Crispin (also formerly known as Crispin Porter + Bogusky ), a member of publicly traded MDC Partners , is an American advertising agency that as of 2024 employed around 150 people. It was founded in 1965 by Sam Crispin. Crispin then became partners with Chuck Porter and Alex Bogusky .
25-542: Hotels.com, L.P. is a global website for booking hotel rooms online and by telephone. The company has 85 websites in 34 languages, and lists over 325,000 hotels in approximately 19,000 locations. Its inventory includes hotels and B&Bs, and some condos and other types of commercial lodging. Hotels.com was established in 1991 as the Hotel Reservations Network (HRN). In 2001, it became part of Expedia, Inc. and in 2002, changed its name to Hotels.com. The company
50-656: A DJ in an episode of Four Weddings and a Funeral . Starting in the 2018-19 season , Hotels.com became the official global sponsor of UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Super Cup along with Expedia . In December 2020, Hotels.com signed a partnership with the National Basketball Association , and it was named as the Official Travel Partner of the NBA. Expedia Group Expedia Group, Inc.
75-504: A class-action lawsuit in California accusing the company and its partners of violating trademark rights of numerous independent hotel and motel establishments by running advertising implying that consumers could book reservations for those hotels on Expedia even though Expedia had no relationship with those hotels, in violation of the Lanham Act , and also falsely noting that hotels with which
100-559: Is an American travel technology company that owns and operates travel fare aggregators and travel metasearch engines , including Expedia , Hotels.com , Vrbo , Travelocity , Hotwire.com , Orbitz , Ebookers, CheapTickets , CarRentals.com, Expedia Cruises , Wotif , and Trivago . Over 3 million lodging facilities and flights on over 500 airlines are bookable on the company's websites. It has 16,500 employees, and its headquarters are located in Seattle , Washington . The word "Expedia"
125-406: Is based on the prices paid per room by its customers using a weighted average based on the number of rooms sold in each of the markets in which it operates. Information includes notable price changes and comparisons between destinations, hotel types, and other price-related analyses for the previous six months. The Hotel Price Index is published both digitally and in print, and is aimed at journalists,
150-519: Is derived from a combination of "exploration" and "speed". Founded as a division of Microsoft in October 1996, Expedia was spun off into a public company in 1999. IAC , known at the time as USA Networks Inc, acquired a controlling interest in the company in 2001 and acquired the remainder of the company in 2003. In August 2005, IAC spun off the company. In December 2011, Expedia, Inc. spun off TripAdvisor . In 2003, Rich Barton resigned as CEO and
175-575: Is operated by Hotels.com LP, a limited partnership subsidiary located in Dallas, Texas , in the United States. Hotels.com was established in 1991 by David Litman and Robert Diener as the Hotel Reservations Network (HRN), providing hotel booking via a toll-free phone number in the United States. In 2001, the company was acquired by USA Networks Inc (USAI) which also acquired a controlling interest in Expedia,
200-571: The Dormant Commerce Clause . In a unanimous ruling, the court determined that, while Travelscape does not have physical facilities in South Carolina, frequent sales trips made by its employees and the fact that the company furnished hotel rooms in the state establish its presence for tax purposes and is sufficient to be required to pay sales tax. Crispin Porter %2B Bogusky The agency
225-1134: The Burger King Subservient Chicken and Whopper Sacrifice campaigns. In September 2008, the agency created a television spot for Microsoft featuring Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates that received negative media attention. The ' I'm a PC ' campaign that followed fought back against Apple's Mac vs. PC campaign and contributed to Windows 7 becoming the fastest selling version of Windows to date. In March 2010, Andrew Keller, Rob Reilly and Jeff Benjamin were promoted to chief creative officers. As of August 2017 , CP+B’s leadership includes: Chuck Porter, chairman; Lori Senecal, Co-Global CEO; Erik Sollenberg, Co-Global CEO; Linus Karlsson, Global Chief Creative Officer; Danielle Aldrich, President of CP+B West, which includes Boulder and LA; Ralph Watson, chief creative officer in Boulder; and Kevin Jones, chief creative officer in Los Angeles. CP+B has been named "Agency of
250-486: The Chief Strategy Officer, Eric Hart, became acting CFO. In February 2020, Expedia announced it was cutting 3,000 jobs, roughly 12% of the workforce, citing a "disappointing 2019." Diller, in his role as acting CEO, stated the company had become "sclerotic and bloated" and that employees were "all life and no work." In April 2020, Peter Kern was appointed as CEO of Expedia Group. He was the highest paid CEO in
275-642: The S&;P 500 in 2021, with $ 296 million in total compensation. In 2015, Expedia announced that it would move its headquarters to the Interbay neighborhood of Seattle , purchasing the Amgen campus on the Elliott Bay waterfront for $ 228.9 million and investing an additional $ 900 million on renovation and expansion of the 41-acre (17 ha) campus to 1.23 million square feet (114,000 m ). The first employees moved into
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#1732854878662300-593: The Year" 13 times in the trade press. On December 15, 2008, CP+B was named Creativity's agency of the year. They were also named Adweek's 2008 U.S. Agency of the year. In December 2009, CP+B was named Advertising Age Agency of the Decade and Boards magazine's Agency of the Year. In 2010, CP+B was named Interactive Agency of the year at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival ,
325-547: The accusation and opposed the action, but was found guilty on one count of infringing California's Unruh Civil Rights Act , and on one count in violation of Unfair Competition Law. It was agreed that the company would provide suitable accessibility information about hotels sold on its website. In February 2019, TechCrunch reported that the Hotels.com mobile app in the iOS App Store was using session-replay functionality from Israeli firm Glassbox , to record users' activities and send
350-661: The aim of communicating that Hotels.com is the obvious choice. The campaign was devised by the ad firm Crispin Porter + Bogusky . Moynihan said in an interview "Hotels.com has a great self awareness and they're not afraid to push the envelope with the crazy stuff I get to do as Captain Obvious". Notable advertisements include one where he runs for president , a La La Land inspired ad and an ad where Captain Obvious meets his future self . In 2018, Captain Obvious featured in Channel 4 's ad blocking campaign. In 2019, Captain Obvious appeared as
375-585: The company had no relationship were "sold out". In April 2021, the lawsuit was settled and the company promised not to engage in false advertising. In January 2011, Travelscape, a subsidiary of Expedia Inc. based in the Las Vegas Valley , was ordered to pay $ 6.3 million in back sales taxes to South Carolina by the South Carolina Supreme Court . Travelscape argued that South Carolina's efforts to tax online retailers located out-of-state violate
400-461: The data to Expedia servers without users' informed consent, compromising users' privacy and contravening the rules of the iOS App Store. The first loyalty program for Hotels.com was called "Hotels.com Rewards" (formerly "Welcome Rewards") and rolled out across multiple countries from 2008 to 2011. On July 6, 2023, Hotels.com replaced Hotels.com Rewards with One Key. The new program decreased rewards by 80 percent, including bookings paid in advance under
425-470: The media, and hoteliers as part of its public relations. Ed Helms voiced the character "Smart" in Hotels.com advertisements. In 2012, the character was changed from clay animation to CGI . The company's advertising slogan was originally "Smart. So Smart" before being changed to "Be Smart. Book Smart". In 2014, the site introduced the character " Captain Obvious " who is portrayed by actor Brandon Moynihan. Captain Obvious makes self-evident comments with
450-673: The name Expedia Inc. Hotels.com then became an operating company of Expedia Inc. In 2011, the site launched an iPad application and updated its mobile phone product on iPhone and Android . On December 1, 2016, Hotels.com took over Venere.com (another Expedia owned company). In May 2007, Hotels.com was subject to a class action complaint ( Smith v. Hotels.com L.P. , California Superior Court, Alameda County, Case No. RG07327029) brought against them for “ongoing discrimination against persons with mobility disabilities who desire to, but cannot, use Hotels.com’s worldwide reservation network to make reservations for hotel rooms”. The company denied
475-624: The new headquarters in October 2019. In 2021, Expedia built a new campus in DLF Cyber Park, Gurugram , India . In July 2015, Expedia made an investment in Wingz . In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic , customers complained regarding the process to get refunds for cancelled flights. Customers complained of excessively long call times and being unable to get through to a representative. This led to many lawsuits. On February 12, 2020, Expedia Group
500-430: The online travel booking company. After buying the domain name for approximately US$ 11 million, HRN changed its name in 2002 to Hotels.com and launched the offline brand 1-800-2-Hotels as well as allowing hotel bookings on line. There followed a period of rapid international expansion with 29 sites added over the next two years. In 2003, USAI was renamed InterActiveCorp (IAC). In 2005 IAC separated its travel business under
525-415: The terms of the prior program. The website Frequent Miler criticzed these changes as an unusually large devaluation of the program not comparable to any other loyalty program change in the hospitality industry for a company not undergoing bankruptcy proceedings. Starting in 2004, the site has published a twice-yearly review of international hotel room price trends called the Hotels.com Hotel Price Index. It
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#1732854878662550-764: Was Managing Director of its Los Angeles office from 2002 to 2004. In July, 2010, CP+B Canada opened after acquiring the Toronto-based agency Zig. CP+B experienced rapid growth in the late 1990s and early 2000s, achieving notoriety on the strength of work for Burger King , BMW MINI , and anti-smoking campaign TheTruth.com . Sally Hogshead worked for the company at this time, and opened Crispin Porter + Bogusky's Venice, California office. The agency’s current client list includes Domino's Pizza , Infiniti , American Airlines , PayPal , Hotels.com , Hulu , Goose Island Brewery , and Kraft Macaroni & Cheese . They are known for using viral marketing techniques, including
575-680: Was founded in Miami, FL where it had its headquarters until the relocation to Boulder, CO and subsequently Denver in 2021. Additional offices are in Coconut Grove, Florida ; Los Angeles, California ; London, England ; São Paulo, Brazil ; Gothenburg ; Stockholm, Sweden ; Copenhagen, Denmark ; Hong Kong, China ; and Beijing, China . CP+B Europe opened its doors in June, 2009 after acquiring Swedish agency Daddy, based in Gothenburg, Sweden . Mark Simmons
600-534: Was included on a list of companies operating in West Bank settlements involved in activities that "raised particular human rights concerns" published by the United Nations Human Rights Council . The company was categorized under "the provision of services and utilities supporting the maintenance and existence of settlements". In August 2016, Buckeye Tree Lodge and Sequoia Village Inn, LLC filed
625-602: Was replaced by Erik Blachford. In December 2004, Dara Khosrowshahi was announced as CEO. In March 2017, Chelsea Clinton was named to the board of directors of Expedia, with compensation of $ 45,000 a year in cash, plus $ 250,000 a year in stock vesting over three years. In August 2017, Mark Okerstrom became the President and CEO of Expedia, Inc. In December 2019, Mark Okerstrom and Alan Pickerill resigned as CEO and CFO, respectively. At that time, Expedia Group's chairman, Barry Diller, took over day-to-day operations, while
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