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.

Booking.com and Sabre blow their hotel inventory trumpet
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Booking.com and Sabre blow their hotel inventory trumpet
By Kevin May | July 3, 2014
Following HomeAway's milestone of reaching one million properties last week, now it's the turn of Booking.com and Sabre to join in. Priceline-owned Booking.com has been busily telling everyone this Read More
How to go fishing in the Big Data lake of travel
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How to go fishing in the Big Data lake of travel
By Pamela Whitby | June 27, 2014
If you are chief technology officer of one of the world biggest travel technology companies, you have to be a man on a mission. Edmond Mesrobian, CTO at Expedia Inc, is one such man, tasked as he i Read More
Singapore Airline's mall, RezNext and Internet Moguls, and more
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Singapore Airline's mall, RezNext and Internet Moguls, and more
By PhocusWire | June 25, 2014
This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel MARKETING in tourism and hospitality for June 2014. Wednesday 25 June 2014: Kuaidi Dache teams up with eLong Kuadi Dache, the C Read More
Digital competence is now determining hotel winners and losers
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Digital competence is now determining hotel winners and losers
By Viewpoints | June 20, 2014
For years the online travel market has been a boon for travelers. We all know that. But since 2009, the price of Chanel’s quilted handbag and Cartier’s Trinity gold bracelet have increased 70% and Read More
The impact of mobile on hotel in-market service
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The impact of mobile on hotel in-market service
By Viewpoints | June 12, 2014
Consumers have all the hotels in the world at their fingertips, but how do they weed their way through all the clutter and “find something new” when there is only so much time in the day? NB: This Read More
What are the consequences of a world for hotels after rate parity?
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What are the consequences of a world for hotels after rate parity?
By Viewpoints | June 11, 2014
The French economy minister launched a legal action a few weeks back against the hotel booking site Booking.com. Arnaud Montebourg has called into question the alleged rate parity clause imposed by Read More
Uber raises $1.2 billion in investment and puts valuation at eye-watering $17 billion
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Uber raises $1.2 billion in investment and puts valuation at eye-watering $17 billion
By Kevin May | June 6, 2014
The founders of Uber will indeed be treating themselves this weekend after announcing a mammoth $1.2 billion investment round. The US-based, private car rental service has secured its latest inject Read More
TourRadar raises $500,000 for group tours and activities platform
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TourRadar raises $500,000 for group tours and activities platform
By Kevin May | May 29, 2014
Almost a year to the day since it wooed an ex-Expedia CEO to invest, group tour and activity booking service TourRadar has raised another $500,000. New angel investors in the Austria-based company Read More
Sharing managed travel - how much are Google employees spending with Airbnb?
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Sharing managed travel - how much are Google employees spending with Airbnb?
By Kevin May | May 23, 2014
Depending on who you ask, "sharing economy" brands sites such as Airbnb will either be a huge threat or have no impact at all on corporate travel. The smarter industry commentators know that the re Read More
Is 2014 a tipping point for online travel distribution in Asia-Pacific?
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Is 2014 a tipping point for online travel distribution in Asia-Pacific?
By Pamela Whitby | May 22, 2014
As the travel industry starts to mature and new disruptive forces enter the fray, are travel brands ready to pivot? NB: This is a report by Pamela Whitby, editor for EyeforTravel. Picture this s Read More
Does the Expedia billboard effect still exist for hotels?
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Does the Expedia billboard effect still exist for hotels?
By Sean O'Neil | May 22, 2014
In 2009, Chris Anderson, an associate professor at Cornell University, published a study about Expedia and hotels that was a sensation in the industry. When four hotels in the JHM Hotels US chain a Read More
Pigs in paradise: Expedia reveals most successful Facebook campaign
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Pigs in paradise: Expedia reveals most successful Facebook campaign
By Nick Vivion | May 14, 2014
Expedia Media Solutions has gone to the pigs: the swimming pigs, that is. The media solutions arm used a primed-for-viral clip of pigs swimming in the blue-hued waters of the Bahamian paradise isla Read More
Hotels: take your heads out of the sand and get over the Airbnb threat
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Hotels: take your heads out of the sand and get over the Airbnb threat
By Viewpoints | May 2, 2014
Have you heard the one about wrestling with the jewel case to listen to your new CD? *Crickets* NB: This is an opinion from Susan Barry, president at Hive Marketing. Of course you haven’t – a Read More
Price maintains its hold in satisfaction poll of online travel agencies
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Price maintains its hold in satisfaction poll of online travel agencies
By Linda Fox | May 1, 2014
Travelocity emerges top of a satisfaction poll for online travel agencies which also reveals price continues to be the main driver for using the OTA channel. A report by market intelligence firm J. Read More
OTA vs metasearch power struggle - Big Data could be a deciding (not boring) factor
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OTA vs metasearch power struggle - Big Data could be a deciding (not boring) factor
By Alex Bainbridge | April 28, 2014
Big Data is fast becoming one of those terms that is overused and applied to all sorts of data projects that are, in fact, not Big Data at all. However just because the term is misapplied, we shoul Read More
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