Expedia Group has laid off an unknown number of employees.
Employees posted on LinkedIn describing the “sweeping round of layoffs” and Expedia Group shared a statement regarding the cuts in an email to PhocusWire.
“To ensure the best traveler experience, we must continually adapt to the evolving needs of our industry and travelers,” said an Expedia Group spokesperson. “This requires difficult but necessary decisions such as refining our marketing strategies, improving efficiencies, and reallocating resources to areas with the greatest business impact to drive customer engagement.”
The online travel giant would not share any additional information.
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The job cuts come about a year after the online travel agency announced up to 1,500 layoffs in February 2024, shortly after the company announced then-CEO Peter Kern would be stepping down.
According to a 10-K filed at the end of last year, Expedia Group’s team consisted of 16,500 employees spread across almost 50 countries. The travel giant said that about half of the employees work in technology roles. In its 10-K filed in February 2024, the company reported having 17,100 employees as of Dec. 31, 2023.
Booking Holdings also announced organizational changes at the end of last year. The online travel company proided an update on its organizational changes about a month later and said it anticipated annual savings of up to $450 million, with about a third of that coming from job cuts.