Travel site Orbitz, which is owned by Expedia, said a “legacy travel booking platform” was likely hacked last year, exposing close to two years of customer data. The company disclosed… Read More
IBM is suing Expedia, alleging that the popular travel site has for years been infringing on several of its patents, some of which date back to the early days of… Read More
Former Orbitz CEO and longtime Seattle technology leader Barney Harford has been named the COO of Uber, marking yet another Seattle leader who has joined the embattled ride-hailing company. Former… Read More
Asha Sharma, who served as the COO of home services startup Porch since its inception, is leaving the company for a new position at Facebook, GeekWire has learned. Fittingly, Sharma… 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
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
Updated 5:15 p.m. with statement from Jonathan Ly’s attorney A former IT technician for Expedia subsidiary Hotwire pleaded guilty Monday morning to allegations of breaking into employee accounts and stealing sensitive… Read More
Expedia is cutting jobs at Orbitz two months after acquiring the travel booking website for $1.6 billion. A company spokesperson confirmed the layoffs on Friday but did not provide details on… Read More
Online travel giant Expedia Inc. is even bigger as of this morning, completing its $1.6 billion acquisition of Orbitz just hours after the U.S. Justice Department announced that it wouldn’t challenge the deal. In… Read More
Expedia is holding off on its acquisition of Orbitz announced in February. The Bellevue-based travel giant pushed back the termination date on the merger agreement from Aug. 12 to Nov. 12. No reason… Read More
Online travel giant Expedia, fresh off its acquisition of Travelocity, now plans to buy Orbitz Worldwide in a deal valued at $1.6 billion, continuing its rollup of major travel tech brands.… Read More