Expedia, Inc. provides travel agency services in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, France, Italy and the Netherlands via the Internet. The Company offers airplane, hotel and car reservations, trip cancellation waivers and numerous smaller vacation and business travel services. It offers travel planning tools that are designed to enable consumers to compare the travel offerings of multiple suppliers and make an informed decision as to which offering best suits their individual needs. In addition, it offers consumers access to a range of published and negotiated rate offerings.