Expedia

Expedia, Inc. is an American travel company that owns and operates several international global online travel brands, primarily travel fare aggregator websites and travel metasearch engines including Expedia.com, Hotels.com, Hotwire.com, trivago, Venere.com, Travelocity, Orbitz, and HomeAway.

The company operates more than 200 travel booking websites in more than 75 countries, and has over 350,000 lodging listings and over 500 airline listings.^[4]

According to Rich Barton, the first CEO, the word “Expedia” is derived from a combination of “exploration and speed” and contains the high-point Scrabble letter “X.”

The company has received many awards and accolades