New bill passed in this state takes restaurant reservations off the resale market
New York’s legislature has passed a bill that would require third-party reservation services to obtain permission from restaurants to book on their behalf.
New York’s legislature has passed a bill that would require third-party reservation services to obtain permission from restaurants to book on their behalf.
The bill, dubbed the Restaurant Reservation Anti-Piracy Act, says that third-party reservation services such as Resy and OpenTable cannot “advertise, promote, or sell reservations” on its platforms for a “food service establishment” without a written agreement with the establishments.
The legislation makes New York the “first state in the nation to pass legislation intending to combat the trend of predatory software flooding the online restaurant reservation marketplace,” according to a press release issued by the New York State Restaurant Association on June 6.
The bill was introduced in May by Senator Nathalia Fernandez, passed the State Assembly on June 3 and passed the state Senate three days later. It is awaiting a signature from Governor Kathy Hochul to become law.
Fernandez said in the news release that the bill will curb “the rampant exploitation of online restaurant reservations.”
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