CheapTickets is owned by Expedia Group (the United States, NASDAQ: EXPE), which acquired the brand on 17 September 2015, as part of a $1.6 billion deal that also included Orbitz and ebookers.[1][2] CheapTickets was founded in 1986 in the United States and was independent until 2015.
Evidence: Expedia Group, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-13, SEC EDGAR, 13 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
CheapTickets was founded in Hawaii in 1986 selling discounted airline consolidator fares by telephone before moving online. It came to Expedia in 2015 through the Orbitz acquisition and is now one of several storefronts the group runs on shared infrastructure.
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named less often than it was three years earlier.
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Expedia Group controls 9 brands on Brandtree, 9 of them in internet & digital.
Expedia Group has more brands in online travel agencies on Brandtree than any other owner: 7 of 42.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Corporate Traveller | Flight Centre Travel Group | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Bravofly | lastminute.com Group | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Agoda | Booking Holdings | 🇺🇸 United States |
| eDreams | eDreams ODIGEO | 🇪🇸 Spain |
| Goibibo | MakeMyTrip | 🇮🇳 India |
| Kurz Mal Weg | HomeToGo | 🇱🇺 Luxembourg |
| Ctrip | Trip.com Group | 🇨🇳 China |
| Cozmo Travel | Air Arabia | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates |
Expedia Group is a publicly listed company headquartered in Seattle, Washington, United States, founded in 1996. Brandtree records 9 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: EXPE.
Expedia began in 1996 as a division of Microsoft, was spun out in 1999, and passed through Barry Diller's IAC before becoming independent again in 2005. It owns most of the American online travel brands that appear to compete with each other, which is why comparing Expedia against Hotels.com and Orbitz compares three products from one company.
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Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,549 brands that began in the United States. 478 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; CheapTickets is not one of them.
Expedia acquired Orbitz Worldwide for $12 per share in cash, about $1.6 billion including debt. The United States Department of Justice closed its review without challenge, concluding the merged firm would still face competition from Priceline and from hotels selling direct.
The parent company of CheapTickets is Expedia Group, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Yes. CheapTickets originated in the United States in 1986 and its owner, Expedia Group, is also headquartered in the United States.
Expedia Group completed its acquisition of CheapTickets on 17 September 2015, after announcing the deal on 12 February 2015. The deal, which also included Orbitz and ebookers, was valued at $1.6 billion (enterprise value).
CheapTickets was an independent company from its founding in 1986 until Expedia Group acquired it in 2015.
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, CheapTickets is still owned by Expedia Group. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
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