Travel giant Expedia is investing $350 million into Indonesian travel site Traveloka, in a move to gain a foothold in the growing Southeast Asia market. The Information first reported on the investment… Read More
Expedia plans to conduct a thorough review of the wildlife tourism attractions bookable through its website and remove activities determined to be objectionable. The Bellevue, Wash. travel giant is also… Read More
Amazon, Expedia, Google, Facebook, and thousands of other tech companies are showing their support for net neutrality as part of today’s Day of Action. They’re protesting the Federal Communications Commission’s… Read More
Expedia, the Bellevue, Wash. travel giant with a big appetite for acquisitions, has completed its purchase of the majority stake of London-based SilverRail. SilverRail is a technology platform that helps… Read More
CEOs of some of the world’s top tech companies are feeling the love today, thanks to a new list from employer database and employment review site Glassdoor. The list ranks… Read More
Airbnb is putting down permanent roots in Seattle with a major new office that makes the vacation rentals company the latest well-known tech brand to grow rapidly in the region… Read More
Expedia just cleared an important permitting milestone with the city of Seattle as it prepares to move the majority of its workforce to its Seattle waterfront campus in 2019. Expedia… Read More
Seattle’s new Alaskan Way tunnel — currently three years late and millions of dollars over budget — has been called the worst transportation investment in the entire United States. Now,… Read More
Rich Barton, the Zillow and Expedia co-founder, drew inspiration from Bill Gates, JFK, an ancient Greek myth and the movie “Weird Science” for his commencement address Friday at the University… Read More
Hotel owners are tired of online travel agencies (OTAs), like Expedia and Priceline, cutting into their profits by charging hefty commissions. To counter the growing trend of consumers booking through… Read More
As Expedia senior vice president of regional brands, Noah Tratt is constantly traveling the world. He’s been with Expedia for 15 years, first joining the company in 2002 to lead… Read More
In order to “Save the World,” as his new show promises he’s out to do, science and TV personality Bill Nye will probably have to do a good deal of… Read More
Expedia said it has acquired a majority stake in SilverRail, a London based company focused on online booking for train trips. The two companies have teamed up in the past… Read More
Jen O’Twomney helped Expedia navigate some of the most acquisition-hungry years of the travel giant’s life. Expedia gobbled up Orbitz, Travelocity, Wotif, and HomeAway while O’Twomney was serving as Vice… Read More
While he doesn’t wish for virtual reality to become a replacement for real travel, Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi has said in the past that he thinks VR can help people research where… Read More
Quarterly earnings season is an opportunity to look behind the scenes of the largest tech companies in the world, to see how they’re actually doing. This week brought a windfall… Read More
Today, Expedia reported $2.2 billion in revenue for the first quarter of 2017, a 15 percent increase over the same period last year, with earnings of 5 cents per share.… Read More
Thursday is the mother lode of tech earnings. Three of the top five most valuable tech companies by market cap — Amazon, Microsoft and Google parent company Alphabet — as well… Read More
A former IT technician for Expedia subsidiary Hotwire was sentenced to 15 months in prison today, after he pled guilty last year to allegations of breaking into employee accounts and stealing sensitive… Read More
A decade ago, if you were trying to get around in a city without a personal vehicle, there were a few options. You could utilize public transportation like a bus… Read More
Amazon has confirmed previously-reported plans to open a big new office in downtown Bellevue, Wash. GeekWire reported last year that the online retail giant had leased all 354,000 square feet… Read More
Chelsea Clinton has joined the board of Expedia, the Bellevue-based online travel giant. The announcement was made in a SEC filing today, which noted that Clinton — the daughter of… Read More
Expedia confirmed that it plans to keep at least a chunk of office space in its current hometown of Bellevue beyond the timeline of its 2019 departure across Lake Washington with… Read More
This is what optimism looks like in 2017. At the end of Expedia’s call with analysts following its fourth quarter earnings report, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi offered a decidedly bleak sign-off to… Read More
Expedia, the Bellevue-based online travel giant, today reported $2.1 billion in fourth quarter revenue, a 23 percent increase over the same period last year as room night stays increased 15… Read More
A federal judge’s ruling on Friday, temporarily suspending President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration, is having an impact across the nation this weekend as some people who were blocked… Read More
Washington state secured a temporary restraining order on Friday that immediately halted implementation of President Trump’s executive immigration order nationwide — and Amazon, Expedia, and Microsoft “certainly helped the case,” according to… Read More
Expedia will offer a 2-to-1 match for employee donations to the American Civil Liberties Union in response to President Donald Trump’s immigration ban. In an email sent to staff Friday,… Read More
While the tech industry had never been particularly warm to candidate or President Trump, industry leaders made it clear after his election that they were open to, and in some… Read More
Tension is mounting between the two Washingtons. Today, Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced he is filing a lawsuit against Donald Trump, officials in his administration and the Department of… Read More
