Expedia News and Updates

Expedia Group is one of the most influential players in online travel, with a portfolio of brands and platforms that shape the digital booking landscape. PhocusWire provides timely, in-depth coverage of Expedia news and updates, including leadership changes, platform innovation, and shifts in its global strategy across lodging, air, and experiences.

The latest developments from Expedia and the OTA market

Track how Expedia is evolving its technology stack, streamlining traveler engagement, and reimagining its marketplace to compete in a rapidly changing OTA environment. Our reporting includes insights on product development, loyalty integration, and strategic partnerships that reflect broader trends in online travel retail.

Partnerships are the way to fight scale, BTO audience told
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Partnerships are the way to fight scale, BTO audience told
By Martin Cowen | December 5, 2016
When execs from Priceline, Booking.com, Expedia and Google take turns to speak at a travel conference, the audience can become blinded (if not terrified) by the numbers bandied about. At last week' Read More
Is there a thawing in the hotel and OTA relationship?
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Is there a thawing in the hotel and OTA relationship?
By Linda Fox | November 29, 2016
There's been a subtle change in tone from some quarters when you ask hotels about the power of online travel agencies or how those OTAs feel about hotels driving business direct. What used to almos Read More
Expedia lets travellers ride the famous Flam Railway before they get there
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Expedia lets travellers ride the famous Flam Railway before they get there
By Kevin May | November 28, 2016
Expedia in Norway has created another virtual reality-based tool so consumers can explore what is billed as one of the most beautiful train rides in the world. It's the third virtual reality tool d Read More
Expedia signs first global hotel deal for MeetingMarket
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Expedia signs first global hotel deal for MeetingMarket
By Linda Fox | November 17, 2016
Expedia has signed Best Western Europe as the first global white label partner for its MeetingMarket technology. From January, the meetings and event booking portal, unveiled just over a year ago, Read More
Expedia's CEO talks long-term strategy
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Expedia's CEO talks long-term strategy
By Sean O'Neil | November 16, 2016
Yesterday Expedia Inc's chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi took a break at the Phocuswright Conference to speak with Tnooz about his company's strategy. Tnooz: As CEO you have to have the long-term Read More
Former Expedia exec heralds voice as the next big thing
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Former Expedia exec heralds voice as the next big thing
By Martin Cowen | November 16, 2016
Listen up, voice search is being tipped to have as big an impact on the travel industry as mobile. Or, at least so says Simon Breakwell, who founded Expedia's European operations, and has also worked Read More
Trivago readies for public life, files for IPO in the US
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Trivago readies for public life, files for IPO in the US
By Kevin May | November 15, 2016
Trivago has ended months of speculation and announced its intention to list on the public financial markets for the first time. The Germany-based metasearch engine intends to place itself on NASDAQ Read More
Expedia brings its web test tubes to the UK
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Expedia brings its web test tubes to the UK
By Linda Fox | November 14, 2016
Expedia Inc has created a "usability lab" based in London, its first outside of the US. The role of the lab is to study consumer behaviour in terms of how they research and book travel via Expedia Read More
Expedia eyes alternative accommodation bounty, plots HomeAway integration
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Expedia eyes alternative accommodation bounty, plots HomeAway integration
By Kevin May | October 28, 2016
Expedia will begin including vacation rental listings from stablemate HomeAway in the next few months as the battle for alternative accommodation heats up. The online travel agency will finally hav Read More
Expedia lets hotels offer freebies as an alternative to rate cutting
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Expedia lets hotels offer freebies as an alternative to rate cutting
By Sean O'Neil | October 17, 2016
It's simplistic but true: The only way hotels have been able to quickly stand out from their rivals in online marketplaces like Expedia is by adjusting their rates up and down. Sure, other things m Read More
Ryanair launches new accommodation service, powered by many (including an old enemy)
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Ryanair launches new accommodation service, powered by many (including an old enemy)
By Kevin May | October 10, 2016
European low-cost giant Ryanair is gradually introducing a new accommodation platform, taking its inspiration in part from metasearch. Rather than having a single provider of hotel and rental produ Read More
VIDEO: Understand the next wave of mobile and travel
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VIDEO: Understand the next wave of mobile and travel
By PhocusWire | October 6, 2016
Most people are familiar with first-wave developments in mobile and travel – from search, to booking, to reviews. But how does the eye-watering next wave of information and services become accessib Read More
Short-term stays could be the long-term strategy for hotels to counter Airbnb
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Short-term stays could be the long-term strategy for hotels to counter Airbnb
By Kevin May | October 6, 2016
A single datapoint contained in a Phocuswright study has illustrated where the hotel industry can fight back against the apparent rise of Airbnb et al. Obviously, the likes of Airbnb, HomeAway and Read More
Smile, please - personalised travel itineraries based on facial expressions
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Smile, please - personalised travel itineraries based on facial expressions
By Kevin May | September 27, 2016
Image recognition is perhaps not the most obvious way of getting travellers involved in trip planning - but a new marketing campaign from Expedia is doing exactly that. A programme to get consumers Read More
That noise you can hear is self-management dying on Airbnb and vacation rentals
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That noise you can hear is self-management dying on Airbnb and vacation rentals
By Viewpoints | September 26, 2016
No matter how you cut it, this was a rough week for those who believe owner-managed vacation rentals are the future of the short-term accommodation space. "How can I say that", you ask? Let’s read Read More