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Expedia Group is a prominent online travel company that offers a wide range of services for both business and leisure travelers. Founded in 1996 as a subsidiary of Microsoft, it became publicly traded in 1999 and has since grown through acquisitions and global expansion. The company provides tools for researching, planning, booking, and experiencing travel, with a focus on delivering the best rates and options. Expedia's services include air, car, hotel bookings, vacation packages, and cruises, with a vast lodging inventory of over 65,000 properties in 240 cities worldwide. The company also offers corporate travel solutions that help businesses save on travel costs while providing management tools and high-touch service. With a strong presence in international markets, Expedia operates localized sites in multiple countries and has a history of partnerships with various brands and travel agents.

Provider of online hotel booking and reservation services intended to ease the travelling process. The company's services are offered through its online portal offering hotel comparisons, hotel reservation, discount coupons and related services, enabling tourists to get the maximum discount on hotel deals.

Founded in 1987 by four major European airline carriers (Air France, Lufthansa, Iberia, and SAS), Amadeus became the world's second global distribution system operator, or GDS, after Sabre's development in the 1960s and 1970s. Today, among the top three GDS operators that control nearly 100% of industry revenue, Amadeus' 40%-plus market share ranks as the largest. Overall, Amadeus' GDS segment represented 56% of total prepandemic sales in 2019. Moreover, the company has an expanding IT solutions division (44% of 2019 revenue) that addresses the airline, airport, rail, hotel, and travel agency markets. Transaction fees, which are tied to volume and not price, account formore