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.

Looking back and ahead - tours and activities get real
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Looking back and ahead - tours and activities get real
By Viewpoints | December 28, 2015
As we reach 2016, Tnooz is unveiling its customary series of reflections on the year behind us and what the travel, tourism, and hospitality industry might expect looking ahead. And, as always, we' Read More
At last, Expedia releases a supplier API for activities
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At last, Expedia releases a supplier API for activities
By Stephen Joyce | December 28, 2015
Yep, you read that right. Just over a year after Viator announced that they released its API for in-destination activity suppliers at Phocuswright 2014, Expedia has done the same, releasing its API fo Read More
Top10 falls out of the charts and into an early grave
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Top10 falls out of the charts and into an early grave
By Kevin May | December 24, 2015
No Christmas number one for Top10, the well-funded online hotel search provider, after confirming that it has closed down after four years of operations. The UK_based startup used review scores, lo Read More
Expedia bets big on tours and activities: Will the industry win?
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Expedia bets big on tours and activities: Will the industry win?
By Stephen Joyce | December 22, 2015
For the past year or more, Expedia has been working behind the scenes quietly re-engineering the platform that powers its Local Expert brand. At the Expedia Conference earlier this month in Las Veg Read More
Since Expedia invested, CheckMate has sped up its rollout
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Since Expedia invested, CheckMate has sped up its rollout
By Sean O'Neil | December 21, 2015
Earlier this month, Expedia’s minority investment in hotel technology startup Alice made waves in the industry. But that wasn’t the first business-to-business (B2B) startup in hospitality that the Read More
3 things Expedia has learned from analyzing airfare data
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3 things Expedia has learned from analyzing airfare data
By Nick Vivion | December 14, 2015
Expedia, the travel technology giant, has analyzed its trove of data to identify key trends in air travel. The data was consolidated primarily from the Airlines Reporting Corporation, with addition Read More
What's next for Travelocity
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What's next for Travelocity
By Sean O'Neil | November 30, 2015
Expedia Inc has been busy integrating Travelocity since January 2015, when it announced it was acquiring the online travel agency brand. Since January Brad Wilson, general manager, has spent about Read More
Metasearch for vacation rentals gains momentum
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Metasearch for vacation rentals gains momentum
By Kevin May | November 26, 2015
As the online travel agency giants start taking vacation rentals extremely seriously it's hardly a surprise that metasearch engines are hoping they can also capitalise. And if this week is anything Read More
Diary of a hotel company in digital transformation
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Diary of a hotel company in digital transformation
By Linda Fox | November 26, 2015
In a fast-changing distribution landscape, who'd run a hotel these days, much less the multi-branded group with thousands of properties that is AccorHotels? Chairman and chief executive Sebastian B Read More
Expedia to take rail seriously, with a little help from SilverRail
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Expedia to take rail seriously, with a little help from SilverRail
By Kevin May | November 17, 2015
Expedia says it will be expanding its rail ticket channel on a global scale thanks to a major agreement signed this week with SilverRail Technologies. The rail distribution platform will power sear Read More
New focus on activities as Booking.com partners with buoyant GetYourGuide
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New focus on activities as Booking.com partners with buoyant GetYourGuide
By Kevin May | November 13, 2015
As GetYourGuide was trousering $50 million this morning in Series C funding, details also emerged to what has been going on behind the scenes for a while at Booking.com. Without any fanfare until n Read More
Booking.com brags about number of rooms (instead of properties)
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Booking.com brags about number of rooms (instead of properties)
By Kevin May | November 9, 2015
By a remarkable coincidence, following the acquisition of HomeAway by arch rival Expedia, Priceline Group has decided to "reveal Booking.com room stats for the first time". Booking.com has more tha Read More
Expedia acquires HomeAway for $3.9 billion
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Expedia acquires HomeAway for $3.9 billion
By Kevin May | November 4, 2015
So it wasn't the Priceline Group after all - Expedia has announced its intention to buy vacation rental brand HomeAway for $3.9 billion. It is the second biggest deal in travel tech in this decade, Read More
Why on earth are tours and activities not bigger online?
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Why on earth are tours and activities not bigger online?
By Linda Fox | November 4, 2015
Something happens when you put a bunch of tour and activity guys in a room, not so fresh from a day at World Travel Market London. Initially they talk about the nitty gritty of what constitutes a t Read More
Hotel chains disagree over Accor's open marketplace concept
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Hotel chains disagree over Accor's open marketplace concept
By Kevin May | October 22, 2015
To say the decision by Accor Hotels to open a "marketplace" has divided opinion would be a bit of an understatement. The global hotel chain announced in June this year that it would be allowing its Read More
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