Expedia

As a step toward realizing that commitment, we are excited to release our first Climate Action Plan. Expedia Group has been carbon neutral since 2017, and we are now increasing our ambitions and committing to reach Net Zero greenhouse gas emissions across our operations by 2040, from a 2022 base year.

To that end, we are thrilled to announce alongside our Climate Action Plan the launch of the new Nature Positive Tourism Fund, founded in partnership with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), a global non-profit.

Travel is transformative - a true force for good. At Expedia Group, we know that the global travel industry must transform to realize a Net Zero future, and we are committed to playing our part.

Design for fairness, privacy, and transparency: We actively test for unintended bias, have strong data guardrails, and favor explainability when decisions meaningfully affect users. These are incorporated from the start, not added on.

Company invests in AI-driven experiences, with open tech roles emphasizing data and AI expertise.

The travel giant is laying off many employees.

However, on January 26, the online travel agency filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) notice with Washington’s Employment Security Department on January 28, 2026, confirming the elimination of 162 roles at its Seattle headquarters and among some remote staff.

Expedia cut 162 jobs in Seattle and remote roles amid ongoing transformation.

In an unusual decision, a federal judge overturned the first jury trial verdict in a Helms-Burton lawsuit, which had awarded a Cuban-American Miami man $30 million in damages against each of the booking companies Expedia, Orbitz, and Hotels.com for allegedly trafficking in confiscated property in Cuba.

In a first such decision, a Miami federal jury has found that travel booking company Expedia Group ows $29.85 million to a Cuban-American family in damages for having promoted and sold bookings to Floridians at hotels in land confiscated by the Cuban government during the early days of Fidel Castro’s revolution.

Now 91, stooped and gray-haired, Mr. Echevarria is seeking damages against Expedia Group, the travel booking giant, for failing to obtain his permission when reserving rooms in hotels built on Cayo Coco, land confiscated from his family in 1960.

MIAMI — Expedia, Hotels.com and Orbitz convinced a Florida federal court to set aside the $119 million jury verdict against them on claims they facilitated bookings at an island owned by a U.S. national that was confiscated by the Cuban government. Evidence was insufficient to show the agencies knew they were booking guests at the hotel after they were served cease-and-desist notices.

The plaintiffs argued that Expedia had engaged in unlawful trafficking by facilitating bookings at five hotels on land seized by the Cuban government after the 1959 revolution. The jury in Miami found, however, that the plaintiffs lacked concrete proof of ownership or official confiscation records for the properties.

According to charging documents, Vargas-Fernandez placed cameras under the sink aimed at the toilet in two all-gender bathrooms at the Expedia office building for months, between Dec. 2023 and Jan. 2024.

FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013, file photo, a building housing Expedia is seen in Bellevue, Wash. Expedia has agreed to pay more than $325,000 to settle U.S. government allegations that it improperly helped people travel inside Cuba or between the island and places other than the United States. The Treasury Department announced the agreement and settlements with several other companies on Thursday, June 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

The suit invokes the Sherman Act and Clayton Act, two major pieces of antitrust law, and claims that Expedia has engaged in what amounts to an economy-wide price-fixing scheme that is costing consumers. Per the lawsuit, the problem stems from Expedia’s iron grip on hotel bookings, which it uses to charge a 15% commission to hotels that land a booking through the company’s platforms. That commission, it argues, has led to hotels charging travelers up to 30% more on their booking in order to recoup the profit lost from Expedia’s skim.

By Rachel Riley ( October 5, 2026, 6:39 PM EDT) -- Expedia broke federal antitrust law by barring listed hotels from selling rooms at lower rates through their own booking channels and using algorithms to punish them for offering reduced prices on competing travel agency websites, consumers claimed in a proposed class action filed in Washington federal court Friday. . . .

SEATTLE (CN) — Consumers targeted Expedia in an antitrust class action accusing the online travel agency of imposing exclusionary contracts and pricing algorithms to exploit customers.

The travel company Expedia has stopped selling holidays that include performances by captive dolphins and whales.

Amnesty Intl. alleges Airbnb, Booking.com, Expedia & TripAdvisor are profiting from illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories; inc. co. responses - Business and Human Rights Centre

"In response to recent acts and government-imposed sanctions weighed against Russia, we have ceased the sale of travel into and out of Russia," Expedia Group said in a statement. "We are saddened by what continues to unfold in Ukraine and will continue to do what we can to support impacted travelers, partners, and our team members with families and friends in the affected areas."

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16 out of 18 Expedia Group lobbyists in 2021 have previously held government jobs.

FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013, file photo, a building housing Expedia is seen in Bellevue, Wash. Expedia has agreed to pay more than $325,000 to settle U.S. government allegations that it improperly helped people travel inside Cuba or between the island and places other than the United States. The Treasury Department announced the agreement and settlements with several other companies on Thursday, June 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Travel booking giant Expedia and its affiliates will take steps to ensure non-partnering hotels are no longer falsely advertised as “sold out” on its platforms under the terms of a class action settlement approved Friday.

SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — Travel booking giant Expedia and its affiliates will take steps to ensure non-partnering hotels are no longer falsely advertised as “sold out” on its platforms under the terms of a class action settlement approved Friday.

Expedia has been embedding itself in the new platforms as a hedge. It was a launch partner when OpenAI opened ChatGPT to outside apps, and began buying ads inside ChatGPT this year.

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<table> <thead> <tr> <th>Contributor</th> <th>Date</th> <th>Amount</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Expedia Inc Political Action Commitee</td> <td>April 15, 2019</td> <td>$1,000</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

<table> <tr> <td>Total disbursements</td> <td>$2,500.00 </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Operating expenditures</td> <td>$0.00 </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Allocated operating expenditures - federal share</td> <td>$0.00 </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Allocated operating expenditures - nonfederal share</td> <td>$0.00 </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Other federal operating expenditures</td> <td>$0.00 </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Transfers to affiliated committees</td> <td>$0.00 </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Contributions to other committees</td> <td>$2,500.00 </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Independent expenditures</td> <td>$0.00 </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Party coordinated expenditures</td> <td>$0.00 </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Loans made</td> <td>$0.00 </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Loan repayments made</td> <td>$0.00 </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Total contribution refunds</td> <td>$0.00 </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Individual refunds</td> <td>$0.00 </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Political party refunds</td> <td>$0.00 </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Other committee refunds</td> <td>$0.00 </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Other disbursements</td> <td>$0.00 </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Total federal election activity</td> <td>$0.00 </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Allocated federal election activity - federal share</td> <td>$0.00 </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Allocated federal election activity - Levin share</td> <td>$0.00 </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Federal election activity - federal only</td> <td>$0.00 </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Total federal disbursements</td> <td>$2,500.00 </td> </tr> </table>

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