Inclusion Business Groups (IBGs) are strategic, self-organized, Inclusion & Diversity Team sponsored communities focused on advancing inclusion, awareness, development and a sense of belonging for underrepresented identities at Expedia Group. Learn more about their goals that align with these collective ambitions here.

Hi Kathy, please could you tell us a bit about yourself and your career journey? I come from a large family of LatinX heritage. My parents did not have much formal education, and their English skills were still poor when I was growing up. When I was eight months old, they discovered that I’d probably never be able to see. Both parents felt a...

Nice to meet you, Camilo! Could you tell us a bit about yourself and your career journey?   I’m a new graduate here at Expedia Group, having graduated from the University of the West of England in Bristol, UK studying software engineering.  Throughout my degree, I discovered that whilst I enjoyed programming, I more enjoye...

Interview with Tracy Salyer, Senior Executive Assistant at Expedia Group Hi Tracey – thanks for chatting with us. Can you tell us a bit about yourself?My name is Tracy Salyer, and I live in San Francisco (I’ve been here for almost 6 years!).  I am a Sr. Executive Assistant with Expedia Group, and I have the honor of serving as V...

Dixxon Cho, APAC Vice President for Pride & Multilingual Credit Control Collector at Expedia Group, spoke to myGwork about his experience working in their Malaysian office, coming out and how travel is a force for good. Hi Dixxon, thanks for chatting with us. Can you tell us a bit about yourself?My name is Dixxon and I am from Malaysia. Wo...

Ben Delk | Inclusion & Diversity, Expedia GroupIf you look around—at least in digital and commercial spaces—you’ll notice that we are in the middle of what is generally recognized as Pride month. The concept of Pride and its celebration is—and should be—honored year-round but during the month of June, many companies emblazon thei...

Members of the Inclusive Travel Subgroup Veronica Velazquez | Snr Manager, Inclusion & DiversityWe have the privilege of working daily with so many important travel partners across different lines of business (air, lodging, car rentals, etc), and with these relationships in place, we realized we have the...

2020 raised a lot of questions and discussions on the topic of Inclusion & Diversity, a topic that proved to be near and dear to Expedians. But how do we really make a difference and drive change in the workplace?  The 2020 Inclusion & Diversity Analytics Hackathon is one initiativ...

At Expedia Group, we recently released our new mission: To power global travel for everyone, everywhere. When we think of everyone, that means going beyond who we are familiar with. It means thinking about the barriers that we may inadvertently be creating for under-served travelers, whose identities have not typically...

It’s been nearly a year since Expedia Group shared our commitment to address racial injustice and inequity. This isn’t a one-time, one-year effort. Our intention has always been to create lasting change. Change that helps create a better world for generations to come. And now, as we continue to...

“Inclusive design is good design: if we get this right for those who need it most, it will be more awesome for everyone.” – Toby Willis Expedia Group (EG) employees rely on third-party technology solutions like Slack to do their work now, more than ever as a means of connecting to teams, communities, systems,...

As part of our commitment to address racial injustice and inequity, there are many commitments we have made and milestones we have reached at Expedia Group that will propel us forward on the path to improvement and progress.  One of these includes our hiring targets for women to occupy 50 percent of roles at all levels by the end of  2025, and 25 p...

The Japan Inclusion and Diversity committee joined Tokyo Rainbow Pride 2021 on April 24th & 25th with Hotels.com’s support as a part of ‘Travel Celebrate Love’ initiative. Its results were outstanding! This initiative achieved more than 30 coverages in top tier media including Newsweek, Jiji Press and Sankei News, where...

Expedia Group has eight Inclusion Business Groups.Our work of driving inclusion at Expedia Group and designing a more equitable workforce would not be possible without our Inclusion Business Groups (IBGs), a subcategory of our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs—the commonly used industry term), who are specifically dedicated to systemic inclusion of hi...

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, identifie...