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.

Travel MARKETING roundup - January 2014
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Travel MARKETING roundup - January 2014
By PhocusWire | January 30, 2014
This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel MARKETING in tourism and hospitality for January 2014. 30 January 2014: CheapAir connects each customer with a personal travel advi Read More
Markets slam Expedia over a reported Google penalty, but revenue impact may be tiny
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Markets slam Expedia over a reported Google penalty, but revenue impact may be tiny
By Sean O'Neil | January 21, 2014
Expedia Inc's stock (EXPE) was pummelled earlier today by 4% in early US exchange trading. The selloff was in response to a report that the flagship site, Expedia.com, may have lost as much as a qu Read More
Sabre unveils plan to IPO
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Sabre unveils plan to IPO
By Kevin May | January 21, 2014
Sabre has filed its registration for a proposed initial public offering (IPO) with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the US. The company says the number of shares to be sold in the business Read More
Hotel tech provider SiteMinder secures $30M in capital from Facebook investor
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Hotel tech provider SiteMinder secures $30M in capital from Facebook investor
By Kevin May | January 14, 2014
SiteMinder has started off 2014 with a shot across the bows of its hotel distribution rivals by winning a mighty $30 million investment from Technology Crossover Ventures. The Sydney, Australia-bas Read More
Hopper opens to all, also fires up data research service
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Hopper opens to all, also fires up data research service
By Sean O'Neil | January 13, 2014
Last week saw the soft launch of Hopper, the long-awaited consumer trip planning engine that claims to be powered by the "world's largest structured database of travel information". Since last summ Read More
Blurred lines, meta, mobile and international growth: Expedia brands on the state of the business
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Blurred lines, meta, mobile and international growth: Expedia brands on the state of the business
By Nick Vivion | December 17, 2013
Expedia Inc. held its annual partner event in Las Vegas this past week, bringing together the presidents and executive teams to share the realities, challenges and opportunities of the past year with Read More
Bye bye cookie: Expedia releases new innovations geared toward a post-Web future
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Bye bye cookie: Expedia releases new innovations geared toward a post-Web future
By Nick Vivion | December 16, 2013
The changing nature of the Web has been a hot topic in 2013. Namely, the evolution of Web-based interfaces alongside the growing consumer preference for mobile experiences without traditional cookie-b Read More
Booking engines on tourism websites - they're good, not evil
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Booking engines on tourism websites - they're good, not evil
By Viewpoints | December 10, 2013
Debates about whether to have booking engines on DMO sites comes up very often in conferences and webinars. Should we have one? Does it really work? NB: This is an analysis by Ashwin Kamlani, pr Read More
Why travel businesses should learn to love Twitter chats
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Why travel businesses should learn to love Twitter chats
By PhocusWire | December 2, 2013
SOCIAL: Expedia has one, travel bloggers appear to love them... So what is it about so-called Twitter chats that apparently draws people in their gazillions to them? Well, beyond the vanity aspect f Read More
Everything you wanted to know about user engagement with travel content in one report
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Everything you wanted to know about user engagement with travel content in one report
By Nick Vivion | November 21, 2013
An ongoing mystery in travel has been specifics on how travelers relate, interact and consume travel content at different lifecycles of the travel planning process. When are they most amenable to p Read More
Priceline duo speak: Huston on the future and Boyd on the past
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Priceline duo speak: Huston on the future and Boyd on the past
By Kevin May | November 21, 2013
For years Priceline top brass such as CEO Jeff Boyd would rarely speak to the media beyond the obligatory appearances with the financial press around earnings. But with him recently stepping aside Read More
Expedia plots travel graph, thinks more like stock market than supermarket
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Expedia plots travel graph, thinks more like stock market than supermarket
By Linda Fox | November 11, 2013
Expedia dropped a few more clues last week as to how it plans to meet the needs of the rapidly evolving consumer. That bit about online travel agencies traditionally not being very good at 'persona Read More
All signs point to accommodation for Expedia
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All signs point to accommodation for Expedia
By Linda Fox | November 1, 2013
The accommodation business continues to drive revenues at Expedia as the group announced its third quarter results for the period ending September 2013. There was no mention of the recent personnel Read More
Expedia to add HomeAway vacation rentals to its travel search results
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Expedia to add HomeAway vacation rentals to its travel search results
By Sean O'Neil | October 22, 2013
North American online travel agent Expedia says that it will test adding HomeAway vacation rentals to its search results. The plan is to include roughly 10,000 US and Mexican standalone vacation re Read More
GoBook makes impressive debut, sweeps aside Expedia - Top New Zealand travel websites, September 2013
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GoBook makes impressive debut, sweeps aside Expedia - Top New Zealand travel websites, September 2013
By PhocusWire | October 20, 2013
Heavy promotion for the launch of GoBook has seen it jump straight into number one spot in the list of leading New Zealand travel websites. The GrabOne-run service launched in the first week of Sep Read More
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