Expedia delivers consumers everything they need for researching, planning, and purchasing a whole trip. The company provides direct access to one of the broadest selections of travel products and services through its North American Web site, localized versions throughout Europe, and extensive partnerships in Asia. Serving many different consumer segments — from families booking a summer vacation to individuals arranging a quick weekend getaway, Expedia provides travelers with the ability to research, plan, and book their comprehensive travel needs.
Expedia-branded Web sites feature airline tickets, hotel reservations, car rental, cruises, and many other in-destination services from a broad selection of partners.
About Expedia, Inc. - Parent Company of Expedia.com
Expedia, Inc. is the world's leading online travel company. With more people booking travel online in Expedia's global marketplace than anywhere else, the company delivers consumers value in leisure and business travel, drives demand for travel suppliers, and provides advertisers opportunities to reach in-market travel consumers. The Expedia, Inc. portfolio of brands includes Expedia.com®, Hotels.com®, Venere.com™, Hotwire®, Egencia™ (formerly Expedia Corporate Travel), TripAdvisor®, ExpediaLocalExpert®, ClassicVacations® and eLong™. Expedia, Inc.'s companies operate more than 70 global points of sale in more than 55 countries. Expedia also powers bookings for some of the world's leading airlines and hotels, top consumer brands, high traffic websites, and thousands of active affiliates through Expedia® Affiliate Network. (NASDAQ: EXPE)
The mission at Expedia, Inc. is to build the world's largest and most intelligent travel marketplace, connecting more travelers with the best travel booking services and destination information, and delivering value to travel suppliers and other companies that want to reach this unmatched audience.
Collectively, the Expedia, Inc. brands cover virtually every aspect of researching, planning, and booking travel, from choosing the best airplane seat, to reading personal travel reviews of hotels, to planning what to do in a destination once you arrive. The Expedia, Inc. portfolio serves both leisure and business travelers with tastes and budgets ranging from modest to luxury. Expedia is the single largest provider of hotel bookings in the world, delivering consumer travel demand from nearly every continent to more than 100,000 hotels and hundreds of airlines, tour operators, car rental companies and destination services supply partners.