Expedia

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Expedia, Inc. (Template:Nasdaq) is an internet-based travel agency headquatered in Bellevue, Washington, USA. It books airline tickets, hotel reservations, car rentals, cruises, vacation packages, and various attractions and services via the World Wide Web and telephone travel agents. The company serves customers in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and Australia.

Founded as a division of Microsoft in 1996, Expedia was spun off in 1999, and was purchased by USA Networks in 2001 (USA changed its name to InterActiveCorp in 2003). IAC spun off its travel group of businesses under the Expedia name in August 2005, including Expedia, Expedia Corporate Travel, TripAdvisor, Classic Vacations®, eLong, Hotels.com, and Hotwire.com.

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Jingle

The well-known jingle played at the end of U.S. Expedia commercials produced since 2001 consists of the singing of "Expedia... Dot-com!" It is performed by Matt Mahaffey and his rock band Self. United Kingdom Expedia commercials do not feature the jingle and instead have a woman singing, "Let yourself go."

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