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.

OTAs are winning the battle but maybe not the hotel distribution war
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OTAs are winning the battle but maybe not the hotel distribution war
By Viewpoints | February 12, 2014
OTAs cannibalising direct hotel sales isn't surprising, and boils down to two things: the range of offers and the ability to put huge marketing clout into driving custom. But, last week's article ( Read More
Is travel ecommerce reaching a saturation point?
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Is travel ecommerce reaching a saturation point?
By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | February 10, 2014
Travel ecommerce (online travel, digital travel - the terms often vary) has been on a roll for quite a while now. The emergence of technology-fueled travel ecommerce can be traced back to the 1995/ Read More
Expedia tapping into business-leisure travel fuzziness
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Expedia tapping into business-leisure travel fuzziness
By Linda Fox | February 10, 2014
Expedia big boss Dara Khosrowshahi was in London last week banging the drum about the blurring of lines between leisure and business travel. Social sharing and technology developments are making th Read More
Expedia plays down search visibility drama, constantly audits SEO practices
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Expedia plays down search visibility drama, constantly audits SEO practices
By Kevin May | February 7, 2014
After Expedia insisted on an inevitable "no comment" for weeks, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi was always going to face questions during its latest financial results about the search saga. Expedia.com was r Read More
Entering the next phase of mobile commerce in the travel industry
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Entering the next phase of mobile commerce in the travel industry
By Glenn Gruber | February 4, 2014
Mobile commerce continues to grow at a fast pace. According to eMarketer, mobile commerce or mCommerce constitutes $41.68 billion of the total $262.3 billion of ecommerce sales for 2013 or an incre Read More
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
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