The practise of hotels and their distributors agreeing to sell rooms at BAR rates is known as Rate Parity.[2] Rate parity is widely employed in the hotel industry although in recent years its value has been questioned.[3] Numerous European states have challenged the legal status of rate parity (as a form of price fixing or resale price maintenance) including United Kingdom,[4] Switzerland,[5] and France.[6] In February 2014, a judge in a Texan court dismissed a rate parity class action suit[7]