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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In a Twitter chat, Expedia will explain how its search works

By Sponsored Content | May 2, 2016

Have you ever wondered what drives the search results for a query on Expedia? It's time for answers... Expedia is raising the curtain on what determines search results and hotel visibility in its d Read More

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Expedia's acquisitions added 28 points of revenue growth in early 2016

By Sean O'Neil | April 28, 2016

Expedia Inc reported first quarter 2016 earnings, saying its recent acquisitions (AirAsia Expedia, HomeAway, Orbitz, and Travelocity) added 22 points of gross bookings growth and 28 points of revenue Read More

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The who, where and why on Millennials and travel [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Linda Fox | April 22, 2016

It's hard not to get a bit tired of hearing about Millennials and the importance of marketing to them. Aren't they just individuals or customers after all? But, when you start to think that they Read More

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Lastminute.com says too hard for consumer startups to enter travel battle

By Kevin May | April 21, 2016

Travel startups attempting to muscle in on consumer travel will face an uphill task if they want to challenge the status quo. That's the pessimistic view from the deputy CEO of Lastminute.com Group Read More

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Understanding the science behind Expedia's marketplace

By Sponsored Content | April 14, 2016

For nearly as long as commerce has existed, consumers have gone to a marketplace to get the right product at the right price. NB: This is a viewpoint by Melissa Maher, senior vice president of the Read More

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Expedia, Millennials and the pattern recognition business

By Linda Fox | April 13, 2016

Expedia has conducted research into the behaviour of Millennials when searching and booking travel. It's not ground-breaking, but more of an affirmation of some of the trends out there on the attit Read More

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Expedia turns back the clock for London visitors

By Kevin May | April 13, 2016

Expedia has switched to the UK capital of London in a bid to add more bells and whistles to its destination pages. Historic London is a microsite available from the Expedia UK website which combine Read More

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Airbnb is forecast to have $12.3 billion in bookings in 2016

By Sean O'Neil | April 11, 2016

Hard data on the financials of private company Airbnb are notoriously difficult to nail down. But a new estimate by US investment bank Cowen & Company predicts that the bookings site will process Read More

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HomeRez woos Euro 4 million from Expedia vet and others, plots expansion

By Kevin May | April 11, 2016

Vacation rental online booking and distribution service HomeRez has banked Euro 4 million from a panel of angel investors and two financial houses. Investing in the two-year-old company are Entrepr Read More

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Expedia-backed Wingz, the airport ride service, talks expansion

By Kristine Hansen | April 8, 2016

Geoff Mathieux was on his way to the airport one day when he had an idea for a business start-up. Would it be possible to get a ride from someone else also en route to catch a flight? And so Wingz Read More

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Expedia programmes marketing campaigns from TV to Facebook and Instagram

By Kevin May | April 1, 2016

Expedia is one of a number of consumer brands that have been first to test a technology that connects the dots between TV and social media advertising. The US-based online travel agency has worked Read More

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Seeing is believing – imagery, icons and interaction in destination marketing

By Sponsored Content | March 31, 2016

Destination marketers are tasked with building awareness and positive perceptions about a place - whether a city, country or region - to drive new and repeat visitors. NB This is a viewpoint by Ang Read More

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Expedia helps some ill children travel with virtual reality [VIDEO]

By Sean O'Neil | March 23, 2016

Sadly, many young child face cancer treatments that confine them to long hospital stays. But a handful of such children at St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital were able to escape briefly, thanks t Read More

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Inside Expedia's new tool that lets hotels email with its bookers

By Sean O'Neil | March 3, 2016

Expedia has been doing roadshows at industry events for marketing and sales hotel professionals to introduce its tool for direct communication between guests (who book through the online travel compan Read More

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Expedia's new bidding model: Some hotel experts remain skeptical [UPDATED]

By Kristine Hansen | March 3, 2016

Online travel-booking engines rarely change. So any wrinkle introduced by a company is bound to get a lot of close examination. Witness the industry's attention to Expedia Inc’s gradual debut of i Read More

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