Expedia Named Most Innovative Company
World’s Leading Online Travel Company Honored With a Stevie Award by the Prestigious American Business Awards
BELLEVUE, Wash., June 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Expedia, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXPE), the world’s largest online travel company and pioneer in online travel, was recognized by the American Business Awards with a Stevie Award for Most Innovative Company
The honor comes on the heels of Expedia.com®’s Webby Award for Best in Travel Web Sites for 2006, the leading international honor for Internet sites. Last month, Expedia was also awarded the Brandweek Customer Loyalty Award for the seventh year in a row.
Hailed as “the business world’s version of the Oscars” by the New York Post (April 27, 2005), the American Business Awards are the only national, all-encompassing business awards program honoring great performances in the workplace. More than 1,500 entries from companies of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted for consideration in more than 40 categories. The awards are nicknamed the “Stevies” for the Greek word “crowned.”
“Many companies accomplish extraordinary things everyday, but rarely get the attention they deserve,” said Stevie Awards founder Michael Gallagher. “We hope that the Stevies inspire the American business community to recognize and honor outstanding work.”
Expedia, Inc. was also named as a finalist in three categories of the American Business Awards:
-- Category: Best Executive
Nomination: Paul Brown: Taking Partnerships to the Next Level
— Category: Best Customer Service Organization
Nomination: Expedia Customer Service: Delivering Enjoyable Vacations,
One Customer at a Time
— Category: Best Communications Executive
Nomination: Wendy Grover: Expedia’s Travel Guide to Communications
Excellence
Expedia is the largest online travel company in the world, and is committed to providing customers with the best possible service. By leveraging cutting-edge technology and strong supplier relationships, Expedia leads its industry in innovation as it builds lasting relationships with its customers. This Stevie award demonstrates Expedia’s success in the travel sector, as well as across the business community as a whole.
About Expedia, Inc.
Expedia, Inc. is the world’s leading online travel company, empowering business and leisure travelers with the tools and information they need to easily research, plan, book, and experience travel. Expedia, Inc. also provides wholesale travel to offline retail travel agents. Expedia, Inc.’s portfolio of brands includes: Expedia.com®, hotels.com®, Hotwire®, Expedia® Corporate Travel, TripAdvisor™ and Classic Vacations®. Expedia, Inc.’s companies also operate internationally with sites in Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Australia, and China, through its investment in eLong™. For more information, visit http://www.expediainc.com/.
About The Stevie Awards
Hailed as “the business world’s own Oscars” by the New York Post (April 27, 2005), Stevie Awards are conferred in three programs: The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, and The Stevie Awards for Women Entrepreneurs. Honoring companies of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about The Stevie Awards at http://www.stevieawards.com/.
Premier sponsors of The 4th annual American Business Awards include the City of Toronto, Pitney Bowes, ValueVision Associates, RealLife HR, and The Professional Society for Sales & Marketing Training.
Media sponsors include CIO Decisions magazine, CRMAdvocate, Human Resource Executive magazine, ProductionHub.com, and Selling Power magazine. HB Group will videocast the awards ceremonies live on the Internet. The Business TalkRadio Network will broadcast the ceremonies live on radio nationwide.
NOTE: Expedia, Expedia.com, Enjoy Your Trip, and the Airplane logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Expedia, Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Other logos or product and company names mentioned herein may be the property of their respective owners.
CST: 2029030-40
SOURCE: Expedia, Inc.
CONTACT: Katie Deines of Expedia, Inc., +1-425-679-4317, or
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Web site: http://www.expedia.com/