Overview
Autonomous Onboarding™ is a faster, easier way to join Expedia Group through HotelRunner. Instead of completing a separate, manual onboarding process, you can start directly in HotelRunner, review and accept your Expedia Group agreement, and connect your property.
Your existing property content, rates, and availability are sent to Expedia Group for validation, helping your property go live in less than 24 hours and start reaching valuable traveler demand across Expedia Group’s global consumer brands and broad B2B distribution network.
Why Join Expedia Group?
• Extend your reach to more than 75,000 B2B partners and over 200,000 travel agents.1
• Connect with travelers who spend 21% more and stay 11% longer than the industry average.2
• Reach valuable, incremental demand across Expedia Group’s global travel platform, including more than 1 billion average monthly searches3 and over 415 million booked room nights.4
What You Need Before You Start
• Access to your HotelRunner account
• Your property content, rates, and availability up to date in HotelRunner
• Authority to review and accept the Expedia Group agreement
How to Get Started
1. Start in HotelRunner.
Select Expedia Group as a distribution channel in HotelRunner and begin the onboarding process.
2. Connect your property.
Review and accept your Expedia Group agreement, then connect your property. Your existing property content, rates, and availability are sent to Expedia Group for validation.
3. Go live.
Your property can be live on Expedia Group in less than 24 hours and ready to reach new traveler demand.
What Happens Next
Once live, your property can reach demand across Expedia Group’s global consumer brands and broad B2B distribution network, including more than 1 billion average monthly searches3 and over 415 million booked room nights.4
You can track the status of your property in HotelRunner. HotelRunner remains the place you manage your property information, rates, and availability.
Frequently Asked Questions
1 Expedia Group internal data, 2025
2 Expedia Group, Traveler Value Study, 2024
3 Expedia Group internal data, 2025, identified and anonymous visitors
4 Expedia Group earnings, Q4 2025