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Macedonian hotels are making a killing from the August 8 match between Real Madrid and Man United in the capital.

The popular online service Booking.com shows a two-night stay in one four-star hotel in Skopje for two persons from August 7-9 costing a whopping 3,000 euros. The same hotel offers an identical stay in July for only 218 euros.

Turkish book agent Barbaros Altug’s reality is starting to resemble some of his most popular fiction, unfortunately for him.

Economy Minister Nihat Zeybeci has said he will meet Booking.com officials on June 22, nearly three months after the activities of the online reservation website were blocked in the country, as reported by Reuters.

Speaking to reporters during a signing ceremony in the capital Ankara, Zeybekci said the meeting with Booking.com officials will be held on June 22.

A court has rejected an objection by online reservation website Booking.com against a suspension of its activities in Turkey.

The site was suspended in March due to following accusations of a local sector association against the website over unfair competition concerns. 

Dozens of legal and real persons flocked to the courtroom to voice their opposition to a Booking.com ban, citing the losses they have incurred from the decision, daily Dünya reported on May 22. 

Representatives from a top brand city hotel said their losses exceeded 85,000 euros, while a boutique hotel owner said they had lost around 16,000 euros. 

Turkey should bring Booking.com back under any circumstances as the country needs to use all the latest instruments to raise its ranking among the most popular tourism destinations, Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci has said.

U.S. ride-hailing app Uber told Europe's top court on April 24 that it was a digital service, not a transport service, and that a French law clearly targeted online taxi services, in its latest European legal battle with the taxi industry.

The Turkish government can convince Booking.com to expand into the country through constructive meetings, Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci has said in the wake of a court decision to ban the online travel portal's operations to Turkish users within the country.  

The Hoteliers Association of Turkey (TÜROB) has applied to a court with a demand to lift an interim measure on online hotel reservation website Booking.com, noting that the measure had only served to harm the country's struggling accommodation sector.

A leading Turkish tourism association is set to send a court decision against Booking.com to similar foreign online reservation portals, including Tripadvisor.com, to ask them to comply with the required competition rules or face legal action, daily Dünya reported on March 31.