BELLEVUE, Wash., Sept. 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Expedia, Inc.
(NASDAQ: EXPE) announced today renewal of its agreement with
American Airlines Group (NASDAQ: AAL) for distribution of American
Airlines and US Airways flights on Expedia, Travelocity and Hotwire
sites. In addition, the Expedia Affiliate Network (EAN) and AA
Vacations announced entry into a partnership for EAN to supply
hotel content via www.aa.com.
The agreement also adds provisions for Expedia®, Travelocity®
and Hotwire® sites to offer paid seating options to millions of
leisure customers shopping and booking travel through select sites
within the Expedia, Inc. brand portfolio beginning in late 2015.
These new options will include Main Cabin Extra seats that provide
fliers up to six inches of additional leg room and priority
boarding as well as Preferred Seats with standard legroom in a more
favorable cabin location. Expedia, Inc. customers will be able to
easily identify, select and purchase these paid seating options via
the online seat map.
Commenting on the agreement, Greg
Schulze, senior vice president of Global Tour &
Transport at Expedia, Inc. said, "We are thrilled that our expanded
agreement with American Airlines Group enables us to offer a
broader set of options so our travelers can find the perfect trip
and seat across any of the nearly 350 destinations served by
American Airlines."
About Expedia, Inc.
Expedia, Inc. is one of the
world's leading travel companies, with an extensive brand portfolio
that includes leading online travel brands, such as:
- Expedia.com®, a leading full service online travel agency with
localized sites in 31 countries
- Hotels.com®, the hotel specialist with localized sites in more
than 60 countries
- Hotwire®, a leading discount travel site that offers Hot Rate®
Hotels, Hot Rate® Cars and Hot Rate® Airfares, as well as vacation
packages
- Travelocity®, a pioneer in online travel and a leading online
travel agency in the US and Canada
- Egencia®, a leading corporate travel management company
- Venere.com™, an online hotel reservation specialist in
Europe
- trivago®, a leading online hotel metasearch company with sites
in 52 countries
- Wotif Group, a leading portfolio of travel brands operating in
the Australia/New Zealand region, including Wotif.com®,
lastminute.com.au®, lastminute.com.nz® and travel.com.au®
- Expedia Local Expert®, a provider of online and in-market
concierge services, activities, experiences and ground
transportation in hundreds of destinations worldwide
- Classic Vacations®, a top luxury travel specialist
- Expedia® CruiseShipCenters®, a provider of exceptional value
and expert advice for travelers booking cruises and vacations
through its network of 190 retail franchise locations across
North America
- CarRentals.com™, the premier car rental booking company on the
web
The company delivers consumers value in leisure and business
travel, drives incremental demand and direct bookings to travel
suppliers and provides advertisers the opportunity to reach a
highly valuable audience of in-market consumers through Expedia®
Media Solutions. Expedia also powers bookings for thousands of
affiliates, including some of the world's leading airlines, top
consumer brands and high traffic websites through Expedia®
Affiliate Network. For corporate and industry news and views, visit
us at www.expediainc.com or follow us on Twitter @expediainc.
About Expedia Global Tour & Transport
The Expedia
group Global Tour & Transport team supports global, integrated
strategies for air, car, package, rail, cruise and insurance
products for Expedia, Travelocity, Wotif Group, Hotwire and Expedia
CruiseShipCenters. In addition, the team manages Expedia's
relationships with 400+ airlines and connectivity partners, and
dozens of car rental companies and cruise lines helping them
efficiently reach the 60+ million consumers shopping within
Expedia's trusted travel brand portfolio.
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