Expedia Group CEO Peter Kern will step down in May, the travel giant announced Thursday. He will be replaced by Ariane Gorin, currently president of Expedia for Business. Kern will… Read More
Getty Images, Expedia, and several other employers with operations in Seattle are being sued by workers who allege that the companies violated the city’s wage theft law by not reimbursing… Read More
Seattle-based travel giant Expedia Group this week debuted its new unified loyalty program that rewards customers for using its flagship Expedia.com platform, as well as its Hotels.com and Vrbo brands.… Read More
Expedia Group saw revenue rise 18% in the first quarter to $2.7 billion thanks to “strong travel demand driven by increasing international travel, major city travel, and the reopening in… Read More
For many travelers, technology long ago supplanted travel agents for the basic booking of flights, hotels, and excursions. But how quickly will artificial intelligence replace humans for trusted travel advice?… Read More
Seattle-based travel giant Expedia Group made an undisclosed number of layoffs. The company confirmed the cuts to GeekWire. “We are continuing to simplify and reprioritize resources across the company to… Read More
— Longtime Pacific Northwest executive and entrepreneur Kelly Smith is now chief digital officer at Athletic Greens, a nutritional supplement beverage company. The company raised $115 million in funding in… Read More
— Diego Oppenheimer is now a partner and CEO-in-residence at venture capital firm and incubator Factory, which is opening a Seattle office. Oppenheimer was previously CEO and co-founder of Seattle… Read More
As Hurricane Ian bears down on Florida this week, numerous state agencies are mobilizing to respond. Seattle-based travel giant Expedia is also providing a level of assistance. In a state… Read More
Seattle travel giant Expedia Group named Julie Whalen as its new chief financial officer and executive vice president, effective Sept. 26. Whalen previously spent more than 20 years at Williams-Sonoma,… Read More
— Kurt John, former chief cybersecurity officer for Siemens USA, joined Expedia as global chief security officer. John will be responsible for IT security, physical security and privacy. John spent… Read More
— Shawn Bice returned to Microsoft to serve as corporate vice president of cloud security. Bice left a general manager position at Microsoft in 2016 to become vice president of… Read More
— Expedia Group announced two hires to its executive team. Katrina Lane, former vice president at Twitter, and Lauri Metrose, former executive vice president at CBS Studios, joined as senior… Read More
Our guest on the GeekWire Podcast this week is Matt Hulett, a veteran of the Seattle tech community and the author of the new book, Unlock: 5 Questions to Unleash Your… Read More
Expedia Group shares were up more than 6% in after-hours trading after the company reported its first quarter financials Monday, with revenue up 81% year-over-year to $2.2 billion. The Seattle-based… Read More
— Expedia Group added six new technology leaders. The Seattle-based travel giant has spent the past few years restructuring its business and unifying its behind-the-scenes technologies. Part of that effort… Read More
The focus of a lot of the Super Bowl LVI ads released ahead of Sunday’s games seems to be the stars who show up in the commercials. In many cases,… Read More
The metaverse may be all of the rage these days. But Expedia Group CEO Peter Kern doesn’t think we’ll be traveling there anytime soon, saying he thinks we will want… Read More
The future of how we work, where we work, how that work is measured and even how we get to work has always loomed large in the tech community, but… Read More
It was really nice to be back. The GeekWire Summit returned to Seattle and took a page out of our shared reality, going hybrid this week with an in-person and virtual… Read More
This is starting to look like a trend: Expedia Group, the Seattle-based online travel giant, has told employees that it’s delaying a full return to the office until early next… Read More
In 2001, Expedia Group embarked on a shopping spree. Over the course of nearly two decades, the Seattle travel platform snatched up more than 40 companies with a combined worth… Read More
Expedia Group has hired top executives from Apple and Verizon Media as the company overhauls its leadership structure and brand after a long period of organizational disarray and declining revenues.… Read More
The news: Seattle travel giant Expedia announced Tuesday that it has agreed to sell its corporate business arm Egencia to American Express Global Business Travel. Both companies offer tools for… Read More
Gearing up for a resurgence in travel, Seattle-based Expedia Group is refreshing its flagship Expedia brand with updated features across the company’s mobile app and more than 70 websites. As… Read More
2020 was not pretty for Expedia Group’s business. The pandemic hit the Seattle travel giant hard last year with travel restrictions placed across the globe. Revenue dropped 57% to $5.2… Read More
Expedia has a formidable and well-funded rival knocking on the door after Airbnb’s stock more than doubled in a blockbuster initial public offering Thursday. The Wall Street Journal pegged Airbnb’s… Read More
Well, here we are: rattled, unsettled and full of anxiety. Less than 24 hours before a historic U.S. election, we are perched on the edge of a precarious precipice. And… Read More
“The day there’s a vaccine announced, that people really believe in, will be our highest booking day in history.” That was Peter Kern, the CEO of Expedia Group, the Seattle-based… Read More
The pandemic crushed Expedia Group’s business during the second quarter as the travel giant saw revenue sink 82% year-over-year to $566 million. Expedia missed expectations for Q2 revenue and earnings… Read More