Articles about Expedia

Tech Moves: UW professor wins prestigious honor; T-Mobile board shuffle; and more

— Mary-Claire King, a groundbreaking innovator in genetics, has received The National Academy of Sciences’ most prestigious metal, the Public… Read More

Tech Moves: Expedia names CFO; former Microsoft AI VP leads new startup; Avante gets sales VP

Expedia Group has appointed Scott Schenkel as its new chief financial officer, effective in early February. Schenkel was at eBay… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft vet joins Expedia as new product chief; Avanade names president

Shilpa Ranganathan is back at Expedia Group as its new chief product officer. Ranganathan spent the past 16 years at… Read More

Tech Moves: Expedia names new CTO; F5 adds board members; Humanly hires sales exec

Ramana Thumu has taken the role of chief technology officer for Expedia Group. Thumu will oversee engineering operations at Seattle-based… Read More

Expedia warns of lower travel demand but stock rises 7% after Q2 earnings

Expedia Group topped expectations for its second quarter, with $3.6 billion in revenue, up 6% year-over-year, and profits of $386… Read More

Expedia Group lays off 36 workers as part of broader cuts

Seattle-based travel giant Expedia Group is laying off 36 workers in Washington, according to a new filing with the state… Read More

Expedia CEO Peter Kern to step down later this year, replaced by longtime exec Ariane Gorin

Expedia Group CEO Peter Kern will step down in May, the travel giant announced Thursday. He will be replaced by… Read More

Workers sue Expedia, Getty, and others to recoup remote work costs under Seattle’s wage theft law

Getty Images, Expedia, and several other employers with operations in Seattle are being sued by workers who allege that the… Read More

Expedia Group rolls out new travel loyalty program that includes Vrbo, Hotels.com — here’s how it works

Seattle-based travel giant Expedia Group this week debuted its new unified loyalty program that rewards customers for using its flagship… Read More

Expedia stock up 6% after beating Q1 estimates with $2.7B in revenue, up 18%

Expedia Group saw revenue rise 18% in the first quarter to $2.7 billion thanks to “strong travel demand driven by… Read More

Expedia’s new ChatGPT travel planning tool is a litmus test for the future of AI and humanity

For many travelers, technology long ago supplanted travel agents for the basic booking of flights, hotels, and excursions. But how… Read More

Expedia Group lays off workers as part of ‘strategic actions’

Seattle-based travel giant Expedia Group made an undisclosed number of layoffs. The company confirmed the cuts to GeekWire. “We are… Read More

Tech Moves: Athletic Greens hires Seattle tech vet Kelly Smith; Brex founder joins Expedia board

— Longtime Pacific Northwest executive and entrepreneur Kelly Smith is now chief digital officer at Athletic Greens, a nutritional supplement… Read More

Tech Moves: Algorithmia founder to open Seattle office for venture fund; Expedia hires new execs

— Diego Oppenheimer is now a partner and CEO-in-residence at venture capital firm and incubator Factory, which is opening a… Read More

Expedia provides online help to those seeking shelter as they flee Hurricane Ian in Florida

As Hurricane Ian bears down on Florida this week, numerous state agencies are mobilizing to respond. Seattle-based travel giant Expedia… Read More

Expedia Group hires former Williams-Sonoma leader Julie Whalen as new CFO and executive VP

Seattle travel giant Expedia Group named Julie Whalen as its new chief financial officer and executive vice president, effective Sept.… Read More

Tech Moves: Expedia hires chief security officer; Microsoft technical fellow departing; and more

— Kurt John, former chief cybersecurity officer for Siemens USA, joined Expedia as global chief security officer. John will be… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft hires cloud security VP; Expedia board member resigns; and more

— Shawn Bice returned to Microsoft to serve as corporate vice president of cloud security. Bice left a general manager… Read More

Tech Moves: Expedia hires former Twitter and CBS execs

— Expedia Group announced two hires to its executive team. Katrina Lane, former vice president at Twitter, and Lauri Metrose,… Read More

Podcast

Startup turnaround specialist Matt Hulett on unlocking growth, and surviving turbulent times

Our guest on the GeekWire Podcast this week is Matt Hulett, a veteran of the Seattle tech community and the author… Read More

Expedia’s Q1 revenue up 81% to $2.2B; CEO sees ‘positive indicators’ for leisure travel recovery

Expedia Group shares were up more than 6% in after-hours trading after the company reported its first quarter financials Monday,… Read More

Tech Moves: Expedia adds new tech leaders; Xbox R&D chief departs; and more

— Expedia Group added six new technology leaders. The Seattle-based travel giant has spent the past few years restructuring its… Read More

Super Bowl ad roundup: Big stars push a range of tech, from travel to phones to electric vehicles

The focus of a lot of the Super Bowl LVI ads released ahead of Sunday’s games seems to be the… Read More

Expedia CEO says maybe the metaverse emerges in 100 years, predicts more interest in the ‘real-verse’

The metaverse may be all of the rage these days. But Expedia Group CEO Peter Kern doesn’t think we’ll be… Read More

The future of work: HR leaders from Zillow, Expedia on the pandemic-driven changes to the workplace

The future of how we work, where we work, how that work is measured and even how we get to… Read More

GeekWire Summit 2021 recap: Leaders and luminaries share insights at our annual conference

It was really nice to be back. The GeekWire Summit returned to Seattle and took a page out of our shared… Read More

Expedia Group pushes back its full return to the office to January 2022

This is starting to look like a trend: Expedia Group, the Seattle-based online travel giant, has told employees that it’s… Read More

Interview: Expedia’s new leaders from Apple and Verizon hope to help travel giant bounce back

In 2001, Expedia Group embarked on a shopping spree. Over the course of nearly two decades, the Seattle travel platform… Read More

Expedia Group hires top execs from Apple and Verizon as part of leadership structure overhaul

Expedia Group has hired top executives from Apple and Verizon Media as the company overhauls its leadership structure and brand… Read More

Expedia will sell Egencia corporate travel unit to American Express Global Business Travel

The news: Seattle travel giant Expedia announced Tuesday that it has agreed to sell its corporate business arm Egencia to… Read More