EXPEDIA Aanchal Gupta ISDS 3100

Overview As the world’s largest online travel company, their goal is to help plan a great tip with best prices. There services include: Flights Hotel Accommodations Car Rentals Vacation Packages Cruises Places to go

Customers The targeted group: Travel enthusiasts Families Singles Adventure seekers Business men and women

How Expedia is changing the way people sell and travel through Internet:  Growth in online adoption.  Effect of Internet on the consumers.  Effect of Internet on hotels and travel suppliers.  Effect of Internet on mediators.

Effect of Internet on hotel and travel suppliers: Flexibility Revenue Management Control and real time decision making World wide distribution and marketing Consumer is pro-active Easy access to information

Expedia- The Power of the Global Distribution:  One Extranet, one contract and your hotel is seen and sold worldwide.  No partner can offer you such valuable exposure at ZERO fix cost that Expedia does.  Flexible net rates.  Growing market.  Revenue management market.

Information Systems project management team:

Mavenlink Company’s project management system: Mavenlink provides powerful software and services to help organizations conduct business online. It combines advanced project management, resource planning, collaboration, and financial tools. The three most significant features of Mavenlink are:  Instant Reports,  Business Intelligence and  Actual Estimates.

Identifying and Selecting systems development project:  Planning  Design  Communication  Executing  Monitoring  Controlling  Closing

Strategic Planning & System Planning: Corporate strategic planning and information system planning:  Strategic planning is an analytical process, while system planning is an organization action process.  Strategic planning is focused on business, economic and technological variables.  System broadens the focus to include psychological, sociological and political factors.  That makes planning more about choosing things to do while strategic planning is about choosing things to and also about people who will do them.

What makes it the best One of a kind… Expedia, Inc. (Expedia), is an online travel company. Travel suppliers distribute and market products through its sites, its private label business and its call centers. Its portfolio of brands includes Expedia.com, a service online travel agency ; Hotels.com, a hotel-only booking service; Hotwire.com, a discount travel provider; Expedia Affiliate Network (EAN), which powers travel for travel and non-travel brands, as well as more than 10,000 active affiliates globally; luxury travel specialist, Classic Vacations; destination services and concierge services provider.