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Expedia News

The latest news and analysis of Expedia, including breaking news, executive interviews, earnings coverage, and analysis of its competitors.

Media and PR

Does Expedia Have TripAdvisor Spinoff Remorse?

Expedia Inc. chairman Barry Diller specializes in acquiring companies, spinning them off to make a killing, and sometimes taking them back in. Is there a closer relationship in Expedia's and TripAdvisor's future? You never know.

Does Expedia Have TripAdvisor Spinoff Remorse?

Airlines

Why CheapOair Is Sticking With Flights While Booking Peers Chase Hotels

CheapOair has already proven that it can make a viable business out of flights when its competitors are scurrying to build their hotel businesses. There will be pressures, and it won't be the fastest-growing business in the world, but there is plenty of room for companies like CheapOair that keep their heads down and focus on areas that others are neglecting.

Why CheapOair Is Sticking With Flights While Booking Peers Chase Hotels

Online Travel

After Big Mergers, When Will Priceline and Expedia Take the Next Big Steps?

If online travel agencies are heading toward becoming a hybrid of transactions and metasearch advertising, it is ironic that Kayak, Room 77 and Hipmunk have already become hybrids, having begun to take direct booking themselves in recent years.

After Big Mergers, When Will Priceline and Expedia Take the Next Big Steps?

Online Travel

Priceline Introduces Sponsored Listings in a Move Toward Increasing Ad Revenue

Though Priceline has traditionally been resistant to letting ads disrupt its sleek user experience, the payoff may have finally become too lucrative to resist.

Priceline Introduces Sponsored Listings in a Move Toward Increasing Ad Revenue

Online Travel

Hotwire Needs to Pivot Toward Last-Minute and Mobile, Expedia CEO says

In the wacky world of digital travel, Expedia is committed to TripAdvisor, which it spun off, and plans to spend more with Kayak, owned by Priceline, and Trivago, which Expedia controls. Just another day in the life.

Hotwire Needs to Pivot Toward Last-Minute and Mobile, Expedia CEO says

Media and PR

Unprecedented TV Advertising Blitz by Expedia, Priceline and Travelocity

Travel startups often talk about how difficult it is to get noticed, but now even mammoth online travel agencies are finding it very difficult to break out of the pack in their TV advertising. And, it is expensive.

Unprecedented TV Advertising Blitz by Expedia, Priceline and Travelocity

Online Travel

7 Most Popular Types of Travel Booking Websites of 2013

Online booking websites are more popular than travel agencies, branded bookings, and deals websites; however, meta-search's 10 percent jump this year indicates the growing sector could soon become a more formidable competitor.

7 Most Popular Types of Travel Booking Websites of 2013

Hotels

Expedia Gives Hilton Guests a Little Convenience But No Price Break

Expedia's new pay-at-the-hotel option for Hilton, Marriott and others is all about competing with Priceline's Booking.com, which for years has been growing by enabling guests to reserve a stay and then pay at the front desk.

Expedia Gives Hilton Guests a Little Convenience But No Price Break

Online Travel

Travelers Visit 38 Sites Before Booking a Vacation, Study Says

In the wrong hands, studies like this will encourage people to launch trip-planning startups. History demonstrates that's not the best idea.

Travelers Visit 38 Sites Before Booking a Vacation, Study Says

Online Travel

How The Travel Booking Giants Stack Up and Where They Are Heading

The Expedia-Travelocity deal won't likely trigger a lot of consolidation because there aren't a lot of U.S. pieces left worth buying.

How The Travel Booking Giants Stack Up and Where They Are Heading