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Expedia

 
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Expedia.com
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Homepage of Expedia.com
URL http://www.expedia.com
Commercial? Yes
Type of site booking service
Registration Yes
Owner Expedia, Inc.
Created by Rich Barton and Lloyd Frink

Expedia is an Internet-based travel agency and a part of Expedia, Inc. based in the US with localized sites for 15 countries. It books airline tickets, hotel reservations, car rentals, cruises, vacation packages, and various attractions and services via the World Wide Web and telephone travel agents. The site uses multiple global distribution systems like Amadeus or the Sabre reservation systems for flights and for hotels, Worldspan, and Pegasus, along with their own hotel reservation system for their contracted bulk rate reservations. This last is shared with other Expedia, Inc. sites.[1]

In 2006, Expedia.com was awarded a Webby Award in the area of "Best In Travel Websites" [2] and a Stevie Award from the American Business Association for "Most Innovative Company".[3]

Expedia was started by Microsoft, which they then spun off as a multi-billion dollar company because it was "no longer about software intensive technology" and they were "concerned that they would not do their best at this."[4]

References

  1. ^ Expedia GDS hotel description
  2. ^ 10th Annual Webby Awards Nominees & Winners webbyawards.com
  3. ^ The American Business Awards stevieawards.com
  4. ^ Bill Gates on the CNBC TV Show The Big Idea

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