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Old Jan 6, 2010 | 10:01 am
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Originally Posted by DoubleJ
not only does the Japanese language side have more hotel listings as has been pointed out, but often will have better prices, including, I've found, for the same properties listed on the English language side.
Another reason for my love / hate feelings for this company...

Maybe it's time they were publicly shamed for this as HIS was on its discriminatory pricing for flights and holiday packages a few years back. (HIS just made it into this year's Forbes list of 50 great Asian companies by the way -- One of just four Japanese firms in the list).
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