Wynn Resorts, Caesars and Treasure Island convinced a U.S. appeals court on Friday to turn back a consumer class action lawsuit accusing them of using shared computer software algorithms to illegally coordinate on Las Vegas hotel room prices.
Affirming a lower court decision, a three-judge panel of the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said it wasn’t enough for the consumers to show that the rival resorts used the same revenue-management service provider amid an alleged rise in room rental rates.
The plaintiffs had accused the resort companies of colluding to overcharge guests by feeding sensitive internal information to a shared software platform operated by Cendyn that offered pricing recommendations.
