Expedia Group, Inc.
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Leadership History
2 leaders · 2020 to present
Expedia began in 1996 as a small division inside Microsoft led by Rich Barton before being spun off into a publicly traded pioneer that redefined how consumers search, compare, and book global travel.
Expedia Group makes money through: Merchant Model (Expedia acts as the merchant of record for hotel/package bookings, earning markup margins), Agency Model (earning travel provider commissions when customers pay the hotel directly), Advertising & Media (sponsored listings and travel brand ads), and B2B software solutions powering corporate travel and credit card portal booking engines (e.g. Chase Travel).
Chief Executive Officer
2024 – Present
2 years (current)
Expanded B2B enterprise travel partnerships; accelerated international Vrbo distribution; focused on tech platform execution.
Longtime executive who led Expedia for Business before taking over as CEO in May 2024.
Vice Chairman (Former CEO)
2020 – Present
6 years (current)
Unified Expedia's legacy tech platforms into a single global architecture; created One Key loyalty.
Steered Expedia through the COVID-19 pandemic and executed fundamental tech modernization.
Expedia faces aggressive global competition from Booking Holdings and Airbnb, direct booking loyalty programs from hotel chains (Marriott, Hilton), search disintermediation by Google Travel, and post-migration loyalty friction.
Ariane Gorin became CEO of Expedia Group in May 2024, succeeding Peter Kern.