Skift Take
It's show time for Expedia Group. After three years of getting its house in order completed, now it has to perform.
Expedia Group has been consumed with, and weighed down by, launching a new loyalty program and transitioning its three core brands — Expedia, Hotels.com and Vrbo — to a common tech platform. But now those tasks are behind it.
"Instead of spending most of the year doing surgery on our own business, we will be focused on growth, innovation and efficiency," CEO Peter Kern said during Expedia's third-quarter earnings call Thursday.
Kern said he expects Vrbo to increase its market share in vacation rentals because of the loyalty program,