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Expedia, Inc. NASDAQ: EXPE is an Internet travel agency based in Bellevue, Washington, USA. It books airline tickets, hotel reservations, car rentals, cruises, vacation packages, and various attractions and services via the World Wide Web and telephone travel agents.

Founded as a division of Microsoft in 1996, Expedia was spun off in 1999, and was purchased by USA Networks in 2001 (USA changed its name to InterActiveCorp in 2003). IAC spun off its travel group of businesses under the Expedia name in August 2005, including Expedia, Expedia Corporate Travel, TripAdvisor, Classic Vacations®, eLong, Hotels.com, and Hotwire.com.

Expedia has online points of sale servicing customers in The United States, Canada, The United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and Australia.

Its primary competitors in The United States are Travelocity, Orbitz & Priceline.com.

TripAdvisor focuses on planning a vacation, featuring millions of unbiased opinions about places to stay, things to do, and where to eat. TripAdvisor also has international versions of the site at TripAdvisor.co.uk, TripAdvisor.fr, TripAdvisor.de, TripAdvisor.es and TripAdvisor.it


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The well-known jingle played at the end of U.S. Expedia commercials produced since 2001 consists of the singing of "Expedia... Dot-com!" It is performed by Matt Mahaffey and his rock band Self. United Kingdom Expedia commercials do not feature the jingle and instead have a woman singing, "Let yourself go."


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United Kingdom Expedia commercials do not feature the jingle and instead have a woman singing, "Let yourself go.". This is generally shown in the morning and repeats of her ITV show have continued to be broadcast on ITV2. Dot-com!" It is performed by Matt Mahaffey and his rock band Self. In 2005 Trisha began another show of a similar format on Channel 5 called 'Trisha Goddard'. Expedia commercials produced since 2001 consists of the singing of "Expedia.. Trisha is impersonated on the Channel 4 programme Bo' Selecta with phrases such as "You want a lit detecta test?!" and "Rice and peas!" in a strong Caribbean accent. The well-known jingle played at the end of U.S. It has frequently been accused of copying American formats (such as the The Maury Povich Show), and of exploiting its subjects.


. Robert Phipps, a body language expert, frequently guests on the show. TripAdvisor also has international versions of the site at TripAdvisor.co.uk, TripAdvisor.fr, TripAdvisor.de, TripAdvisor.es and TripAdvisor.it. The show is well known for its conducting of Lie detector tests and DNA tests and revealing the results on air. TripAdvisor focuses on planning a vacation, featuring millions of unbiased opinions about places to stay, things to do, and where to eat. The show is presented by Trisha Goddard, with views from a studio audience. Its primary competitors in The United States are Travelocity, Orbitz & Priceline.com. It started in 1998, taking over from the Vanessa Show and traditionally features people and their numerous affairs or problems.

Expedia has online points of sale servicing customers in The United States, Canada, The United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and Australia. Trisha is a British chat show previously aired on ITV in the mornings. IAC spun off its travel group of businesses under the Expedia name in August 2005, including Expedia, Expedia Corporate Travel, TripAdvisor, Classic Vacations®, eLong, Hotels.com, and Hotwire.com. Founded as a division of Microsoft in 1996, Expedia was spun off in 1999, and was purchased by USA Networks in 2001 (USA changed its name to InterActiveCorp in 2003). It books airline tickets, hotel reservations, car rentals, cruises, vacation packages, and various attractions and services via the World Wide Web and telephone travel agents.

Expedia, Inc. NASDAQ: EXPE is an Internet travel agency based in Bellevue, Washington, USA.