Who bought Expedia?

History. Founded as a division of Microsoft in October 1996, Expedia was spun off into a public company in 1999. IAC, known at the time as USA Networks Inc, acquired a controlling interest in the company in 2001 and acquired the remainder of the company in 2003.



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Priceline.com is headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut, United States and is wholly owned by Booking Holdings, which also owns Kayak.com, Booking.com and other sites. The company was founded in 1997.

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Expedia-owned Trivago files for IPO worth $400 million | Hotel Management.

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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.

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Vrbo is the vacation rental division within Expedia Group, the world´s travel platform. As part of Expedia Group, we are part of a global network of sites that operate in 70+ countries and reach 750 million monthly visits to help boost your earning potential.

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Kayak (styled as KAYAK) is a metasearch engine owned and operated by Booking Holdings.

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In short, no; a guest cannot book an Airbnb through Expedia because it is not part of the Expedia Group.

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Expedia owns over 200 travel booking sites, over 150 mobile apps and websites. Expedia operates in nearly 70 countries and in over 35 different languages. Expedia currently reaches 25 million guests per year.

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Expedia Inc. changed its name Monday to Expedia Group Inc. “to better reflect the global nature of our business, more clearly articulating who we have become and who we aspire to be,” Expedia CEO Mark Okerstrom said in a statement.

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Basically the only big travel sites not owned by Expedia or Priceline are TripAdvisor (previously spun off from Expedia) and AirBnB. And Skyscanner! Lone little skyscanner.

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The Bottom Line. If airline rewards are more valuable to you compared to hotel rewards, Expedia clearly is the more valuable program. On the other hand, if you prefer to focus your rewards on hotels, Orbitz offers a solid, easy-to-understand program, with a few extra frills at the highest membership level.

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