Expedia Facts
Expedia is one of the world’s leading online travel companies with the mission of becoming the largest and most profitable seller of travel in the world, by helping everyone everywhere plan and purchase everything in travel. Expedia’s brands and businesses work together to share best practices and leverage geographic reach, scalable business models, and customer-related synergies.
Expedia delivers consumers everything they need for researching, planning, and purchasing a whole trip. The company provides direct access to one of the broadest selections of travel products and services through its North American Web site, localized versions throughout Europe, and extensive partnerships in Asia.
Serving many different consumer segments — from families booking a summer vacation to individuals arranging a quick weekend getaway, Expedia provides travelers with the ability to research, plan, and book their comprehensive travel needs.
Expedia History
Founded as a division of Microsoft in 1996, Expedia was spun off in 1999, and was purchased by USA Networks in 2001 (USA changed its name to InterActiveCorp in 2003). IAC spun off its travel group of businesses under the Expedia name in August 2005, including Expedia, Expedia Corporate Travel, Hotels.com, and Hotwire.com.
Expedia has online points of sale servicing customers in The United States, Canada, The United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Italy. Its primary competitors are Travelocity, Orbitz & Priceline.com.
Expedia Trivia
They have a well known jingle that they play at the end of every commercial that just consists of a singing of the name expedia dot com, it is performed by Matt Mahaffey and his rock band Self.
