In December 2011, Expedia completed the corporate spin-off of Tripadvisor into a public company.
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Expedia first bought into Trivago in 2012, paying about $628 million in cash and stock for 61.6 percent of the company. The acquisition was part of a push by Expedia to expand its presence in Europe, reports Bloomberg Markets.
Booking Holdings (which operates Booking.com, Kayak, Priceline, OpenTable, Agoda, and others) and Expedia Group (which operated Expedia, Hotels.com, Hotwire, trivago and others) are the largest online travel agencies (OTAs) in the world and operate through a dynamic portfolio of brands across different regions.
These days, Expedia is part of the larger Expedia Group, which includes brands such as Hotels.com, Orbitz, Hotwire, Travelocity, Vrbo and CarRentals.com. All this is to say that Expedia is a reliable company.