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Expedia taps gamification to raise awareness of best-in-class loyalty program BELLEVUE, Wash., June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Expedia.com®, the world's largest online travel company, today launched Around the World in 100 Days, a 15-week gaming contest that allows players to earn up to 1 million real-world Expedia Rewards points. The gaming contest is designed to raise awareness and engagement of the U.S. Expedia Rewards program. Expedia Rewards is the only loyalty program run by an...

Calasi, a sustainability engagement platform, compares the fuel usage and greenhouse gas emissions of air travel on major booking sites. Today the company announced that its eco travel app is immediately available on Expedia, Orbitz, CheapTickets, as well as on Ebookers and Voyages-Sncf in Europe. San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) May 30, 2013 Color labels are seamlessly overlaid on travel sites to identify, navigate and choose flights with a better fuel economy. Using a series of data inputs...

SINGAPORE, May 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Global travel technology company Sabre, and Expedia, Inc., (NASDAQ: EXPE) the world's largest travel company, have expanded their global technology partnership into Asia. Expedia's online business in Singapore and Malaysia is now powered by Sabre's technology, providing online shoppers with some of the broadest and most competitively-priced travel options in the region. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130205/LA54136LOGO) The...

Expedia Launches "Expedia Viewfinder(TM)" Blog - Featuring Globetrotting Travel Bloggers - to Give Summer Travelers Every Tip and Trick They Need BELLEVUE, Wash., May 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- To mark the unofficial start of summer, Expedia.com(®) has commissioned a study of the American summer traveler. The American Traveler study, conducted by Harris Interactive, finds that Americans' love of the open road burns brighter than ever. 50% of Americans plan to take a road trip of more...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Expedia Travel Agents Affiliate Program (TAAP) announced the appointment of Discover the World Marketing as their sales partners in key markets of Canada and USA, handling the sales and first level customer support for the program. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100629/LA27981LOGO) Launched in Europe in 2002, Expedia TAAP now partners with more than 80,000 registered travel agents globally offering commissions when...

Campaign Innovation Drove Results for Africa, Latin America and the Middle East BELLEVUE, Wash., May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Expedia® Media Solutions, the advertising sales division of global online travel leader Expedia, Inc., today announced the recipients of its 2012 Partner Awards for Africa, Latin America (LATAM) and the Middle East. The Partner Awards are presented to original and groundbreaking campaigns as a nod to the exemplary innovation and success in digital marketing...

Expedia Tops the Shortlist for International Awards Honoring Best of Web BELLEVUE, Wash., May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Expedia.com®, the world's largest online travel agency, announced today that Expedia Hotels & Flights has been named the People's Voice Travel App in the 17th Annual Webby Awards. Hailed as the "Internet's highest honor" by The New York Times, The Webby Awards, presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS), is the leading...

WASHINGTON, April 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Travel Tech: The Travel Technology Association welcomed the nomination of Mayor Anthony R. Foxx as the next Secretary of Transportation, saying his experience in executive decision-making would help the department reach effective outcomes on a number of important issues facing airline consumers. "As the mayor of a large metropolitan city that hosts one of the busiest airline hubs in the U.S., Mayor Foxx undoubtedly knows the importance of...

World's largest youth film festival showcases films by directors 22 and under BELLEVUE, Wash., April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Expedia.com®, the world's largest online travel agency, today announced that it will be a presenting sponsor at the 2013 National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY), the premier showcase of the best young directors - aged 22 and younger - from around the world. NFFTY is a festival put on by The Talented Youth, a non-profit organization founded in...

BELLEVUE, Wash., April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Expedia, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXPE) has now posted its first quarter 2013 earnings release in the Investor Relations section of the company's corporate website at http://www.expediainc.com/ir. The earnings release is also available on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov. As announced previously, the company will host a conference call today to discuss the earnings release at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time / 4:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. ...