On December 5, 2025, Siskinds LLP commenced a proposed consumer class action in the Supreme Court of British Columbia against SAS Institute (Canada) Inc., SAS Institute Inc., and Integrated Decisions and Systems, Inc. (collectively “IDeaS”); and the hotels owned, managed, operated, or franchised by the following including:

Accor

APA (including Coast Hotels)

The Burrard

Chelsea Hotel

Choice

Four Seasons

The Hazelton Hotel

Hilton

Hotel Arts

Hyatt

Omni

Wyndham

(collectively “Hotel Defendants”)

This action arises from a conspiracy to fix, raise, maintain, and/or stabilize hotel room prices in Canada using a software pricing algorithm. The Hotel Defendants, who are competitors, agreed to provide confidential pricing information to IDeaS, which earned fees by developing and deploying a pricing algorithm to make pricing decisions for the Hotel Defendants. The Hotel Defendants were urged to and agreed or arranged to accept the decisions made by the pricing algorithm because doing so would result in higher prices that they would otherwise not be able to achieve.

The class action alleges that because of the Defendants’ conduct, consumers paid inflated, non-competitive prices for their hotel rooms in Canada.

The class action is brought on behalf of all persons who paid for a room at a hotel in Canada that is owned, managed, operated, or franchised by the Hotel Defendants from September 28, 2016 to the date of certification.

A similar class action ws commenced in Quebec by Siskinds Desmeules also on December 5, 2025, for all persons who paid for a room at a hotel in Quebec.

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For inquiries, please email us at [email protected] or contact us by phone at 519.672.2121 or toll free at 1.800.461.6166.

For inquiries in French, you can email Siskinds Desmeules at [email protected] or contact us by phone at 418.694.2009, or toll free at 1.877.735.3842.

FAQs

What should I do to protect my rights?

To protect your rights, you should:

Keep any documents evidencing payment for your hotel stay.
While the class action is pending, notices will be disseminated to the class members advising that they should take certain steps by specific deadlines in order to preserve their rights. This information will also be made available on Siskinds’ website. These deadlines will usually be fixed by the courts, and will need to be adhered with in order to protect your rights.
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For answers to common questions about class actions in Canada, such as timelines, eligibility, and settlement information, please visit our Class Action Lawsuit FAQ page.

Email us at [email protected] or contact us by phone at 519.672.2121 or toll free at 1.800.461.6166.

For inquiries in French, you can email Siskinds Desmeules at [email protected] or contact us by phone at 418.694.2009, or toll free at 1.877.735.3842.

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IDeaS Hotel Price Fixing Class Action