Expedia: Travel Industry’s Powerhouse

If you ever planned a trip online, you’ve heard of Expedia. It’s been making travel industry history for almost three decades and it keeps going strong. Today, it’s not only a website, but a family of brands where you can book hotels, vacation rentals, car rentals, and all your heart’s desires. It truly dictates the ways the market is innovating and shapes the whole travel planning experience in the US and the world over.

00:00 Intro
01:01 The start of OTAs
03:09 How Dara Khosrowshahi transformed Expedia over the years
11:01 Expedia today
Sources:
[1] https://welcome.expediagroup.com/en/about-us/about-expedia-group-travel-brands
[2] https://news.microsoft.com/1997/02/24/weekly-sales-on-expedia-hit-1-million/
https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/17/business/technology-usa-networks-to-buy-75-of-expedia.html
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dara_Khosrowshahi
https://www.uber.com/us/en/about/leadership/dara-khosrowshahi/
[4] https://web.archive.org/web/20080312045953/http:/www.expedia.com/
https://web.archive.org/web/20080314175640/http:/www.expedia.com/daily/business/default.asp?rfrr=-709
https://web.archive.org/web/20080307160839/http:/www.expedia.com/daily/highlights/rewards.asp
[5] https://s202.q4cdn.com/757635260/files/doc_financials/2005/ar/ar05.pdf
https://s202.q4cdn.com/757635260/files/doc_financials/2015/ar/Expedia_2015_Annual_Report.pdf
https://s201.q4cdn.com/865305287/files/doc_financials/2016/ar/2016-annual-bh.pdf
[6] https://skift.com/2015/11/04/expedia-acquires-homeaway-for-3-9-billion/
https://www.vrbo.com/media-center/press-releases/2020/expedia-group-retires-homeaway-u-s-brand-to-focus-on-vrbo-and-streamline-its
https://skift.com/2023/09/07/airbnb-vs-vrbo-pitting-the-largest-short-term-rental-platforms-against-each-other/
[7] https://expediagroup.com/
https://www.phocuswire.com/expedia-group-acquires-canadastays
[8] https://www.inc.com/bill-murphy-jr/uber-2017-how-rough-was-ubers-year-let-us-count-ways.html
https://www.geekwire.com/2017/internal-email-expedia-chairman-barry-diller-ubers-selection-dara-khosrowshahi-ceo/
[9] https://silverrailtech.com/
https://skift.com/2020/05/26/expedia-shuts-a-short-term-rental-biz-it-created-from-2-acquisitions/
[10] https://www.expedia.com/welcome-one-key
[11] https://s202.q4cdn.com/757635260/files/doc_financials/2022/ar/EXPE2022-Annual-Report-FINAL.pdf
https://expediapartnersolutions.com/
https://expediapartnersolutions.com/products/api
[12] https://www.delta.com/us/en/delta-vacations/car-rentals
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/boukovskaia_how-expedia-groups-b2b-expansion-is-changing-activity-7108119469092134913-McHm/
https://skift.com/2022/08/04/expedias-increased-focus-on-its-partner-business-is-starting-to-pay-off/
https://www.walmartplustravel.com/lp/b/open-homepage
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