Angela Page | e-Commerce Manager, Wotif in Sydney, Australia What does your typical workday look like? What I love about my role is that a typical workday doesn’t exist. In eCommerce, we are responsible for the performance of our point of sale (POS) and interact many teams. As a result, I could spend the day […]

Kate Bascombe | Software Development Engineer II in Brisbane, Australia A great manager of mine once explained to me the difference between a ‘Travel Company’ and a ‘Technology Company that deals in Travel’. He used a pizza metaphor to help illustrate, comparing Pizza Hut and Dominos. Pizza Hut is a fine company offering pizza to […]

Elin Mendola | Senior Market Manager in Sweden What does your typical workday look like? I’m an early starter so I’m usually the first one in the office. Knowing that coffee is a big part in the office, I always load the coffee machine so that it’s ready when the team starts their day. From there, […]

Wan Nur Farihin Wan Rosli | Lodging Partner Associate II in Kula Lumpur, Malaysia “Non nobis solum nati sumus. (Not for ourselves alone are we born.)” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero I have always believed that by simply helping others it can boost up your mood. I have also always believed that we are living – not […]

Adriana Segovia | Area Manager, LPS in Cancun, Mexico Over my professional career, I have taken several professional development courses and received advice from many people but there’s nothing more important than these three fundamentals I have learned: 1) Be now the person you aspire to be, 2) Challenge the Status Quo, and 3) Own […]

Joao Carlos Campos | Manager, Lodging Operations in Dallas, TX After a year and a half working for Expedia out of Sao Paulo office, I had the pleasure of being relocated to the US to work with the Dallas team. Other than getting used to a dishwasher and picking up a new favorite brand of soap […]

Every year the CoderDojo community gathers for their global conference, DojoCon, and this year the event will take place in Kilkenny, Ireland. The CoderDojo foundation reviews bids submitted by clubs around the world and selects one of the clubs to host the conference. On behalf of her local club in Kilkenny, Expedia Group’s Margaret Ahearne […]

Expedia’s Makers | Engineering Lodging Shop The Lodging Shopping product & engineering team are responsible for solving customer problems for lodging search, refine, and details. This includes the services that power the web/native experience and the user interface to web browsers on mobile, tablet and desktop. Surthi Samraj, Daman Kauer, Dineth Mendis, Scott Horn, and George […]

Leslie Ekas | Vice President, Financial Systems & Core Transaction Services (FCTS) in Bellevue, WA What does your typical workday look like? Meetings, meetings, and meetings. I coordinate with FCTS partners and customers to ensure we are moving forward and I work with my team to understand our work and ensure the teams have what they […]

Marnie Weber | Sr. Technical Product Manager in Bellevue, WA “You can only become truly accomplished at something you love.  Don’t make money your goal. Instead pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off of you.’ – Maya Angelou Ms. Angelou had it right […]