Hotels.com is a website owned by Expedia, Inc. The ticker symbol for Expedia, Inc. is EXPE and is traded on the NASDAQ.

Richard Barton owns Expedia Inc. He was a former Microsoft executive and started Expedia in 1996.

Expedia, Inc., 1999-2003, president, chief executive officer, and director

The headquarters to Expedia are in the state of Washington. Below is the contact address.

Expedia, Inc.

3150 139th Avenue SE

Bellevue, WA 98005

Prior to its IPO, Expedia, Inc. was a wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation (Nasdaq: MSFT). Following the initial public offering, Expedia, Inc. became a separate company, but still has a contractual relationship with and is still majority-owned by Microsoft.