<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Expedia Group ownership changes · Brandtree</title><link>https://brandtree.site/company/expedia-group</link><atom:link href="https://brandtree.site/company/expedia-group/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description>Acquisitions, divestitures and ownership changes involving Expedia Group.</description><item><title>Acquisition: Expedia Group — Vrbo</title><link>https://brandtree.site/deal/expedia-acquires-homeaway-2015</link><guid>https://brandtree.site/deal/expedia-acquires-homeaway-2015</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Expedia acquired HomeAway, owner of the Vrbo vacation rental marketplace, for about $3.9 billion in cash and stock. The purchase gave Expedia a whole-property rental business as Airbnb grew.</description></item><item><title>Acquisition: Expedia Group — Orbitz, ebookers and CheapTickets</title><link>https://brandtree.site/deal/expedia-acquires-orbitz-2015</link><guid>https://brandtree.site/deal/expedia-acquires-orbitz-2015</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Expedia acquired Orbitz Worldwide for $12 per share in cash, about $1.6 billion including debt. The United States Department of Justice closed its review without challenge, concluding the merged firm would still face competition from Priceline and from hotels selling direct.</description></item></channel></rss>