Tech Moves: Top Blue Origin engineer joins SpaceX; Axon hires HTC Vive exec; Porch adds to board — Law enforcement technology company Axon added former HTC Vive exec Chris Chin as vice president of immersive tech. In… Read More
Play Episode Podcast GeekWire Podcast: Amazon’s ambitious new health band; 4-day work week; Ex-Expedia CEO’s new gig Play Here’s what we’re talking about on the GeekWire Podcast this week. Amazon surprised everyone by unveiling a new health band,… Read More
What’s Barry Diller doing? Expedia not seeking new CEO following Mark Okerstrom’s abrupt departure, report says Expedia Group has been quiet about the status of its leadership following the abrupt departures of CEO Mark Okerstrom and… Read More
Expedia CEO and CFO resign in surprise shakeup, as Barry Diller asserts control over travel giant Expedia Group CEO Mark Okerstrom and CFO Alan Pickerill have resigned abruptly from the Seattle-based online travel giant, and chairman… Read More
Expedia makes peace with United Airlines in latest deal to cement travel giant’s role in online booking What happens to Expedia if airlines and hotels opt to go it alone? The online travel giant has been facing… Read More
Expedia and Ryanair quietly settle lawsuit as online travel giant tries to make peace with industry Expedia and Ryanair have agreed to voluntarily dismiss a lawsuit brought against the online travel giant by the European budget… Read More
Expedia president Aman Bhutani is leaving as travel giant shuffles execs and realigns internal teams Aman Bhutani, the veteran Expedia Group business and tech leader who oversees online travel businesses including Travelocity, Orbitz and the… Read More
A travel site by any other name: Expedia modifies moniker Expedia is changing its name. It’s only a minor alteration, as Expedia Inc. has become Expedia Group. The new name… Read More
Travel giant Expedia cuts jobs in tech infrastructure and operations teams Expedia Inc. has cut about 30 jobs from its technology infrastructure and operations teams, most of them at the online… Read More
Expedia stock drops more than 15% as travel giant misses earnings expectations Travel technology giant Expedia missed the mark on its 2017 earnings report Thursday, sending its stock tumbling in after-hours trading.… Read More
Here’s how much Expedia CEO Mark Okerstrom will make in his new job New Expedia CEO Mark Okerstrom will make a $1 million annual base salary for his role as the company’s top… Read More
Interview: New Expedia CEO Mark Okerstrom explains what’s next for the travel giant, with a surprise twist It has been a whirlwind two weeks at Expedia Inc., the Bellevue, Wash.-based online travel company whose longtime chief executive,… Read More
New Expedia CEO Mark Okerstrom on the online travel giant’s tech and business strategy Expedia’s new CEO, Mark Okerstrom, doesn’t see tech and business as two disparate departments within the online travel giant. That… Read More
Expedia CFO Mark Okerstrom takes CEO reins as Dara Khosrowshahi departs for Uber Updated 2:20 p.m.: Mark Okerstrom confirmed in an email to employees that he is taking over as CEO and president of… Read More
