Bhakti Sanap | Director, Development Engineering About 3 years ago, while working at a learning center for school age kids that I used to run on weekends, a lady walked into the center. A smile on her face, sunglasses on her forehead, she entered my office. I greeted her back with a smile unsure what […]

Vanessa Romero | Integrations Specialist Let me start off by saying that I am a born and raised Texas girl. I grew up in a large, multi-generational household where Spanish and English were commonly spoken, but our Mexican heritage was never really embraced. This is why my first solo trip was nothing I could have ever expected but everything I […]

Veronica Velazquez | Snr Manager, Inclusion & Diversity At Expedia Group, we are guided by an inclusive purpose: to bring the world within reach, reflecting the diverse backgrounds and experiences of our employees, customers, partners and communities. We have the privilege of working daily with so many important travel partners across different lines of business (air, lodging, car rentals, etc), and with […]

Veronica Velazquez | Snr Manager, Inclusion & Diversity I was born outside of New York City and identify as a second generation Latina. My grandparents immigrated to the U.S. from Cuba and Puerto Rico.  I am now engaged to a first generation Latino, whose family is from the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. I work in Inclusion & Diversity at […]

Tania Shershin | Vice President, Growth Marketing As many have pointed out, COVID-19 is accelerating existing trends – namely the digital transformation of businesses. Sadly, however, it’s also exacerbating things like racial and socioeconomic inequality and a decline in our mental health. Our new circumstances have created more urgency for businesses to respond with renewed focus on inclusion and diversity. As many businesses and […]

Shouvik Mukhopadhyay | Software Dev Engineer “The one argument for accessibility that doesn’t get made nearly often enough is how extraordinarily better it makes some people’s lives. How many opportunities do we have to dramatically improve people’s lives just by doing our job a little better?”  ― Steve Krug We seldom realize we have the […]

Marnie Weber | Sr. Technical Product Manager in Seattle Recently, one of my dear colleagues was discovered. I mean not in the movie star way, but at work. He had asked a hard question about accessibility of one of the company’s top executives during a town hall meeting and, after lots of emails and meetings […]

Isha Gulati, Implementation Executive with Egencia, first got involved in the Inclusion and Diversity (I&D) initiatives last year after being inspired by Expedia Group’s then Chief Inclusion Officer Melissa Maher’s Q&A session on International Women’s Day. Expedia Group’s Inclusion and Diversity team is guided by the Expedia Group purpose which is inherently inclusive: to bring […]

Earlier this month, we held two virtual tech panel events for our global audiences. The event focused on “Inclusion, Innovation and the Future of Travel” and we featured six of our Expedia Group leaders from Geneva, London, Gurgaon, Seattle and Chicago. They shared their insights on what it’s like to work at Expedia Group, what […]

Ben Delk | Inclusion & Diversity, Expedia Group If you look around—at least in digital and commercial spaces—you’ll notice that we are in the middle of what is generally recognized as Pride month. The concept of Pride and its celebration is—and should be—honored year-round but during the month of June, many companies emblazon their corporate logos with rainbow patterns, […]