Expedia has announced it has acquired Travelocity from Sabre Corporation for $280 million in cash. “Travelocity is one of the most recognised travel brands in North America, offering thousands of travel destinations to more than 20 million travellers per month,” said Dara Khosrowshahi, Expedia, Inc. president.

Expedia has revealed it will begin offering customers the ability to search for and purchase branded fares from select airlines in 2015. Expedia has partnered with Amadeus, a world leading global distribution system, to create a standardised solution that allows participating airlines to seamlessly offer their branded fares to customers.

Expedia and Citi are introducing a new travel cobranded credit card program designed for travelers to earn Expedia+ rewards bonus points faster and redeem for travel rewards on Expedia.com.

Expedia has recently announced it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Auto Escape Group, one of Europe’s leading online car rental reservation companies from private equity fund Montefiore Investment and certain members of the AutoEscape Group’s management team.

Leading international mobility service provider Sixt has signed its first global partnership with the Expedia group. The agreement provides Expedia, Hotwire and CarRentals.com customers direct access to Sixt’s car rental fleet at more than 2,000 locations across more than 100 countries.

fastjet, Africa’s low-cost airline, has announced a global partnership agreement with the Expedia group, the world’s largest online travel company. fastjet flights will now be available to the millions of leisure and business travellers that shop for and book travel via the Expedia group’s extensive brand portfolio which includes leading brands such as, Expedia, the world’s largest full service online travel agency, Hotwire, a leading discount travel site, and Egencia, the world’s fifth largest travel management company serving business travellers in more than 60 countries.