Expedia Inc.’s $3.9
billion acquisition of HomeAway was completed Tuesday.
The acquisition, which
includes all of HomeAway’s brands, was announced in November.
HomeAway, based in
Austin, Texas, has sites representing over 1 million paid listings of vacation
rental homes in 190 countries. Its brands include HomeAway.com, VRBO.com,
VacationRentals.com and BedandBreakfast.com.
Brian Sharples, CEO of
HomeAway, called Expedia’s technology and knowledge of online travel “critical
to our success” as the company works to make all of its properties
bookable online.