Expedia

Expedia Group is an American online travel shopping company for consumer and small business travel. Its websites, which are primarily travel fare aggregators and travel metasearch engines, include CarRentals.com, Expedia.com, HomeAway, Hotels.com, Hotwire.com, Orbitz, Travelocity, trivago and Vrbo.

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Expedia To Cut 12 Pct. Of Staff
Expedia To Cut 12 Pct. Of Staff
February 25, 2020  |  Personnel

Travel site Expedia has announced that it will cut 3,000 workers in an attempt to streamline its “bloated” company after the exit of its CFO...

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Google Under Fire For Allegedly Promoting Own Travel Service Over Others
Google Under Fire For Allegedly Promoting Own Travel Service Over Others
February 10, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

More than 30 competitors in the travel holiday rental industry are accusing Google of promoting its own services over theirs, and one of them has...

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Alphabet’s New CEO, Millennial Black Friday Spending And Digital Drivers’ Licenses Top This Week’s News
Alphabet’s New CEO, Millennial Black Friday Spending And Digital Drivers’ Licenses Top This Week’s News
December 06, 2019  |  The Weekender

It’s the end of the workweek, and the PYMNTS Weekender is here to make sure you didn’t miss anything with the latest in payments and...

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Top News In Payments: ECB Has Mulled Public Digital Currency; Grab Debuts Numberless Card In Batches
Top News In Payments: ECB Has Mulled Public Digital Currency; Grab Debuts Numberless Card In...
December 05, 2019  |  News

In today’s top news, the European Central Bank (ECB) has mulled using a public cryptocurrency if international payments inside of Europe stayed too costly. Also,...

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Expedia Leadership Shakeup Shows Power Of Travel Industry Disruption
Expedia Leadership Shakeup Shows Power Of Travel Industry Disruption
December 04, 2019  |  Innovation

Excuse the cliché to come, but whether travel is about the journey or the destination, it does pay to at least have some rough idea...

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Expedia Leadership Shake-Up Shows Power Of Travel Industry Disruption
Expedia Leadership Shake-Up Shows Power Of Travel Industry Disruption
December 04, 2019  |  Personnel

Expedia CEO Mark Okerstrom and CFO Alan Pickerill have resigned following a conflict over the company’s strategy, the company said in a press release on...

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OTAs Tap Into Resort Fees To Create New Revenue Streams
OTAs Tap Into Resort Fees To Create New Revenue Streams
June 27, 2019  |  Retail

A little over a month ago, Booking.com sent ripples of surprise throughout the travel vertical with the announcement that it would begin collection commissions on...

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Adventure Travel And Beyond — Summer Vacation’s New Norm
Adventure Travel And Beyond — Summer Vacation’s New Norm
June 15, 2019  |  Travel Payments

Summer is here and while schools nationwide are emptying, families across the U.S. are readying for the annual pilgrimage to beaches, national parks, amusement parks,...

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Expedia Sued By Nustay Over Antitrust Claims
Expedia Sued By Nustay Over Antitrust Claims
June 12, 2019  |  Legal

Online travel booking startup Nustay has filed a complaint with the European Union’s antitrust regulator, the European Commission, accusing Expedia Group and Booking Holdings of...

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