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.

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What now for chatbots in travel?

By Viewpoints | January 4, 2017

2016 was the year when chatbots emerged as a new interface for consumer interaction. NB: This is a viewpoint by Scott Crawford, vice president of product management at Brand Expedia. Advances in Read More

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Private accommodation travel bookings to reach $106 billion by 2018

By Kevin May | January 3, 2017

Private accommodation will account for almost a fifth of global hospitality bookings within two years - and the online travel agency giants are tipped to benefit. In terms of figures, financial ana Read More

News / Online

Expedia pushes vacation rentals with Dream Home game

By Kevin May | December 21, 2016

Expedia wants to get more of its core audience interested in (and buying) vacation rental trips, so is trying everything it can to raise awareness. Buying HomeAway for $3.8 billion was the big move Read More

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TripAdvisor gets Instant Booking nod from Expedia

By Kevin May | December 20, 2016

Just over 12 months on from what was heralded as a major development in its drive to offer Instant Bookings for hotels, TripAdvisor has now inked a deal with Expedia Inc. The Priceline Group was th Read More

Webinars / Technology

Study: Insights into the booking paths of American, British and Canadian travelers

By Sponsored Content | December 19, 2016

Expedia Media Solutions has launched a new study by comScore, The Traveler’s Path to Purchase, which identifies trends and behaviors of American, British and Canadian consumers along the 45-day digita Read More

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Airbnb demand increasingly hitting hotels, not online travel agencies

By Kevin May | December 12, 2016

Use of Airbnb is growing faster than industry commentators predicted, with hotels the main losers in the new accommodation war. A large survey and follow-up analysis by global financial services gi Read More

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Sabre Labs distils global travel tech into three megatrends

By Martin Cowen | December 9, 2016

Sabre Labs has launched its first-ever Emerging Technologies in Travel report, identifying the three megatrends it believes will dominate the travel tech landscape in 2017. The megatrends are conne Read More

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Trivago planned IPO has analysts purring

By Kevin May | December 8, 2016

Analysts appear to be toasting the prospect of trading on Trivago with fairly hefty glasses Mulled Wine, ahead of its recently announced decision to IPO. The Germany-based hotel search engine inten Read More

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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

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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

News / Online

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

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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

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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

News / Technology

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

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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

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