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Expedia Is Closing Gap With Booking on Cloud-Based And Search Engine Tech

Dan Peltier

Photo Credit: Skift Executive Editor Dennis Schaal, left, interviews Expedia Chief Technology Officer Tony Donohoe on Tuesday at Skift Tech Forum. Skift

Skift Take

For all of the hype over its shopping spree of acquisitions in recent years, Expedia didn't have much to show for it compared to rival Booking Holdings. That's starting to change, and Expedia feels it's ready for a cloud-based future.

Expedia has been bogged down with acquisitions and tech migrations in recent years while Booking.com and Booking Holdings beat Expedia for a string of consecutive quarters. But those days are numbered as Expedia reaps the rewards of its multi-year cloud migration project, according to Tony Donohoe, outgoing Expedia chief technology officer and senior vice president, speaking at the inaugural Skift Tech Forum Tuesday in Santa Clara, California. "We were upgrading networks, infrastructure, and hardware that was not at the same pace [as Booking]," said Donohoe. "We've reached a tipping point with our current platform in Amazon Web Services." Donohoe couldn't confirm where

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