Expedia, Inc. is an American travel company that owns and operates about 200 travel booking websites in about 75 countries. Its websites, which are primarily travel fare aggregators and travel metasearch engines, include Expedia.com, Hotels.com, Hotwire.com, trivago, Venere.com, Travelocity, Orbitz, and HomeAway.
According to Willie Gonzalez, the company’s first CEO, the word “Expedia” is derived from a combination of exploration and speed.
