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Expedia appoints new CTO and brand president
Reading Time: 3 minutesUS: Expedia Group has announced the appointment of Rathi Murthy as the company’s chief technology officer and president of Expedia Services, and Jon Gieselman as the company’s president of Expedia Brands. As part of Murthy and Gieselman joining, the company will evolve its operating structure into four key pillars: Expedia Services, Expedia Brands, Expedia Marketplace, […]
Expedia Group launches Covid-19 Advisor tool
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Expedia Group has introduced the Covid-19 Travel Advisor, a tech-enabled tool that is designed to provide travellers with up-to-date details about travel restrictions worldwide. Powered by sherpa, a global provider of travel identification requirements for the travel industry, the Covid-19 Travel Advisor is now part of several Expedia Group consumer brands, with the aim to simplify people’s experience when seeking guidance in destinations they hope or plan to visit, such as quarantine and Covid-19 testing requirements. Expedia reported seeing initial success in its pilot phase, with more than 1.6 […]
Vrbo launches Fast Start program for new hosts
Reading Time: 3 minutesUS: Expedia Group vacation rental brand Vrbo has announced the launch of Fast Start, a new program that increases the visibility of new properties in the first 90 days and displays a review score based on reviews from other travel sites. The launch of the host recruitment program comes in response to what the company […]
Expedia Group draws up plans for new round of layoffs
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Expedia Group looks to be heading towards another layoff round, as Travel Partners Group CEO Cyril Ranque announced further redundancies within the company. The company laid off 12 per cent of its workforce earlier this year before the pandemic, in an attempt to manage a “bloated and sclerotic” workforce. Travel Partners Group is a […]