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ST check finds opaque pricing on most of more than 20 hotel and airline booking sites
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Expedia, Agoda, Booking.com and Hotels.com did not respond to queries on whether they would adopt the proposed guidelines.
PHOTOS: EXPEDIA, AGODA, BOOKING.COM, HOTELS.COM
Tiffany Fumiko Tay, Melissa Heng
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A Club Med sale has left a bitter taste in the mouth of marketing manager James Chan.
The 42-year-old had received its SMS promotion that said: Flash sale: Kids below 12 stay FREE.

