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<div align="center"><b>Expedia unveils enhancements in website
accessibility <br><br>
</b><i>Expedia and National Federation of the Blind celebrate key
accessibility improvements <br><br>
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Bellevue, Wash., October 19, 2017 – Expedia today announced details
around site enhancements as part of an ongoing relationship with the
National Federation of the Blind. It’s estimated more than 48.9 million
people live with disabilities in the US<sup>1</sup>, including more than
7 million with a visual disability<sup>2</sup>. Expedia’s dedicated UX
designers, as well as product and software engineers, are actively
engaged in ensuring travelers with disabilities have excellent
experiences when visiting sites like Expedia.com and
Travelocity.com.<br><br>
The Expedia Accessibility Technology Team consists of front-end
developers and testers who use a variety of methods to design and test
site improvements that make the Expedia.com and Travelocity.com websites
as inclusive as possible. Screen readers (software applications that read
out a webpage’s text content and convey visual cues) for example, are
commonly used amongst the blind community. To make it easier for these
readers to relay information, Expedia engineers have attached text to
pictures and structured the code in a way that allows users of assistive
technology to efficiently navigate the product pages. The National
Federation of the Blind has provided insights, feedback, and testing on
the implementation of these accessibility components to help ensure a
great user experience.<br><br>
Expedia continuously assesses its products, utilizing industry standards
that address not only blind users who use assistive tech but also those
who need captioning for video or audio, who do not use a mouse, or who
have other differences that make these features worthwhile. In fact,
Expedia has found that these enhancements improve the user experience for
all travelers, not just those with unique needs. While recent activity
has been focused on the current site, Expedia is also working to educate
and train all of its engineers to design and develop their products,
mobile and desktop, from the ground up with accessibility in
mind.<br><br>
“Blind people must have equal access to websites like Expedia to live the
lives we want, independently,” said Mark Riccobono, President of the
National Federation of the Blind. “Expedia is a distinguished partner in
supporting our mission of ensuring that blind people have equal access to
goods and services online and continues to champion accessibility overall
through its product offerings. We are extremely pleased with the progress
we have made in our relationship. We know that every user benefits from
the enhancements we have worked on together.”<br><br>
“At Expedia, our goal is to help people go places, and our efforts in
improving website accessibility for the blind are helping a community of
people that previously experienced difficulties in navigating online
travel booking paths,” said Aman Bhutani, President, Brand Expedia Group.
“Through our relationship with the National Federation of the Blind,
we’ve expanded our duty to bring travel to everyone and are encouraged
and excited by our progress in this space.”<br><br>
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<sup>1</sup>US Census Data<br><br>
<sup>2</sup>National Federation of the Blind<br><br>
<b>About Expedia, Inc.<br><br>
</b>Expedia, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXPE) is the world's largest online travel
company, with an extensive brand portfolio that includes leading online
travel brands, such as:
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<li>Expedia.com®, a leading full-service online travel brand with
localized sites in 33
countries
<li>Hotels.com®, a leading global lodging expert operating 89 localized
websites in 41 languages with its award winning Hotels.com® Rewards
loyalty program
<li>Expedia® Affiliate Network (EAN), a global B2B brand that powers the
hotel business of hundreds of leading airlines, travel agencies, loyalty
and corporate travel companies plus several top consumer brands through
its API and template solutions
<li>trivago®, a leading online hotel search platform with sites in 55
countries worldwide
<li>HomeAway®, a global online marketplace for the vacation rental
industry, which also includes the VRBO®, VacationRentals.com® and
BedandBreakfast.com® brands, among
others
<li>Egencia®, a leading corporate travel management
company
<li>Orbitz® and CheapTickets®, leading U.S. travel websites, as well as
ebookers®, a full-service travel brand with websites in seven European
countries
<li>Travelocity®, a leading online travel brand in the U.S. and Canada
delivering customer service when and where our customers need it with the
Customer First Guarantee
<li>Hotwire®, inspiring spontaneous travel through Hot Rate® deals
<li>Wotif Group, a leading portfolio of travel brands including
Wotif.com®, Wotif.co.nz, lastminute.com.au®, lastminute.co.nz and
travel.com.au®
<li>Expedia® Media Solutions, the advertising sales division of Expedia,
Inc. that builds creative media partnerships and enables brand
advertisers to target a highly-qualified audience of travel
consumers
<li>CarRentals.com™, a premier online car rental booking company with
localized sites in 13
countries
<li>Classic Vacations®, a top luxury travel
specialist
<li>Expedia Local Expert®, a provider of online and in-market concierge
services, activities, experiences and ground transportation in over a
thousand destinations worldwide
<li>Expedia® CruiseShipCenters®, a provider of exceptional value and
expert advice for travelers booking cruises and vacations through its
network of over 235 retail travel agency franchises across North
America
<li>SilverRail Technologies, Inc., a global rail retail and distribution
platform connecting rail carriers and suppliers to both online and
offline travel distributors
</ul><br>
<b>About the National Federation of the Blind<br><br>
</b>The National Federation of the Blind (NFB), headquartered in
Baltimore, is the oldest and largest nationwide organization of blind
Americans. Founded in 1940, the NFB consists of affiliates, chapters, and
divisions in the fifty states, Washington DC, and Puerto Rico. The NFB
defends the rights of blind people of all ages and provides information
and support to families with blind children, older Americans who are
losing vision, and more. We believe in the hopes and dreams of blind
people and work together to transform them into reality. Learn more about
our many programs and initiatives at
<a href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=9623&qid=1975322">
www.nfb.org</a>.<br><br>
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