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.

Build-your-own package holiday on Thomas Cook and you actually go with Expedia
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Build-your-own package holiday on Thomas Cook and you actually go with Expedia
By Kevin May | January 8, 2010
Hugely intriguing move at Thomas Cook, one of Europe's biggest vertically integrated tour operators, with the discovery that customers who build their own package holiday are in fact going on an Expedia... Read More
New Expedia tagline could change during global roll-out
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New Expedia tagline could change during global roll-out
By Kevin May | January 7, 2010
Expedia has confirmed its new logo and branding will be extended to other country sites - but the widely debated new tagline may be modified market-by-market. An official says the company plans to roll... Read More
TripAdvisor relaunches AirFareWatchdog brand
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TripAdvisor relaunches AirFareWatchdog brand
By Kevin May | January 7, 2010
AirFareWatchdog has relaunched its website as it looks to push into new markets outside of the US including a dedicated version for UK travellers. The TripAdvisor-owned brand launched five years ago and... Read More
Expedia's Khosrowshahi: Metasearch forever
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Expedia's Khosrowshahi: Metasearch forever
By Dennis Schaal | January 6, 2010
Expedia Inc. historically has dabbled less in metasearch than Orbitz Worldwide and some of its other online travel agency competitors, but CEO Dara Khosrowshahi now is bullish on the channel. "We'll... Read More
New Expedia branding - why taglines are more than just a few words
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New Expedia branding - why taglines are more than just a few words
By Kevin May | January 4, 2010
Expedia has unveiled a new logo - an event usually of biblical proportions and almost guaranteed to get the advertising community to huff and puff over for a few days. The new logo has, in the words of... Read More
Expedia says site not affected by festive DDoS attack
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Expedia says site not affected by festive DDoS attack
By Kevin May | December 30, 2009
A major Distributed Denial of Service in North America last week is being played down by Expedia, one of the sites reported to be affected in the aftermath of the attack. The problem occurred on... Read More
Would Travelport IPO deliver Orbitz to Expedia?
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Would Travelport IPO deliver Orbitz to Expedia?
By Dennis Schaal | December 18, 2009
A fresh report from Bloomberg that Travelport is plannning a $3.2 billion public offering in the U.K. set off speculation that the company could divest its 48% stake in Orbitz Worldwide in the process... Read More
Egencia, Expedia's poor stepchild, expands with global partnerships
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Egencia, Expedia's poor stepchild, expands with global partnerships
By Dennis Schaal | December 12, 2009
Expedia Inc.'s corporate travel business has been a huge disappointment, and the company has failed to jump-start the business since acquiring French corporate travel agencia Egencia in 2004 and... Read More
Hotwire car-jacked: Where did all the rental cars go?
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Hotwire car-jacked: Where did all the rental cars go?
By Dennis Schaal | December 11, 2009
Hotwire, the Expedia company specializing in opaque and retail sales of air, car, hotel and also media, ran across something in September and October that the company had never seen before: Car rental... Read More
Being the Expedia CFO must be like a day at the beach
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Being the Expedia CFO must be like a day at the beach
By Dennis Schaal | December 2, 2009
Nothing seems to ruffle Expedia Inc. CFO Michael Adler as the globe's largest online travel agency is sitting pretty, at the top of the world. Addressing analysts at the Friedman Billings Ramsey Capital... Read More
TRX hopes for soft landing as Expedia sunsets some functions
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TRX hopes for soft landing as Expedia sunsets some functions
By Dennis Schaal | November 30, 2009
Whether you are an individual concerned about your stock portfolio or a business, you always need to be concerned about diversification. TRX, the data-reporting and reservations-processing firm... Read More
RoomAtlas - look what a retired banker and his son can do in their spare time
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RoomAtlas - look what a retired banker and his son can do in their spare time
By Kevin May | November 25, 2009
RoomAtlas is a map-based hotel search site and is the plaything - in their own words - of the recently retired former-banker Roger Middleton and his son. The site aggregates information for almost... Read More
TripAdvisor fixes review overload issue with new summaries
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TripAdvisor fixes review overload issue with new summaries
By Dennis Schaal | November 20, 2009
TripAdvisor next year plans to introduce summaries of a hotel’s reviews – a way to provide a quick highlight of the gestalt of the property and its amenities – as a means for consumers to avoid having... Read More
Expedia CEO on chain deals, OTA consolidation, Booking.com, TripAdvisor, media business
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Expedia CEO on chain deals, OTA consolidation, Booking.com, TripAdvisor, media business
By Dennis Schaal | November 19, 2009
I caught up with Expedia Inc. President and CEO Dara Khosrowshahi this afternoon, a couple of hours before he was scheduled to appear on center stage before all the attendees at the PhoCusWright... Read More
Priceline overtakes Expedia in market capitalization
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Priceline overtakes Expedia in market capitalization
By Dennis Schaal | November 17, 2009
Perhaps it symbolizes a passing of the torch or maybe it's merely a temporary phenomenon, but Priceline.com, perennially a little guy when compared with Expedia Inc., has overtaken Expedia Inc. in the... Read More
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