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Tourism companies pushed hard for the government to attempt to regulate pricing on online booking companies, which they say have undercut them significantly, Al Shorouk reports<\/a>. Companies made those calls at a meeting with Tourism Minister Rania Al Mashat on Sunday. The industry had been up in arms over the past month over what they say is price gouging by foreign tourism operators and online booking sites. Outgoing Egyptian Competition Authority head Mona El Garf had warned of predatory pricing in the sector a few weeks back<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tourism companies pushed hard for the government to attempt to regulate pricing on online booking companies, which they say have undercut them significantly, Al Shorouk reports. Companies made those calls at a meeting with Tourism Minister Rania Al Mashat on Sunday. 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