"Expedia Group is an American online traveling purchasing business for customer and also local business travel. Its sites, which are largely travel fare collectors as well as travel metasearch engines, include CarRentals.com, Expedia.com, HomeAway, Hotels.com, Hotwire.com, Orbitz, Travelocity, trivago and also Vrbo.

According to Rich Barton, the company's first CEO, the word "" Expedia"" is originated from a combination of "" expedition"" and also "" speed"".."