Voyages-sncf.com, founded in June 2000, is an Internet

Internet

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 travel agency

Travel agency

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 website, subsidiary of the French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 SNCF

SNCF

The SNCF , is France's national state-owned railway company. SNCF operates the country's national rail services, including the TGV, France's high-speed rail network...

 and Expedia

Expedia

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. It is the first French Electronic commerce

Electronic commerce

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 website in volume. One quarter of French SNCF

SNCF

The SNCF , is France's national state-owned railway company. SNCF operates the country's national rail services, including the TGV, France's high-speed rail network...

 tickets are sold by this website.

Outages

The website saw several outages in its history, which were criticized by French medias.

Anti-competitive behavior

On February 5, 2009, SNCF

SNCF

The SNCF , is France's national state-owned railway company. SNCF operates the country's national rail services, including the TGV, France's high-speed rail network...

 was fined €

Euro

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 5 million by the French

France

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 Conseil de la concurrence

Conseil de la concurrence (France)

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 for "giving a preferential treatment to its subsidiary voyages-sncf.com, created with the American online travel agency Expedia

Expedia

Expedia is an Internet-based travel website based in the US with localised sites for 21 countries...

".

The SNCF

SNCF

The SNCF , is France's national state-owned railway company. SNCF operates the country's national rail services, including the TGV, France's high-speed rail network...

 did not appeal the decision, but Expedia

Expedia

Expedia is an Internet-based travel website based in the US with localised sites for 21 countries...

did.