Expedia

It comes just under a month out from when the airline first became accessible on Expedia, a one-stop travel shop for consumers looking for the best deals in travel experiences. 
“Expedia has traditionally been a significant producer of bookings for Samoa and with Samoa Airways’ availability on the popular online travel agency (OTA), reservations have flowed through”, said Chief Executive Officer, Tupuivao Seiuli Alvin Tuala.

Expedia is the world’s largest online travel company that operates out of Washington, USA. It brings together a collection of the world’s leading travel brands. 

It books airline tickets, hotel reservations, car rentals, cruises, vacation packages and various attractions and services via the World Wide Web and telephone travel agents.

This is the latest, exciting development to the National Carrier’s line-up of milestones in its brief, revamped history. 

This has far reaching benefits not just for the airline, but for Samoa as well as a tourist destination.

"We believe this transaction and the resulting consolidation of the online travel marketplace will result in significant negative consequences, particularly for consumers, but also for the large number of our members who are small business owners and franchised properties," Katherine Lugar, CEO of the American Hotel & Lodging Association, said in a statement Thursday.