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Expedia Group has been quiet about the status of its leadership following the abrupt departures of CEO Mark Okerstrom and CFO Alan Pickerill in early December. A new report indicates… Read More
Expedia Group CEO Mark Okerstrom and CFO Alan Pickerill have resigned abruptly from the Seattle-based online travel giant, and chairman Barry Diller is stepping in to run the company, citing… Read More
What happens to Expedia if airlines and hotels opt to go it alone? The online travel giant has been facing that ominous question through a series of recent contract negotiations… Read More
Expedia and Ryanair have agreed to voluntarily dismiss a lawsuit brought against the online travel giant by the European budget airline, according to filings in federal court in Seattle. A… Read More
Aman Bhutani, the veteran Expedia Group business and tech leader who oversees online travel businesses including Travelocity, Orbitz and the flagship Expedia brand, is leaving the company to pursue another… Read More
Expedia is changing its name. It’s only a minor alteration, as Expedia Inc. has become Expedia Group. The new name brings it a little closer to one of Expedia co-founder… Read More
Expedia Inc. has cut about 30 jobs from its technology infrastructure and operations teams, most of them at the online travel giant’s corporate headquarters in Bellevue, Wash., GeekWire has learned.… Read More
Travel technology giant Expedia missed the mark on its 2017 earnings report Thursday, sending its stock tumbling in after-hours trading. The company reported $10.05 billion in revenue for the 2017… Read More
New Expedia CEO Mark Okerstrom will make a $1 million annual base salary for his role as the company’s top executive, the same as his predecessor Dara Khosrowshahi. Expedia today… Read More
It has been a whirlwind two weeks at Expedia Inc., the Bellevue, Wash.-based online travel company whose longtime chief executive, Dara Khosrowshahi, was hired away to lead Uber. But in… Read More
Expedia’s new CEO, Mark Okerstrom, doesn’t see tech and business as two disparate departments within the online travel giant. That was one of the takeaways from GeekWire’s interview with Okerstrom… Read More
Updated 2:20 p.m.: Mark Okerstrom confirmed in an email to employees that he is taking over as CEO and president of Expedia, dispelling rumors that he might follow Dara Khosrowshahi to… Read More