ORLANDO, Fla. and BELLEVUE, Wash., April
19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Expedia, Inc., the world's largest
online travel company (Nasdaq: EXPE), today announced it has signed
a marketing and distribution agreement with AirTran Airways (NYSE:
AAI), one of the largest low-cost scheduled airlines in
the United States offering more
than 700 daily flights to more than 60 destinations across the US
and the Caribbean. Under the
agreement, AirTran Airways' fares and inventory will continue to be
available to the millions of travelers that visit Expedia®,
Egencia® and Hotwire® sites in the US each month.
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"Our goal is to make AirTran's products and services available
to travelers in ways that meet their needs and in a manner that is
consistent with our distribution strategies and cost goals," said
Kevin Healy, Senior VP Marketing
& Planning, AirTran Airways. "Our partnership with
Expedia gives us access to millions upon millions of travel
shoppers each month, effectively marketing AirTran products in a
targeted and cost-efficient manner."
"Expedia aims to continually identify opportunities to create
value for our customers and our travel partners," said Greg Schulze, Senior Vice President, Global Tour
and Transport, Expedia Partner Services Group. "This
partnership with AirTran allows us to continue providing our
customers with an extensive selection of travel offerings, while
still providing our partner with one easy-to-use marketing and
distribution option."
Today's announcement builds on a history of successful
collaboration between Expedia and AirTran beginning in 2006.
About AirTran
AirTran Airways is a Fortune 1000 company and has been
ranked the number one low cost carrier in the Airline Quality
Rating study for the past three years. AirTran Airways is the
only major airline with Gogo Inflight Internet on every flight and
offers coast-to-coast service on North
America's newest all-Boeing fleet. Our low-cost,
high-quality product also includes assigned seating, Business Class
and complimentary XM Satellite Radio on every flight.
About Expedia, Inc.
Expedia, Inc. is the largest online travel
company in the world, with an extensive brand portfolio that
includes more than 90 localized Expedia.com®- and
Hotels.com®-branded sites; leading U.S. discount travel site
Hotwire®; leading agency hotel company Venere.com™; Egencia®, the
world's fifth largest corporate travel management company; the
world's largest travel community TripAdvisor® Media Group;
destination activities provider ExpediaLocalExpert®; luxury travel
specialist Classic Vacations®; and China's second largest booking site
eLong™. The company delivers consumers value in leisure and
business travel, drives incremental demand and direct
bookings to travel suppliers, and provides
advertisers vast opportunity to reach the most
valuable audience of in-market travel consumers anywhere
through TripAdvisor Media Group and Expedia Media Solutions.
Expedia also powers bookings for some of the world's leading
airlines and hotels, top consumer brands, high traffic websites,
and thousands of active affiliates through Expedia® Affiliate
Network. (NASDAQ: EXPE)
About Expedia® Partner Services Group
Expedia Partner Services Group (PSG) is the central point of
contact for travel supply partners to access the global Expedia
marketplace of leading travel brands comprising more than 90 points
of sale worldwide. With hundreds of employees in local
markets throughout the world, Expedia® PSG makes it easy for
suppliers to meet their global distribution objectives, and
delivers a portfolio of innovative connectivity solutions, rate and
inventory management tools, business intelligence reports, and
online marketing expertise
Expedia and Egencia are registered trademarks or trademarks
of Expedia, Inc., in the U.S. and/or other countries. Hotwire
is either a registered trademark or trademark of Hotwire, Inc., in
the U.S. and/or other countries. © 2011 Expedia, Inc.
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