Expedia Group expects about 1,500 roles to be impacted, primarily in its Product & Technology division, under an operational review announced in an internal memo to the online travel giant’s… Read More
Expedia Group CEO Peter Kern emailed employees Friday about the discovery of spy cameras in two bathrooms on the company’s Seattle campus — empathizing with their feelings about what he… Read More
Expedia Group will close its Seattle headquarters for three days starting this weekend to further enhance its security and improve its ability to detect unauthorized devices after news broke this… Read More
A Lynnwood, Wash., man has been charged with voyeurism based on allegations that he placed cameras under the sinks in two bathrooms at the Expedia Group headquarters on the Seattle… Read More
A newly formed coalition of companies from e-commerce, travel, employment and other sectors plans to work together against a common problem across their industries: fraudulent online reviews. The new Coalition… Read More
Expedia Group informed an unspecified number of workers in its technology organization Thursday that it’s eliminating their positions, the latest in a series of moves by the Seattle-based travel giant… Read More
Expedia Group’s earnings report Thursday included an interesting nugget about its technology hiring efforts, indicating that the Seattle-based online travel giant is capitalizing on cutbacks in the broader tech industry.… Read More
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stepped down from the Expedia Group board effective June 1, after helping the company get a jump on the new era of generative AI toward the… Read More
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman opened Barry Diller’s eyes to the potential of artificial intelligence by asking ChatGPT to dish on the media mogul’s personal life. Diller, the Expedia Group and… 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
A new report commissioned by Challenge Seattle, a coalition of business and tech leaders, says more companies need to help finance and build affordable housing as part of a comprehensive… Read More
— Vancouver, B.C.-based social media management platform Hootsuite hired Antonis Papatsaras as its new chief technology officer. Papatsaras was previously chief technology officer of the contract lifecycle management product suite… 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
Expedia Group is removing a COVID-19 vaccination policy at most of its offices around the world, a policy which required employees and others to be vaccinated and boosted in order… Read More
Seattle-based online travel giant Expedia Group posted better-than-expected results for the second quarter, saying demand for travel was strong despite the uncertain economy and the lingering effects of COVID-19 around… Read More
Expedia Group announced a new technology platform to provide the underlying online infrastructure for other companies to build their own travel businesses. Dubbed “Open World,” the new platform “will deliver… Read More
Scalr‘s connections to Ukraine run deep. The Seattle-based cloud tech startup’s co-founder and chief technology officer, Igor Savchenko, is a native of Ukraine whose parents still live in the country.… Read More
Expedia Group is blocking the ability to book travel into or out of Russia in a response to that country’s invasion of neighboring Ukraine. “In response to recent acts and… Read More
Consumer travel in the age of COVID-19 is moving into a new phase of manageable risk and minor inconvenience as the Omicron variant starts to decline. That was the big-picture… Read More
Expedia Group is coming back to the Super Bowl, offering hope to those who yearn to be back on the beach. The Seattle-based online travel giant confirmed Friday morning that… Read More
— Freight marketplace Convoy announced John Morrow as its new general counsel, effective Nov. 1. A Seattle tech vet, Morrow was an executive at Apptio for five years including through… Read More
Expedia Group says it will unify its loyalty programs, allowing travelers to accumulate rewards across brands including Expedia, Hotels.com, Orbitz, Vrbo, Travelocity, Hotwire and others. The announcement results from a… Read More
Expedia Group, the Seattle-based online travel giant, posted improved results for the second quarter, but cautioned that the resurgence of the pandemic is complicating the recovery of the global travel… Read More
— Icertis hired longtime SAP executive Gretchen Eischen as its new chief marketing officer. She was most recently global vice president and head of marketing for SAP’s procurement solutions and… Read More
Expedia Group CEO Peter Kern said the travel industry remains a “study in contrasts” — citing a rebounding U.S. travel market and strong vacation rentals in beach and other outdoor… 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
Seattle-based travel giant Expedia Group named Patricia Menendez-Cambo, deputy general counsel of SoftBank Group and general counsel of the SoftBank Latin America Fund and SoftBank Opportunity Fund, to its board… Read More
Julie Larson-Green, an engineering leader and executive who spent more than 25 years at Microsoft, is retiring from her position as the chief experience officer at Qualtrics. Her announcement follows… Read More
Update: This story has been updated with new details from Expedia. See below. Vrbo, the vacation rental platform run by Seattle-based Expedia Group, is getting some blowback online for not… Read More
— George “Skip” Battle, the former CEO of AskJeeves, has resigned from Expedia Group’s board of directors. He originally joined the travel company’s board in 2005. Battle is a longtime… Read More