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Expedia

Expedia buys Australian travel firm for $658M, tamps down ‘inaccurate’ eLong rumors

Expedia is making waves overseas. The Bellevue-based online travel giant announced Monday morning that it plans to buy Australian online… Read More

Book a hotel with Bitcoin: Expedia starts accepting digital currency for reservations

Bitcoin users looking for a place to stay while traveling now have a whole bunch of new options. Expedia says… Read More

Ignition-backed travel startup Hipmunk raises $20 million

Travel planning site Hipmunk announced today that it has raised $20 million in Series C financing. The round was led… Read More

Last-minute travel heats up with new mobile offering from Airbnb

Airbnb is experimenting with a new service that will enable the San Francisco company to enter the very crowded field of booking last-minute… Read More

Expedia posts 19% gain in revenues, cash hoard grows

Shares of Expedia rose Thursday after the Bellevue online travel giant posted a solid first quarter, reporting adjusted net income… Read More

Expedia is giving away paid apps for free with Apple’s blessing

Starting today, Expedia’s iPhone app will become a destination for consumers to discover new apps — and then, download them… Read More

Airbnb may be worth more than Expedia

Airbnb is reportedly in talks to raise up to $500 million at a $10 billion valuation, which would make it… Read More

World’s largest travel site? Expedia and TripAdvisor both lay claim to title

Expedia has started claiming in its ads that it’s the “world’s largest travel site.” It’s an interesting assertion, considering that… Read More

Expedia CEO discusses Google smackdown

Shares of Expedia took a hit last month after SearchEngineLand reported that the Bellevue online travel giant had lost about 25… Read More

Shares of Expedia jump as Q4 revenues top $1.1 billion

Expedia, the Bellevue online travel giant, saw its revenue increase 18 percent during the fourth quarter as it showed increases… Read More

Expedia stock dips after losing search visibility on Google

Rap Genius made Google quite angry last month and paid the price, losing huge amounts of traffic after the search… Read More

Expedia unveils Travel Graph, a new tool to help travelers find cheaper airfares

Though the northeast is currently approaching a no-fly zone as the effects of the Polar Vortex take hold, Expedia has… Read More

Expedia study reveals deep divide over airplane seat reclining

Do you recline your airplane seat at will — crushing the knees, electronics and spirit of the person behind you?… Read More

Shares of Expedia soar as travel giant posts 17% revenue gain

Shares of Expedia jumped nearly 20 percent in after hours trading after the Bellevue online travel agency beat expectations, showing… Read More

Chart: The top 25 companies that pay software engineers the most money

Who would have thunk that Walmart offers better pay to software engineers than Microsoft, Expedia and Amazon.com. But that’s one… Read More

Relive the GeekWire Summit with photos, Twitter reaction

From a fantastic talk with Rich Barton and Bill Gurley to a former Amazon exec comparing shopping to sex, the… Read More

Deal of the day: Travelocity partners with rival Expedia

Travelocity is holding onto its brand. But the guts of the online travel agency, which is owned by travel giant… Read More

Legislators want Expedia, online travel agencies to pay more taxes

Expedia and other big online travel agencies may be looking at higher tax expenses thanks to a recent push by… Read More

Expedia’s eLong establishes $100M fund to bankroll mobile travel startups

It’s a good time to be a travel-oriented startup. eLong, the Chinese travel giant that’s partially owned by Expedia, said that it… Read More

Shares of Expedia tumble 25 percent after online travel giant hits Q2 ‘headwinds’

Shares of Expedia are getting trashed in after-hours trading, following the Bellevue company’s latest earnings announcement which showed a 27… Read More

Tech Moves: Doug Aley leaves Zulily for Room 77; Vittana taps CEO; Ex-RealNetworks CEO lands at Brightcove; UserMind; etc.

Doug Aley is jumping back into the online travel business, taking a new job as vice president of product development… Read More

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GeekWire Radio: Nick Hanauer and Rich Barton on investing, technology, open skies and big bets

Nick Hanauer and Rich Barton are investors and entrepreneurs who have created and shaped some of the most significant companies… Read More

Egencia partners with Concur to make business travel simple

In an effort to make business travel more seamless, Egencia is partnering with Concur, the Redmond maker of travel and entertainment expense management… Read More

Personal travel assistant: Expedia updates mobile app with real-time itinerary

Nearly 18 months ago, Expedia laid out a vision to become a “Web 3.0 personal travel assistant,” for the mobile… Read More

Microsoft, Expedia, others file complaint over Google’s domain name ‘land grab’

Fairsearch.org, a lobbying group whose backers include Microsoft, Expedia, TripAdvisor and Nokia, has filed objections over Google’s attempts to take… Read More

CFOs on the hot seat: Students tell Expedia and Zillow execs how they could improve

Expedia’s Mark Okerstrom and Zillow’s Chad Cohen are accustomed to fielding tough questions from Wall Street analysts. But the chief… Read More

Florida court hands victory to Expedia, other online travel companies over lodging tax

Expedia and other online travel companies won a crucial decision this week when the The First District Court of Appeals in… Read More

Online travel sales top $100B for the first time: Expedia remains out in front

No wonder that Expedia’s stock has been soaring — up more than 90 percent in the past year and one… Read More

Expedia revenue hits $975M on strength of hotel business

Expedia is flying high again. The Bellevue-based online travel giant today posted fourth quarter revenue of $975 million, a 24… Read More

Turn your travel photos into a movie with Expedia’s ‘Find Yours’ app

Toss out iMovie and Windows Movie Maker — Expedia’s new app is turning your travel photos into a mini-movie with… Read More

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