Expedia appoints Dermot Halpin
President Expedia Inc for Europe, Middle East and Africa
Expedia Inc. has appointed Dermot Halpin as President of Expedia Inc. businesses across the European, Middle East and African regions. He was formerly European Chief Operating Officer and succeeds Simon Breakwell, who has been nominated to join the board of Expedia Inc.
Halpin has overall responsibility for the Expedia Inc. businesses, which include Expedia and Hotels.com across all points of sale in EMEA and Expedia Private Label, across the region. All Expedia’s European managing directors (other than those within its Partner Services Group) now report to him. Halpin joined Expedia.co.uk as operations director in October 2001 and was made managing director in 2002. He was made Expedia’s Europe Chief Operating Officer in 2005. Before joining Expedia, he held senior positions in Tele2 and its subsidiaries Intellient and Transac. Halpin has worked in five industries across seven geographies after gaining his MBA from INSEAD. Dhara Khosrowshahi, CEO of Expedia Inc comments: “Dermot is an exceptional leader and strategist who will continue our strong performance in Europe. We are currently the leading online travel agency in Europe, so he inherits an excellent foundation upon which to build. About Expedia, Inc.
Expedia, Inc. is the world’s leading online travel company, empowering business and leisure travelers with the tools and information they need to easily research, plan, book, and experience travel. Expedia, Inc. also provides wholesale travel to offline retail travel agents. Expedia, Inc.’s portfolio of brands include: Expedia.com®, hotels.com®, Hotwire®, Expedia® Corporate Travel, TripAdvisor™ and Classic Vacations®. Expedia, Inc.'s companies also operate internationally with sites in Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Australia, and China, through its investment in eLong™. For more information, visit http://www.expediainc.com/. (NASDAQ: EXPE).
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Alison Couper
Expedia, Inc.
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