Expedia News
Expedia Media Solutions grows marketing partnerships with Destinations Worldwide
Expedia® Media Solutions, the ad sales division of Expedia, Inc., continues to gain momentum as a key marketing partner for destination organizations around the globe, creating highly effective campaigns that have proven to increase tourism and hotel bookings for their partners’ destinations.
Travel sites win key US tax ruling
Online travel companies including Expedia have won the first of several pending legal battles to roll back tax assessments by California cities that claim they owe tens of millions of dollars in occupancy taxes.
Air China signs exclusive partnership with Expedia Affiliate Network
Air China has signed an exclusive partnership with the Expedia Affiliate Network (EAN). More than 100,000 EAN products will now be available to Air China customers across 27 overseas markets
EU plans to help stranded travellers
Travellers who book holidays online or with budget airlines could receive greater financial protection if companies go bankrupt, under new plans mooted by the European Commission. Brussels officals say it is time to extend the consumer protection beyond package holidays to also independent trips using websites such as Expedia, as well as as covering passengers if an airline collapses.
Expedia (EXPE) and Choice Hotels (CHH) tonight announced they have signed a new, long-term deal that
Expedia (EXPE) and Choice Hotels (CHH) tonight announced they have signed a new, long-term deal that will return Choice’s inventory to Expedia’s global family of websites including Expedia and Hotels.com.
Expedia and Choice Hotels International sign new long-term agreement
Choice Hotels International (NYSE: CHH) and Expedia, Inc., the world’s leading online travel company (Nasdaq: EXPE), today announced they have signed a new three-year agreement to include Choice Hotels International properties on the more than 80 Expedia® and Hotels.com®-branded sites that Expedia operates worldwide.
Expedia drops phone booking fees
Expedia announced today that they are removing booking/service fees on all travel products sold through Expedia’s call centers.
Expedia cuts phone fees in price war
Expedia has made a significant change to its service policy, eliminating all phone-based booking fees and the company will not charge phone booking fees for any flight, car rental, hotel or cruise reservation booked by phone in the US.
Expedia says “You’re Out” to Choice
“You’re Out!” No, that’s not just the last thing said to the Phillies at the end of this year’s World Series. It’s also the last thing Expedia said to Choice before they pulled the chain’s inventory.
Expedia Billboard Effect: Cornell agrees that it is real
Expedia and other OTAs have long touted what has become known in the industry as “the billboard effect” whereby they have claimed that positioning on their sites generates not only bookings through the OTA but also a halo effect on the hotels’ own sites by generating brand awareness.
Will Expedia’s Multi Brand Strategy Succeed in China?
TripAdvisor’s acquisition last week of Kuxun.cn, China’s number two travel search engine, kicked off its ambitious investment plan of US$50 million in China’s burgeoning tourism market over the next two years.
Florida AG sues Expedia and Orbitz - If cities can, we can too
Bill McCollum, the Florida Attorney General filed suit against Expedia and Orbitz this afternoon, opening the next chapter in the ongoing fight over occupancy taxes.