As we prepare for our “Powering the Future of Travel as a Latina in Tech” panel with Latinas in Tech, we wanted to spotlight our amazing panelists. To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, we asked them: “How has your cultural identity shaped you and your career?” Cristina Alcocer, Senior Manager, Product Management, Chicago “I’ve been living […]

“Nothing.” That’s the answer Jeff, my husband, gave me after he rejected every job posting I sent his way, and I finally asked him what he wanted to do next. In 2016, we found out that his time as a Navy F/A-18 pilot would be coming to an end in seven months after spending 11 […]

Alka Goel is a senior engineering leader at Expedia Group and she will be speaking at this year’s HerRising 2021. Register here. Please share more about yourself and your role within Expedia Group. I am Alka Goel, Director of Technology, at Expedia Group (EG) with over 29 years of industry experience. I joined EG about […]

When passion meets technology great things happen.  Expedia Group is hosting its first-ever MeetHer event with JobsForHer for women professionals looking to scale up their careers. Join industry experts who are on a mission to make travel better with technology. At Expedia Group, you are welcome to embrace your passions, as they believe that the […]

Today we are sharing our first Inclusion & Diversity report to highlight our progress, honor the contributions of our employees and partners, and further commit ourselves to transparency, accountability, and impact. View the full report, which covers our progress from 2014 to 2020, identifies existing gaps, and charts our path forward. Over the years, Expedia Group has made strides toward creating an environment where all identities […]

Laura Cuello | Director, Account Management When we think of Expedia, we all think of our (much-missed, in the past year!) holidays, travel with family, taking the road, visiting new places, wanderlust… yet I also think of innovation, interconnected platforms, open-source, code, artificial intelligence, chatbots… that is because we see ourselves as a tech company […]

Isabelle Bentley | Product Analyst In our everyday lives, we encounter examples of failures of representation and accredited success of the women’s achievements. Many may believe due to the current state of the tech industry with 77% of tech director roles filled by men, that men may have an aptitude for programming and tech in […]

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 […]

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 […]