| 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM | Breakfast Kick off day one with a fresh breakfast and plenty of coffee before sessions begin. Connect with fellow attendees, swap plans for the day, and ease into the morning’s conversations. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM | Badge pick up | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:00 AM - 1:30 PM | Marketplace open Explore the Marketplace to see our latest products in action with live demos, hands-on experiences, and expert guidance from our teams. Test-drive new features, ask questions tailored to your business, and discover fresh ways to unlock more value from Expedia Group. Drop in to compare solutions, swap ideas with peers, and get inspired by what’s coming next. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM | Lunch Recharge over lunch while making meaningful connections with fellow travel leaders. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2:00 PM - 2:10 PM | Built for This Moment: Defining the Future of Travel Expedia Group CEO Ariane Gorin shares a bold vision to build the most intelligent travel marketplace—one that connects partners to demand, accelerates growth, and applies AI to drive stronger outcomes across the ecosystem. With a sharper focus on innovation and trust, Expedia Group is redefining what an OTA can be, guided by the speed, curiosity, and ambition that have shaped the company from the start.  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2:10 PM - 2:40 PM | Past and Present: Ariane Gorin and Dara Khosrowshahi Look Back at Expedia and Forward to the Future of Travel Expedia Group CEO Ariane Gorin talks with former Expedia CEO and Uber CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi, on the evolution of travel, how AI is changing the industry, and how trusted marketplaces can thrive in this new tech era.  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2:40 PM - 3:00 PM | Ready for the Future: Expedia Group’s New Wave of Product & Media Innovation Shilpa Ranganathan, Chief Product Officer, unveils an AI-native, innovative product portfolio designed to make traveler decisions frictionless, earn partner trust, and grow the Expedia Group marketplace. She’ll show how a shared AI infrastructure, grounded in real inventory and first-party data, powers experiences and tools so smarter choices fuel more profitable results across the ecosystem.  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM | From Dot-Com to Gen AI: Barry Diller and Richard Barton on Risk and Reinvention Join Barry Diller and Richard Barton for a look at Expedia Group’s three decades of reinvention, from bringing travel online in the 90s to leading on mobile and now AI. Hear how bold bets, strong leadership and a culture of curiosity turned disruption into momentum, as well as opportunities for partners across the industry.   | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3:30 PM - 6:00 PM | Marketplace open Explore the Marketplace to see our latest products in action with live demos, hands-on experiences, and expert guidance from our teams. Test-drive new features, ask questions tailored to your business, and discover fresh ways to unlock more value from Expedia Group. Drop in to compare solutions, swap ideas with peers, and get inspired by what’s coming next. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3:50 PM - 4:05 PM | The AI Trust Gap: Navigating the New Traveler Journey Trust is the new currency in the AI era. When the stakes are high, consumers don't just want AI — they want AI they can trust. In this presentation, Xavi Amatriain shares new research from Expedia Group that reveals how consumer trust operates from search to purchase on AI platforms, and how travel companies can bridge the gap to win the next generation of travelers. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3:50 PM - 4:15 PM | Shaping the Story: Where Travel Brands and Media Align A candid audience‑driven conversation with three leading travel writers on how they select stories, what makes a destination or property "pitchable," and how travel brands can show up more credibly in the narratives travelers actually read. Bring your questions! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4:15 PM - 4:25 PM | The Science of Wanderlust Research: Discover What Really Drives Inspiration, Trust, and Booking Intent Groundbreaking research from Expedia Group Advertising, developed with eye-tracking technology, emotion analysis, and traveler surveys, uncovered valuable insight into how travelers engage with travel content in the new world of AI. In this session, discover what drives booking intent and learn how brands can apply behavioral insights to create effective, authentic, and inspiring marketing campaigns. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4:15 PM - 4:30 PM | Bespoke by Design: Capturing the Luxury Traveler Hear the successful strategy that one partner tapped to unlock demand for curated, premium experiences. In this session, we’ll unpack how they identify high‑impact luxury travelers, design rich end‑to‑end stays that feel bespoke, and work with Expedia Group to reach and delight guests who value service, access, and experience over price alone.  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4:25 PM - 4:35 PM | AI in Action: How Expedia Group Powers Growth with Intelligent Tools Discover how Expedia Group embeds AI across its organization to boost productivity and unlock deeper collaboration with partners, using everything from intelligent tools for market insights to scalable, responsibly built solutions that modernize how we work. Plan to stay after for an AI workshop full of practical tips that you can apply to your business right away.  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4:40 PM - 5:00 PM | Meet the New Expedia Group A sneak peek into Expedia Group’s refreshed brands, showcasing how new visual identities strengthen trust and elevate travel businesses.   | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4:40 PM - 5:05 PM | Data, Dollars, and Decisions: What the 2026 Travel Economy Means for Your Business In this data session, CoStar’s Jan Freitag shares the most recent macro-economic data and their impact on the travel landscape. He will touch on performance in air and car segments and dive deep into the state of the global hotel industry. Walk away with a sharper understanding of the signals that matter most so you can be ready for whatever 2026 brings to your segment of the industry.  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Networking happy hour Unwind with drinks, bites, and relaxed networking as you swap learnings and insights from day 1 with fellow Explore attendees. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM | Breakfast Fuel up for day two with a fresh breakfast and plenty of coffee before sessions kick off. Grab a bite, compare notes with fellow attendees, and ease into the morning’s conversations. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Badge pick up | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:30 AM - 9:50 AM | How Expedia Group B2B Is Reshaping Travel Distribution and Driving Demand Join Alfonso Paredes for a conversation on how technology, partnerships, and platform innovation are reshaping travel distribution. In this fireside chat, they will unpack how Expedia Group B2B is expanding access to global supply, unlocking new demand channels, and creating new opportunities for partners across the travel marketplace.  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM | From First Look to Full Circle: What Makes Thriving Partnership Journeys With Expedia Group, travelers know we have their backs, and partners can rely on us for consistent, transparent support at every stage of the relationship. In this session, hear from three partners, each at different points in their journey with Expedia Group — for example, from long-term collaborators to those just starting out or reengaging with us — as they share candid perspectives on what it takes to build, rebuild, and sustain a thriving partnership. They’ll explore how evolving from early skepticism to full-funnel collaboration and connecting with millions of high-intent global travelers through the Expedia Group marketplace has reshaped their businesses.  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:50 AM - 10:00 AM | The Future of B2B Innovation: Platform Evolution, AI and More The travel industry is at an inflection point and ripe for disruption. In this session, learn how partners can leverage differentiation, speed, and flexibility to turn disruption into competitive advantage. Karen Bolda (Chief Product and Technology Officer, B2B) will share how the evolution of our B2B platform is designed to help partners move faster, tailor experiences to their customers, and unlock new opportunities across the travel ecosystem.  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Expanding the Impact of Rapid API: Unlocking Growth Across the Travel Journey Last year, Expedia Group announced the expansion of the Rapid API ecosystem, with Car, Activities, Flight Inventory, and Trip Protection APIs extending to support a broader range of partner needs. In this session, leaders and partners share how that expansion is already delivering results across the travel journey, enabling partners to accelerate innovation, scale distribution, and unlock new revenue opportunities through deeper platform integration. | One Connection, New Demand: The Power of the Marketplace With one connection to Expedia Group, partners tap into incremental, high‑intent demand from our full marketplace. In this session, leaders from our consumer brands, Expedia Group Advertising, and Expedia Group B2B discuss how human connection, AI-native tools, and smart partnerships handle the complexity of matching the right traveler to the right partner so suppliers can grow without stitching together multiple channels.    | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM | Powerful Partnerships: Accelerate Earnings with Expedia Group’s Innovation Discover how the latest product experiences, commissioning, and tracking tools – along with our upcoming new products – are designed to turn every traveler interaction into more value for your business. Hear from leaders across our Strategic Partnerships and Affiliate organization as they share what’s live today, what’s launching next, and how you can plug into these innovations to drive stronger, sustained performance. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:45 AM - 11:10 AM | Elevating the Business Traveler Experience with Rapid API Designing for business travelers’ unique needs is critical to drive stronger satisfaction, loyalty, and repeat business. Join us for an extensive look into how B2B and hotel partners can create better end-to-end experience for business travelers through our market research, technology, and strategies.  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM | AI in the Real World: Elevating Hotel Experiences AI is a compounding advantage across every stage of the guest journey. This session explores how Expedia Group is assisting hotel partners with AI to enhance discovery, lift conversion, personalize on-property experiences, and transform customer and post-booking services, showcasing real results, how we're doing it, and how partners can embed our tools into their own work.  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM | The Future of Cruise Expedia Group is empowering cruise partners to navigate evolving traveler preferences and capture emerging demand. In this session, Matthew Eichhorst (Vice President, Global Cruise, President Expedia Cruises) explores innovative strategies for enhancing discovery, optimizing conversion, and delivering personalized onboard and shore excursion experiences that drive loyalty and repeat bookings.  | Preparing Car Suppliers for the Next Wave of Demand Expedia Group is unlocking new demand streams for car rental partners through expanded B2B distribution and API capabilities. In this session, Faye Garrity and Stephen Cheng spotlight how car programs drive incremental bookings while balancing economics, coverage, and content quality, as well as providing the roadmap for optimizing commercial terms, connectivity, and content to capture B2B growth.  | The Evolution of Experiences: Past, Present, and Future of Activities at Expedia Group Activities and experiences are playing an increasingly important role in how travelers plan their trips. In this session, Kasia Jawien, Senior Director, Activities Account Management describes the evolution of Expedia Group’s activities marketplace and what’s coming next. She’ll share how the ecosystem is evolving and the role of the new Rapid Activities API in expanding distribution and growth opportunities for activities partners.  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11:10 AM - 11:30 AM | Merchandising Reimagined: Deals that Drive Growth Through Seamless Execution Successful merchandising is surfacing the right deals, at the right moment, for the right travelers. In this session, we will explore how smarter data, richer deal inventory, and new Expedia Group technology can transform how you plan and run campaigns. Learn how you can quickly identify high-impact offers, tailor them to key segments and destinations, and continually optimize performance to drive stronger conversion and more efficient operations.  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM | A Three-Phase Journey to Faster, Frictionless Distribution Expedia Group connectivity is empowering hoteliers with autonomous distribution through a three-phased journey that reduces friction in onboarding, managing, and optimizing inventory. Learn how Expedia Group, starting with autonomous onboarding this year, is cutting onboarding times for partners from days to minutes and unlocking features that provide more control.  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11:15 AM - 11:45 PM | From Cairo to the Côte d’Azur: Bespoke Destination Strategies on a Shared Global Platform How do very different destinations use the same global platform to solve completely different challenges? In this session, destination marketing executives will unpack national challenges and visions, then dive into how national strategies become real campaigns. You’ll leave with real-life examples of advertising excellence and adaptable frameworks you can apply to your own destination. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11:30 AM - 3:00 PM | Marketplace open Explore the Marketplace to see our latest products in action with live demos, hands-on experiences, and expert guidance from our teams. Test-drive new features, ask questions tailored to your business, and discover fresh ways to unlock more value from Expedia Group. Drop in to compare solutions, swap ideas with peers, and get inspired by what’s coming next. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM | Search, Signals, and Storytelling: How Expedia Connects Travelers and Brands Travelers now expect search to anticipate their needs, not just answer queries. Murari Gopalan will share how Expedia combines traveler intent signals and AEO to surface the right content at the right moment—and what that means for advertisers looking to reach high-value audiences. Then Jennifer Andre will show how brands can translate those insights into creative experiences that feel native to search, driving engagement and measurable outcomes across both Expedia Group sites and the open web. | Beyond the Fare: Growing Airline Revenue with Packages, Ancillaries, and Ads With Golan Shaked and Tracey Weber, dive into how package promotions, ancillaries (travel insurance, insurtech, and more), and flight-specific advertising (FSL, upsell, brand results listings, interstitials) increase airline basket size and visibility. Attendees will also learn about growth strategies that connect merchandising, ancillaries, and media to increase reach and revenue per booking.  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM | Lunch Recharge over lunch while making meaningful connections with fellow travel leaders. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2:00 PM - 2:20 PM | How to Win in the New Era of Travel Loyalty Join Hari Nair as he shares how traveler loyalty is evolving and how Expedia Group’s loyalty ecosystem creates value for both travelers and partners. Walk away with practical strategies to use now to cultivate and capture loyal guests.  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2:20 PM - 2:30 PM | Inside the Complex Journey of Hotel Rates Almost every hotel experiences revenue loss due to rate misuse as clear, carefully set rates drift through a fragmented B2B ecosystem. In this session, Julie Kyse shares findings from Expedia Group research to show where rates go off course, what it costs hoteliers, and how a vetted, actively monitored network can protect rate integrity while extending profitable reach. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2:30 PM - 2:40 PM | AI in Action: How Expedia Group Powers Growth with Intelligent Tools Discover how Expedia Group embeds AI across its organization to boost productivity and unlock deeper collaboration with partners, using everything from intelligent tools for market insights to scalable, responsibly built solutions that modernize how we work. Plan to stay after for an AI workshop full of practical tips that you can apply to your business right away. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2:30 PM - 2:50 PM | Expedia on the Offense: Turning Local Event Data into Big Demand Wins Everyone knows when the professional sports tournaments and world tours come to town — but the real, repeatable upside often sits in “micro-events” like youth sports tournaments, association conferences, and niche hobby & enthusiast shows. In this session, Brandon Ehrhardt, Vice President at Expedia Group, shares how our first-party search and booking signals, powered by AI, surface these smaller demand spikes early and at scale. Partners will see how to identify the right audience and dates, adjust inventory and offers in time, and turn everyday events into outsized revenue.   | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3:30 PM - 3:35 PM | Incremental Demand with One Connection See how a single connection into Expedia Group’s intelligent, trusted travel marketplace unlocks incremental, high-quality demand across channels — and why it only works because of the partners who bring it to life.  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3:35 PM - 4:00 PM | Designing the AI-Powered Traveler Journey A behind-the-scenes look at how Expedia uses AI across the travel journey — from data and personalization to trust and safety — and why AI is forcing a rethink of how we design travel experiences and UI. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4:00 PM - 4:20 PM | AI in Marketing: From Social Spark to Agentic Decision As travelers shift from scrolling social feeds to planning trips with AI agents, how should brands rethink marketing? This fast-paced discussion with Expedia Group CMO Jochen Koedijk and senior AI leaders explores how AI is transforming travel discovery, decision-making, and measurement.  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4:20 PM - 4:40 PM | Unpack: Summer Travel Trends Known for setting the industry standard in annual travel predictions, Expedia brands are unveiling an exclusive, real‑time update to that forecast. Unpack: Summer Travel Trends offers a sneak peek into fresh traveler data, revealing how summer plans are forming now—and where opportunity is emerging for partners ready to act. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8:00 PM - 11:59 PM | Explore party Step into our time machine at Zouk Nightclub as we celebrate Expedia Group’s 30th birthday in style. Dance your way through three iconic decades – the 90s, 00s, and 10s – with throwback anthems and era-defining hits. Dress to your favorite decade, grab a cocktail, and get ready for a nostalgia-fueled night on the dance floor. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||