The Japan Inclusion and Diversity committee joined Tokyo Rainbow Pride 2021 on April 24th & 25th with Hotels.com’s support as a part of ‘Travel Celebrate Love’ initiative. Its results were outstanding! This initiative achieved more than 30 coverages in top tier media including Newsweek, Jiji Press and Sankei News, where our LGBTQIA campaign like “Hotels.com Loved by […]

“A Mentor is not someone who walks ahead of us to show us how they did it. A mentor walks alongside us to show us what we can do.” – Simon Sinek, book ‘The Infinite Game’  When I first started the Mentoring Program at Expedia Group, I remember asking one of my colleagues, “What role does a ‘program […]

Christy Ritter | Director, Global Compensation In our newest edition of our Expedia Group Arrivals, we want to extend a warm welcome to Christy Ritter, Director of Global Compensation. Christy, welcome again to Expedia Group (EG)! We’re super excited to have you on board. For our readers, please could you tell us a bit about yourself and […]

Billy Black | Marketing Analyst, London How did your journey at Expedia begin? Hi there, I’m Billy and I’m an analyst at Expedia Group based in the marketing division in London. My journey with Expedia started just under two years ago when I interned in the summer of 2019, after which I returned to university […]

Cintia O. Tavella | Senior Director, Strategic Partnerships, Seattle Cintia is a Senior Director, Strategic Partnerships at Expedia Partner Services (EPS). She is speaking at this year’s Women in Technology Online Festival Jun 7-11, 2021. Catch Cintia speaking about ‘COVID, Tech and Diversity & Inclusion’ on Thu, June 10. Please tell us more about yourself. […]

As part of our commitment to address racial injustice and inequity, there are many commitments we have made and milestones we have reached at Expedia Group that will propel us forward on the path to improvement and progress.  One of these includes our hiring targets for women to occupy 50 percent of roles at all levels by the end of  2025, and 25 percent of […]

We’re proud to have been part of the Latinas in Tech (LiT) Summit this month. This is the first year we’ve participated as a Gold-level sponsor and it was an honor to be a part of this wonderful event! Over 1,400 people attended this year’s Summit – topics included innovating equity, demystifying corporate culture, addressing […]

Gabriella Clarke | Product Manager III, Seattle What does your typical work day look like? I try to make sure I have at least 15 minutes before my first meeting of the day, to check for urgent messages and settle in. It can be a challenge since I live in Seattle and work with folks […]

“Inclusive design is good design: if we get this right for those who need it most, it will be more awesome for everyone.” – Toby Willis  Expedia Group (EG) employees rely on third-party technology solutions like Slack to do their work now, more than ever as a means of connecting to teams, communities, systems, and workflows. As a result, we in Expedia IT (eIT) have forged relationships with […]

One year in from the onset of the pandemic when it was all hands on deck and what we learned from it all. Swati Sharma | Supervisor, Customer Ops Services Related to COVID-19, what were some of the problems you and your team were trying to solve over the past year? I still remember the day […]