Expedia
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| Expedia.com | |
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 Homepage of Expedia.com |
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| URL | http://www.expedia.com |
| Commercial? | Yes |
| Type of site | booking service |
| Registration | No |
| Owner | Expedia, Inc. |
| Created by | Rich Barton and Lloyd Frink |
Expedia is an Internet-based travel agency and a part of Expedia, Inc. which is based out of the United States of America with localized sites for 15 countries. It books airline tickets, hotel reservations, car rentals, cruises, vacation packages, and various attractions and services via the World Wide Web and telephone travel agents. The site uses multiple global distribution systems like the Sabre reservation system for flights and for hotels, Worldspan, and Pegasus along with their own hotel reservation system for their contracted bulk rate reservations which is shared with other Expedia, Inc. sites.[1] In 2006, Expedia.com was awarded a Webby Award in the area of "Best In Travel Websites" [2] and a Stevie Award from the American Business Association for "Most Innovative Company" [3]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Expedia GDS hotel description
- ^ 10th Annual Webby Awards Nominees & Winners webbyawards.com,
- ^ The American Business Awards stevieawards.com,
[edit] External links
- Expedia.com, (English) (United States)
- Expedia.co.uk, (English) (United Kingdom)
- Expedia.ca, (English),(French) (Canada)
- Expedia.com.au, (English) (Australia)
- Expedia.co.nz, (English) (New Zealand).
- Expedia.ie, (English) (Ireland)
- Expedia.co.in, (English) (India)
- Expedia.fr, (French) (France)
- Expedia.de, (German) (Germany)
