Divestitures

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Business Combination and Asset Acquisition [Abstract]

Divestitures

NOTE 16 – Divestitures

On November 1, 2021, we completed the sale of Egencia, Expedia Group’s corporate travel arm included within our B2B segment, to GBT. As a result of the sale, we deconsolidated Egencia, recognized a gain of $401 million within gain (loss) on sale of business, net in the consolidated statement of operations and divested cash and restricted cash of $88 million. We received no cash for this transaction but Expedia Group became an indirect holder of an approximately 19% interest of GBT with an initial fair value of $815 million, and a subsidiary entered into a 10-year lodging supply agreement with GBT. We have elected to account for our investment under the fair value option (see NOTE 3 — Fair Value Measurements). The 19% of indirect interest is subject to changes based on final debt/cash and working capital adjustments and, any such adjustment, would impact our gain on the sale.

In addition, during 2020 and 2021, in connection with our efforts to focus on our core businesses and streamline our activities, we committed to plans to divest certain smaller businesses primarily within our Retail segment. As a result, in 2020, we completed the sale of certain smaller businesses, including Bodybuilding.com and SilverRail, which combined resulted in a net losses of $13 million and net cash divested of $21 million. In 2021, we completed additional sales including Classic Vacations and Alice, which combined resulted in net gains of $57 million and net cash received of $27 million. The resulting gains and losses in these transactions were recorded within gain (loss) on sale of business, net in the consolidated statement of operations.

None of these dispositions were considered a strategic shift that will have a major effect on our operations or financial results and they did not represent individually significant components of our business; therefore, they have not been reported as discontinued operations.