"Expedia Group is an American online traveling buying company for consumer as well as small company travel. Its web sites, which are largely travel fare collectors as well as travel metasearch engines, consist of CarRentals.com, Expedia.com, HomeAway, Hotels.com, Hotwire.com, Orbitz, Travelocity, trivago and also Vrbo.

According to Rich Barton, the firm's initial CEO, words "" Expedia"" is stemmed from a combination of "" exploration"" as well as "" speed"".."