How Day of Caring, Expedia Group’s Community Impact Program, Came to Be.  Community service and giving back had long been a part of Katherine Cheng’s life. So in April 2011, when she heard so many of her colleagues express interest in getting involved in their communities, she went to her leadership team with an idea. From […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

“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 […]

Tanya Saxena | Scrum Master Tanya, as part of the Hotels.com Program Management Office Team, has been supporting development teams to establish a culture that promotes psychological safety allowing groups of people from various brands & locations to collaborate, exchange knowledge, be creative and have fun.Being part of the Expedia Group Mentorship Program, Tanya was […]

Marnie Weber | Sr. Program Manager in Learning & Development When I got involved with the Ability Inclusion Movement at Expedia Group (an inclusion business group), I was fired up about how we could treat people with disabilities better, including those with mental illness and/or who identify as neurodivergent. Neurodiversity and mental illness both refer […]

Black Expedia Allied Movement, called BEAM for short, works to cultivate the contributions of the Black community within Expedia Group while empowering all employees to educate, advocate, collaborate, and pay it forward. We are a group of over 600 Black people and allies who are excited to raise awareness and amplify the incredible work being […]

2020 raised a lot of questions and discussions on the topic of Inclusion & Diversity, a topic that proved to be near and dear to Expedians. But how do we really make a difference and drive change in the workplace?   The 2020 Inclusion & Diversity Analytics Hackathon is one initiative that brought together teams and individuals in EG who wanted to drive positive, proactive and practical action to improve Expedia […]