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Expedia introduces Media Lounge tool
Expedia has introduced Media Lounge, the latest addition to the Expedia App for iPhone or iPod touch which enables customers to download premium content from within the Expedia app aimed to make travels easier and more enjoyable.
Fastjet links with Expedia for global distribution
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.
fastjet inks deal with Expedia group
fastjet has signed a global partnership agreement with the Expedia group. 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 Expedia, Hotwire and Egencia.
Expedia rolls out homepage redesign
Expedia.com, the world’s largest online travel agency*, today announced its most significant redesign since 2002, debuting a brand-new homepage that adds fully responsive design and a simpler, more streamlined layout to bring rich, beautiful travel imagery and Expedia’s search interface to focus.
Expedia to offer new booking services
Expedia.com has unveiled three new features designed to aid customers through the travel planning process: Flight Recommendations, Scratchpad and Itinerary Sharing. Flight Recommendations analyses more than three billion flight searches performed on Expedia and applies insights to real-time customer search queries suggesting alternative airports, dates or time of travel.
Expedia and Egencia unveil The Future of Travel Report
Expedia and Egencia today launch the Future of Travel report, an examination of business and leisure travel across five continents, with 8,535 adults quizzed on their travel habits, preferences and expectations. In addition, a variety of travel industry experts from across the world provided insight and analysis on the findings.
Hilton Worldwide inks deal with Expedia
Hilton Worldwide has enabled nearly 4,000 hotels on the Expedia Traveller Preference program. These hotels now offer travellers choice on how they would like to pay for their reservation, either at the time of the booking or at the time of stay.
Expedia and Travelocity ink marketing deal
Expedia and Travelocity have entered into an exclusive, long-term strategic marketing agreement, whereby Expedia will power the technology platforms for Travelocity’s existing websites in the US and Canada, while providing Travelocity access to Expedia’s supply and customer services.
How smartphones impact travel plans
Following the recent launch of a new ad campaign and the Expedia® Trip-A-Day Giveaway, Expedia, Inc., the world’s leading online travel company, released the results of a survey on spontaneous travel tendencies. The study was commissioned by Expedia® and conducted online by Harris Interactive in July among over 2,000 U.S. adults age 18+.
Expedia.co.uk reports dramatic UK beach holiday booking increase
Following the first prolonged heat wave since 2006, the world’s leading online travel agent Expedia.co.uk has seen a huge increase in bookings for some of the UK’s top beach destinations – suggesting Brits are flocking to the coast to avoid the stifling city heat.
Sabre and Expedia expand in Asia
Global travel technology company Sabre, and Expedia have expanded their global technology partnership into Asia. Sabre and Expedia established their partnership in 2005 in North America, and have since expanded into Latin America and now Asia.
Expedia unveils major new campaign
Ogilvy & Mather has unveiled a major integrated campaign for leading online travel agent, Expedia. The brand will launch a significant new push with the invitation to ‘Travel Yourself Interesting.’