Expedia: Creating loyal customers by mining the right data

The company is well known as the world’s biggest travel agent, but there’s more to it than just a website listing flights

Nessa McAuliffe, senior loyalty programme manager, Expedia

Like many working at the intersection of tech and social that we now call ‘digital’, Nessa McAuliffe, senior loyalty programme manager at Expedia, does not have a traditional background in IT. “I studied transition and interpreting at Dublin City University, and also in a university in France. I then did a Master’s after that, and did a lot of interpreting, including work for the Irish French film festival,” she said.

McAuliffe added that ...