Expedia Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:EXPE) Q2 2024 Earnings Conference Call August 8, 2024 4:30 PM ET

Company Participants

Harshit Vaish - Senior Vice President of Corporate Development, Strategy & Investor Relations
Ariane Gorin - Chief Executive Officer
Julie Whalen - Chief Financial Officer

Conference Call Participants

Mark Mahaney - Evercore ISI
Eric Sheridan - Goldman Sachs
Lee Horowitz - Deutsche Bank
Trevor Young - Barclays
Conor Cunningham - Melius Research
Naved Khan - B. Riley
Kevin Kopelman - TD Securities
Ken Gawrelski - Wells Fargo
Richard Clarke - Bernstein Societe Generale Group
John Colantuoni - Jefferies
Jed Kelly - Oppenheimer
Ron Josey - Citigroup

Operator

Good day everyone and welcome to the Expedia Group Q2 2024 Financial Results Teleconference. My name is Elliot and I will be your operator for today's call. [Operator Instructions]

For opening remarks, I will turn the call over to Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, Strategy and Investor Relations, Harshit Vaish. Please go ahead.

Harshit Vaish

Good afternoon and welcome to Expedia Group's second quarter 2024 earnings call. I'm pleased to be joined on today's call by our CEO, Ariane Gorin; and our CFO, Julie Whalen.

As a reminder, our commentary today will include references to certain non-GAAP measures. Reconciliations of these non-GAAP measures to the most comparable GAAP measures are included in our earnings release. And unless otherwise stated, any reference to expenses excludes stock-based compensation. We will also be making forward-looking statements during the call which are predictions, projections or other statements about future events. These statements are based on current expectations and assumptions which are subject to risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict. Actual results could materially differ due to factors discussed during this call and in our most recent Forms 10-K, 10-Q and other filings with the SEC. Except as required by law, we do not undertake any responsibility to update these forward-looking statements. Our earnings release, SEC filings and a replay of today's call can be found at our Investor Relations website at ir.expediagroup.com.

And with that, let me turn the call over to Ariane.

Ariane Gorin

Thanks, Harshit and thank you all for joining us today. I've been CEO for about a quarter now and have spent most of my time in 3 areas: First, refocusing our team on the basics and execution to accelerate growth in our consumer business; second, sharpening our long-term strategy; and third, making sure we have the right leadership team in place. All with the goal of delivering better experiences to travelers and more value to our partners.