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Expedia Group: brands it owns and its ownership tree

Expedia Group (NASDAQ: EXPE) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Seattle, Washington, United States that owns 9 consumer brands, and has 2 recorded transactions.[1]

Expedia began in 1996 as a division of Microsoft, was spun out in 1999, and passed through Barry Diller's IAC before becoming independent again in 2005. It owns most of the American online travel brands that appear to compete with each other, which is why comparing Expedia against Hotels.com and Orbitz compares three products from one company.

Company facts

Legal name
Expedia Group, Inc.
Type
publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
Headquarters
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States
Founded
1996
Tickers
NASDAQ: EXPE
SEC CIK
0001324424
Website
www.expediagroup.com
Last verified
· 3 sources

Expedia Group in numbers

Everything Expedia Group owns

2026

Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.

Everything Expedia Group owns Tree of 9 brands under Expedia Group. Expedia Group CheapTickets ebookers Expedia Hotels.com Hotwire Orbitz Travelocity trivago and 1 more

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Brand portfolio by category

Internet & digital (9)

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Acquisitions by Expedia Group

Acquisition closed

Expedia Group acquires Vrbo

Expedia acquired HomeAway, owner of the Vrbo vacation rental marketplace, for about $3.9 billion in cash and stock. The purchase gave Expedia a whole-property rental business as Airbnb grew.

Value
$3.9bn
Seller
—
Regulatory
None recorded
Acquisition closed

Expedia Group acquires Orbitz, ebookers and CheapTickets

Expedia acquired Orbitz Worldwide for $12 per share in cash, about $1.6 billion including debt. The United States Department of Justice closed its review without challenge, concluding the merged firm would still face competition from Priceline and from hotels selling direct.

Value
$1.6bn
Seller
—
Regulatory
None recorded

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Frequently asked questions

What brands does Expedia Group own?

Expedia Group owns 9 consumer brands tracked here, including Orbitz, trivago, Travelocity, Hotels.com, Hotwire and Vrbo.

Is Expedia Group an American company?

Yes. Expedia Group is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, United States and was founded in 1996.

Who owns Expedia Group?

Expedia Group is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as EXPE on the NASDAQ.

What was Expedia Group's most recent acquisition?

The most recent completed acquisition recorded here is Vrbo on 15 December 2015.

Sources (3) & corrections

Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.

  1. [1] Expedia Group, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-13 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 13 February 2026; retrieved 6 September 2026.
  2. [2] Expedia, Inc. Form 8-K — completion of Orbitz Worldwide acquisition — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 8-K, published 17 September 2015; retrieved 6 September 2026.
  3. [3] Expedia, Inc. Form 8-K — completion of HomeAway, Inc. acquisition — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 8-K, published 15 December 2015; retrieved 6 September 2026.

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