flags four findings the hospitality sector still is not reading properly, and points out that **staff confidence is a guest experience strategy** in itself.

My read: this is a DMA compliance move, not a war on hotels. But it strips the hotel search box of exactly what made it a booking driver. My take: put your own direct channel front and centre. The hotel that owns the booking moment keeps the guest. The one that rents it back from an algorithm does not.

## Sources

- Hospitality Net: https://www.hospitalitynet.org/editorial/4134325/google-stripped-rates-from-its-eu-hotel-search-unit-and-hotels-got-only-a-name-and-a-link-anthropics-risk-report-has-four-findings-hospitality-isnt-reading-staff-confidence-is-a-guest-experience-strategy

## Citation

Google drops rates from EU hotel search: hotels left with a name and a link. Hotel Tech News. 2026-09-10. https://hoteltech.news/digest/google-removes-rates-eu-hotel-search