Articles about Expedia Group

Tech Moves: Expedia names SVP; Microsoft AI leader departs for Uber; ZeroAvia CEO steps down

Expedia names SVP in global advertising; a Microsoft AI technical lead departs for Uber; and the CEO of the sustainable aviation startup ZeroAvia steps down. Read More

Expedia at 30, the inside story: Online travel giant navigates its third tech disruption

Expedia Group CEO Ariane Gorin, founder Rich Barton, chairman Barry Diller, and former CEO Dara Khosrowshahi tell the story of Expedia’s 30-year evolution from a small project inside Microsoft to a global travel conglomerate navigating the age of AI agents. Read More

Expedia Group sees reward and risk in the rise of AI-powered travel

Expedia CEO Ariane Gorin detailed the company’s AI strategy on its Q1 earnings call, describing booking integrations with ChatGPT and Claude, AI-powered customer support, and rising compute costs funded by cuts elsewhere. Read More

Tech Moves: Expedia names CFO; former Tune CEO leaves Roku; Amazon and Microsoft departures

Expedia Group named Derek Andersen as its new CFO; Peter Hamilton left Roku for an upcoming CEO role; and more tech moves. Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft leader jumps to Anthropic; Tagboard gets new CEO; Expedia names tech VP

— Longtime Microsoft leader Eric Boyd announced today that he has joined Anthropic to lead its infrastructure team. “I’ve been… Read More

Ex-Expedia employee gets 4 years for planting spy cameras across Seattle campus in voyeurism case

A former Expedia Group employee who secretly recorded women by hiding spy cameras throughout the company’s Seattle headquarters — including in bathrooms — was sentenced Friday to four years in prison. Prosecutors described the scope of the case as “staggering.” Read More

Tech Moves: Expedia names first AI chief; Textio founder joins Microsoft; T-Mobile exec departs

Expedia nabs Xavier Amatriain from Google to serve as its first chief artificial intelligence officer and data officer while Textio’s Kieran Snyder takes a role at Microsoft. Read More

Tech Moves: Icertis names new CEO as Samir Bodas steps down; Smartsheet adds security leader

Icertis has named Anand Subbaraman as CEO, succeeding Samir Bodas, who will become executive chairman of the Bellevue, Wash.-based contract… Read More

Tech Moves: Google VP joins Tenable; Semperis hires Microsoft vet; DexCare names CEO; and more

— Longtime Microsoft leader Eric Doerr is now chief product officer for Tenable, a Maryland-based cybersecurity company. Doerr most recently… Read More

Tech Moves: UW professor wins prestigious honor; T-Mobile board shuffle; and more

— Mary-Claire King, a groundbreaking innovator in genetics, has received The National Academy of Sciences’ most prestigious metal, the Public… Read More

Tech Moves: Expedia names CFO; former Microsoft AI VP leads new startup; Avante gets sales VP

Expedia Group has appointed Scott Schenkel as its new chief financial officer, effective in early February. Schenkel was at eBay… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft vet joins Expedia as new product chief; Avanade names president

Shilpa Ranganathan is back at Expedia Group as its new chief product officer. Ranganathan spent the past 16 years at… Read More

Tech Moves: iSpot’s new CTO; VMWare exec returns to Microsoft; Expedia CFO to resign

— Nipun Dureja is now chief technology officer for iSpot, a Bellevue, Wash., company that measures the impact of advertising… Read More

Podcast

Podcast: What Trump 2.0 means for tech, Diller nixes Expedia + Uber, and a GeekWire fall update

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, it’s a grab-bag of topics, including self-driving wheelchairs, Expedia Group Chairman Barry Diller’s comments… Read More

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Podcast: Uber + Expedia? Ballmer on 60 Minutes; 1980s Silicon Valley revisited; What’s next for AI

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we imagine the possibility of Uber buying Expedia Group, based on a report by… Read More

Tech Moves: Expedia names new CTO; F5 adds board members; Humanly hires sales exec

Ramana Thumu has taken the role of chief technology officer for Expedia Group. Thumu will oversee engineering operations at Seattle-based… Read More

Expedia Group cites ‘violation of company policy’ for sudden ouster of two key tech leaders

Two of Expedia Group’s top engineering leaders have abruptly exited the company due to what the online travel giant called… Read More

Expedia Group cutbacks will impact 1,500 roles this year, more than 8% of workforce

Expedia Group expects about 1,500 roles to be impacted, primarily in its Product & Technology division, under an operational review… Read More

Internal memo: Expedia Group CEO addresses company’s response to discovery of spy cameras

Expedia Group CEO Peter Kern emailed employees Friday about the discovery of spy cameras in two bathrooms on the company’s… Read More

Expedia Group to close Seattle HQ temporarily to enhance security after discovery of spy cameras

Expedia Group will close its Seattle headquarters for three days starting this weekend to further enhance its security and improve… Read More

Spy cameras found in two Expedia bathrooms; former employee charged with voyeurism

A Lynnwood, Wash., man has been charged with voyeurism based on allegations that he placed cameras under the sinks in… Read More

Amazon, Expedia, Glassdoor, and others form coalition to fight fake reviews

A newly formed coalition of companies from e-commerce, travel, employment and other sectors plans to work together against a common… Read More

Internal email: Expedia Group lays off some tech workers in latest move to reshape its workforce

Expedia Group informed an unspecified number of workers in its technology organization Thursday that it’s eliminating their positions, the latest… Read More

Expedia Group says ‘surplus of top-tier tech talent’ is boosting its strategic hiring efforts

Expedia Group’s earnings report Thursday included an interesting nugget about its technology hiring efforts, indicating that the Seattle-based online travel… Read More

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman leaves Expedia Group board ‘to focus on his other business interests’

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stepped down from the Expedia Group board effective June 1, after helping the company get a… Read More

As storm clouds clear for travel, Expedia Group looks to become a bigger tech provider to industry

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman opened Barry Diller’s eyes to the potential of artificial intelligence by asking ChatGPT to dish on… Read More

Expedia’s new ChatGPT travel planning tool is a litmus test for the future of AI and humanity

For many travelers, technology long ago supplanted travel agents for the basic booking of flights, hotels, and excursions. But how… Read More

Seattle business and tech leaders call for bold corporate action on housing crisis

A new report commissioned by Challenge Seattle, a coalition of business and tech leaders, says more companies need to help… Read More

Tech Moves: Hootsuite hires CTO; Cascadia Capital CEO moves to Austin; and more

— Vancouver, B.C.-based social media management platform Hootsuite hired Antonis Papatsaras as its new chief technology officer. Papatsaras was previously… Read More

Tech Moves: Athletic Greens hires Seattle tech vet Kelly Smith; Brex founder joins Expedia board

— Longtime Pacific Northwest executive and entrepreneur Kelly Smith is now chief digital officer at Athletic Greens, a nutritional supplement… Read More