Expedia.com introduced a new hotel and flight deals product, and it says the offerings shown are “user-generated.”
Expedia last-minute Deals takes your auto-detected point of origin and displays flight and hotel deals which other Expedia customers in your nabe have found enticing.
Expedia refers to the dynamic involved as “crowd-sourcing,” “user-generated,” and other flashy terms, but essentially the company is using its deals engine to present popular deals as evidenced by the booking patterns of other people close to your home.
Read full story at: http://www.tnooz.com/2012/01/19/news/expedia-deals-engine-taps-into-user-patterns-for-last-minute-deals/
