Expedia.com Announces Partnership with Conde Nast
Expedia to Power Concierge.com, and Conde Nast to Develop Customized Travel Content and Tools Exclusively for Expedia.com Customers
BELLEVUE, Wash., July 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Expedia.com®, the world’s leading online travel site, today announced a long-term strategic relationship with Conde Nast. Under this multi-year agreement, Expedia® will serve as the exclusive online travel and booking engine for Conde Nast’s web site Concierge.com, delivering online travel integration and enhanced content to travelers. The alliance also gives Expedia access to a wide variety of customized content from Conde Nast while allowing Conde Nast to benefit from Expedia’s superior technology and global marketing channels.
“We are very excited about this alliance with Conde Nast,” says Sally McKenzie, general manager of Expedia.com. “This partnership brings together two global leaders in the travel industry, helping us provide customers what they want, when, where and how they want it.”
Expedia.com customers will benefit from travel content and tools developed and licensed exclusively by Conde Nast, including custom destination guides, customized travel content, annual Conde Nast Traveler awards and lists, and a special monthly Conde Nast Traveler magazine preview edition. The content will be integrated throughout Expedia.com as well as into the Expedia suite of innovative features that offer a more personalized experience to its travelers, such as Personal Trip Guide, a custom destination guide delivered to Expedia.com customers in advance of their trips.
“We are enthusiastic about our collaboration with Expedia given the company’s innovative technology and vast marketing reach,” added Julie Michalowski, vice president of business development and consumer marketing at Conde Nast Publications.
About Expedia.com
Expedia.com® is the world’s leading online travel provider, helping more than 25 million travelers per month easily plan and book travel. Expedia.com (http://www.expedia.com/) aims to provide personalized service, the latest technology and the widest selection of vacation packages, flights, hotels, rental cars, cruises and in-destination activities, attractions, and services. With the Expedia® Best Price Guarantee, Expedia.com promises to offer to its customers the best rates available online for all types of travel, making it the most comprehensive customer guarantee in online travel. Expedia.com is an operating company of Expedia, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXPE).
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