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.

Massive consolidation: HostelWorld buys HostelBookers
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Massive consolidation: HostelWorld buys HostelBookers
By Kevin May | April 11, 2013
In a deal likely to send a shiver down the spine of budget accommodation websites across the globe, Web Reservations International has acquired HostelBookers. Read More
Six myths about SEO hoteliers are still believing
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Six myths about SEO hoteliers are still believing
By Viewpoints | April 9, 2013
Last week I took an informal survey and asked a group of hoteliers we work with what the top SEO questions they often hear. Read More
Expedia ditches the dull and adopts the rich visual approach for its mobile applications
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Expedia ditches the dull and adopts the rich visual approach for its mobile applications
By Karthick Prabu | April 1, 2013
In quite a departure for the global online travel agency, Expedia's new mobile apps - known as version 3.0 - are trying to bring the visual travel itinerary to life. Read More
Over the Great Wall: eLong looks west to secure content deal with ArrivalGuides
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Over the Great Wall: eLong looks west to secure content deal with ArrivalGuides
By Karthick Prabu | March 27, 2013
Expedia-owned Chinese OTA eLong is partnering with ArrivalGuides, a Europe-based destination content specialist, in a bid to overhaul and improve the site's destination information. Read More
Why TripAdvisor's Expedia juice won't last forever, in one chart
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Why TripAdvisor's Expedia juice won't last forever, in one chart
By Sean O'Neil | March 27, 2013
For 2012, Expedia-related revenue accounted 26.7% of TripAdvisor revenues, down from 33% in 2011. The companies are parting paths. Read More
Booking.com dominates in Switzerland as OTAs steal share from direct channels
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Booking.com dominates in Switzerland as OTAs steal share from direct channels
By Linda Fox | March 22, 2013
Some interesting stats from eTourism Monitor here on who is dominating the online hotel world in Switzerland Read More
Why the Priceline plan to buy Kayak should be investigated by regulators
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Why the Priceline plan to buy Kayak should be investigated by regulators
By Viewpoints | March 20, 2013
A UK competition regulator, The Office of Fair Trading (OFT), is being kept busy in the travel space right now. Read More
TripAdvisor eyes next move on travel Rubik's Cube: Mobile destination services, tours and activities
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TripAdvisor eyes next move on travel Rubik's Cube: Mobile destination services, tours and activities
By Kevin May | March 20, 2013
Think the big boys in travel are not taking tours and activities seriously? Might need to think again. Read More
Reality bites: Thomas Cook reins in lofty ambition of being bigger than Expedia
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Reality bites: Thomas Cook reins in lofty ambition of being bigger than Expedia
By Kevin May | March 18, 2013
Three years is a long time in the travel industry, but especially so for Thomas Cook, after going through a torrid time in terms of staff morale, industry and consumer opinion of the business and a... Read More
The Scan: Eurostar web revamp, Finnair social check-in, Bhutan-Street View and other travel tech stories
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The Scan: Eurostar web revamp, Finnair social check-in, Bhutan-Street View and other travel tech stories
By PhocusWire | March 15, 2013
Eurostar, redBus, Finnair, Air Asia, IFE Services, Air Tahiti, FCm Travel Solutions, Bhutan-Google Street View, SocialBakers, Wego, BookAssist, Babbel and Monarch Airlines all make it into our roundup... Read More
Expedia quietly starts testing new website designs - hello big images!
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Expedia quietly starts testing new website designs - hello big images!
By Kevin May | March 14, 2013
Online travel agencies are evolving on a number of levels - but not least from a design perspective where the idea of throwing everything at the user is giving way to simplicity. Read More
Changing its tune, UK regulator declines to investigate Expedia's acquisition of Trivago
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Changing its tune, UK regulator declines to investigate Expedia's acquisition of Trivago
By Sean O'Neil | March 6, 2013
Last week, we reported that Britain’s Office Of Fair Trading (OFT) is casting its eye over US travel giant Expedia's recent bid to buy control of Düsseldorf-based hotel search company Trivago. Amon Read More
Urgent wake-up call - time to create a sense of urgency in the travel booking path
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Urgent wake-up call - time to create a sense of urgency in the travel booking path
By Karthick Prabu | March 4, 2013
The number one goal of any travel company is to increase conversion. The higher the conversion, the better the profit. Read More
TripAdvisor piles ahead - Top New Zealand travel websites, January 2013
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TripAdvisor piles ahead - Top New Zealand travel websites, January 2013
By PhocusWire | February 26, 2013
User review service TripAdvisor is putting clear water between it and its nearest web rivals in the list of leading travel websites in New Zealand. Read More
It's a Captcha, but not as we know it
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It's a Captcha, but not as we know it
By Linda Fox | February 19, 2013
Ryanair uses them, Ticketmaster uses them and even Expedia has been known to use them but Captchas are evolving from the squiggly often illegible words familiar to most Read More
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