Expedia Group

Expedia Group is a travel company based in Seattle, Washington. Its website describes it as the global travel marketplace, built for travelers, with brands that help people plan, book and experience travel.

Its consumer brands include Expedia, Hotels.com and Vrbo for vacation rentals. The site also lists Expedia Cruises, CarRentals, Hotwire, Orbitz, ebookers, CheapTickets, wotif, trivago and travelocity.

The company says it has 70 plus countries and destinations open for exploration, more than 3.5 million stay options from luxury hotels to tree houses, and over 200,000 activities and experiences.

Its partner business sells travel technology to businesses. The site says more than 70,000 businesses work with it. It reports an average of 12 million daily visitors across its sites and apps, and more than 415 million net room nights booked last year.

Partner solutions cover distribution of inventory for vacation homes, hotel rooms, cars, airline seats, cruises and activities. They also include tools for building travel experiences and advertising for travel partners. The site cites United Airlines as a partner.

The company's history began in 1996, when Expedia.com launched as a division of Microsoft. It went public in 1999, spun off as Expedia, Inc. in 2005, and became Expedia Group in 2018.

The company also reports sustainability goals. These include a 90 percent absolute emissions reduction goal by 2040, $16 million in philanthropic funding in fiscal 2025, and more than 100 destinations with increased climate capacity.

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• Hotels.com
• Vrbo
• Expedia Cruises
• CarRentals
• Hotwire
• Orbitz
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