- Competitors creating travel services that exceed the size of Expedia
- Expedia may not be able to competitively match giant corporations such as Google if they aggressively outsource Expedia's travel services
- Google's travel business doubling the size of Expedia puts them at risk for shut down
- Google allows searchers to find flight information without requiring a traditional travel site
- Economic factors
- Rising fuel prices disable airlines from giving Expedia additional customer discounts when buying the tickets in bulk. As a result the revenues of Expedia will suffer because of the money lost from the non-discounted tickets.
- Domino effect ensues: increases in fuel price -> decline in purchased plane tickets, hotel bookings, car rentals and travel in general
- Shaky desirability from current earnings
- Quarterly earnings for Expedia have dropped from $2.12 per share as of last year to $1.81 per share currently
- Expedia's stock peaked during November 2015, now stock is steadily becoming less desirable (see below)