Expedia is one of the major players when it comes to Online Travel Agents (OTAs). But have you ever wondered about the story behind this name?
Founded as a division of Microsoft in 1996 before being spun out into a public company three years later, the company has two parts to its name: the ‘ex’ is a nod to exploration, while ‘pedia’ refers to knowledge or information, drawing from the word ‘encyclopedia’.
Read together it’s meant to symbolize making travel knowledge easily…
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