Expedia.com New Air and Lodging Packages Bundle Savings, Convenience and Choice on Expedia.com
Bellevue, WA, January 5, 2001—Just when you thought the holidays were over, Expedia.com® delivers one more exciting package to enjoy throughout the year. Travelers can now create and book customized, discount hotel and air packages on Expedia.com, the award-winning online travel service. Expedia®'s new build-your-own package service is the most flexible package experience on or off the Web, with lodging options at more than 1,600 hotels and airfare to 320 destinations worldwide. By purchasing a package, travelers can often save significantly more money than they could by booking air and hotel separately.
“Expedia gives travelers tremendous savings advantages with our exclusive negotiated-rate vacation packages, plus a big bonus—flexibility. Our customers are in control during each stage of the travel package shopping process to ensure they get exactly the trip they want, quickly and easily,” said Richard Barton, president and CEO of Expedia, Inc. “As we have continued to broaden our travel offerings from airline tickets to cruises, specialty lodging, destinations services, packages and more, Expedia.com has become the one-stop shop for everyone's travel needs.”
Selecting the Perfect Package
To design a package, customers click on the packages tab at www.expedia.com and enter travel information such as destination, travel dates and number of travelers. In a single step, Expedia.com will provide available air and hotel packages matching the customers' preferences, most with substantial savings over published rates. But the options don't end there. Travelers can change package components easily, exploring different hotels, types of rooms and various flight itineraries for their vacation packages. The final price shown includes all taxes and surcharges.
“Expedia's packages further the Expedia global travel marketplace vision and the future of fully integrated travel shopping experiences,” said Steve Murch, general manager of the packages business unit at Expedia, Inc.
About Expedia, Inc
Expedia, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXPE) operates Expedia.com, a leading online Web site in the United States with localized versions for travelers in Canada, Germany and the United Kingdom. To help customers travel right, Expedia.com provides the best combination of air, car and hotel booking, vacation package and cruise offers, destination information, and point-to-point mapping.
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