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Expedia Spent $279 Million on Acquisitions in Q1, Airbnb Gained $70 Million on Tiqets Deal: Scoop
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Expedia Spent $279 Million on Acquisitions in Q1, Airbnb Gained $70 Million on Tiqets Deal: Scoop

Yahoo Finance · May 9, 2026, 7:29 PM

Key takeaways

  • Airbnb, an investor in Tiqets, looks to have made $70 million on the deal, according to a reference in its own 10-Q for the first quarter.
  • A source close to Tiqets told Skift they understood the range to be between $250 and $300 million.
  • Expedia declined to comment beyond the financial filing, and as did Tiqets founder and president Luuc Elzinga, who left the company in March.

Expedia Spent $279 Million on Acquisitions in Q1, Airbnb Gained $70 Million on Tiqets Deal: Scoop Dennis Schaal Sun, May 10, 2026 at 2:29 AM GMT+7 2 min read EXPE ABNB Expedia Group spent $279 million on acquisitions in the first quarter, driven by the closing of its deal to buy the Amsterdam-based Tiqets brand, according to its 10-Q financial filing published Friday.

Airbnb, an investor in Tiqets, looks to have made $70 million on the deal, according to a reference in its own 10-Q for the first quarter.

The price Expedia paid was disclosed in its cash flow statement in a line item called “acquisitions and other, net.” Expedia did not identify it as being tied to the Tiqets acquisition, but it has announced no other acquisitions since 2019.

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