Hopper to pay $35 million USD to settle US FTC suit over “hidden fees”

Hopper has agreed to settle a lawsuit with the US Federal Trade Commission over allegedly charging customers hidden fees on its travel booking app. The news: The Montréal travel tech startup has settled a complaint from the US federal regulator for $35 million USD ($49.7 million CAD), which claimed it charged consumers hidden fees and misrepresented the total prices they would pay for its booking services. The complaint, filed on July 2, alleged that Hopper caused consumers “tens of millions of