Expedia Company Description
These days, expediting your vacation begins online. As the market leader in online travel services (ahead of rivals Orbitz, Priceline, and Travelocity), Expedia's travel-planning tools allow users to book airline tickets, hotel reservations, car rentals, vacation packages, and cruises online. Expedia's destination guides feature travel-related content, news, and maps. Its portfolio of brands includes Hotels.com, discount travel Web site Hotwire, travel search engine TripAdvisor, corporate travel business Egencia, Chinese travel service company eLong (56% stake), and luxury travel segment Classic Vacations, among others. Chairman Barry Diller controls about 60% of the company.
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The Company Description provides a historical perspective of Expedia's organization from inception to current status.
Produced by Hoover's in-house editorial team, the Company Description tracks ownership transitions, company progress via mergers and acquisitions, major growth milestones, and strategic initiatives, to provide a holistic view of Expedia's evolution in the marketplace.
