Expedia Group’s First Inclusion & Diversity Report
Culture
Today we are sharing our first Inclusion & Diversity
report to highlight our progress, honor the contributions of our
employees and partners, and further commit ourselves to transparency,
accountability, and impact. View the full report, which covers our progress
from 2014 to 2020, identifies existing gaps, and charts our path
forward.
Over the years, Expedia Group has made strides toward
creating an environment where all identities can achieve their full potential
by removing barriers for our employees. We are thankful to the many
leaders, especially our Inclusion Business Groups (commonly referred
to as Employee Resource Groups), who have championed
these efforts from the start. We now have:
- hiring targets for underrepresented
identities,
- company-wide learning and development
programs with an emphasis on ally skills,
- a listening and feedback strategy segmented by
underrepresented groups,
- collaborative coalitions with our travel industry
partners,
- marketing efforts to reach and highlight diverse
communities, and
- improved accessibility so that all travelers
can experience our products with fewer barriers.
As these programs grow, we commit to collecting
data to assess our efforts and will keep you informed along the
way.
While we are pleased to share this progress, we are
acutely aware this is only an early step in the long journey ahead.
Following a challenging year that claimed millions of lives and exacerbated
global inequality, it is our duty to help the travel and
tourism industry recover in a way that centers communities that
have historically been excluded.
We acknowledge that our employee workforce
representation numbers are not where we want them to be.
This reality stands in opposition to our belief that
our business and services are better when
diverse perspectives and identities are included equally. We
are focused on redesigning systems across recruiting,
development, and advancement in all areas of our business to make
progress. This report represents the next milestone toward accelerating our
diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts and holding ourselves
accountable.
We invite you—our community of employees,
travelers, partners, customers, vendors, and allies—to accompany us
on our journey as we continue to create a workplace culture that
represents the diversity of the millions of travelers we serve and
enables us to achieve our purpose
of strengthening connections, broadening horizons,
and bridging divides.