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Everyone's an Independent Filmmaker Now: Expedia.com Facebook App Transforms Travel Pics Into Vacation VideoBELLEVUE, WA, Jan 29, 2013 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Facebook is already the world's largest repository of travel pictures. Soon, it may become the world's largest de facto travel movie studio, thanks to a new Expedia.com(R) Facebook app that lets Facebook users transform their travel pictures into moving video. Dubbed "Find Your Story," the Expedia app uses the latest in HTML5 web technologies to deliver a rich, shareable experience. "The Expedia 'Find Your Story' app reimagines how you share your vacation photos by helping travelers take a series of standalone pictures and transform them into a narrative, a moving video of the experience, integrated with Google maps," said John Morrey, vice president and general manager of Expedia.com. "Find Your Story turns your vacation memories into a quick, vivid mini-movie that is instantly shareable with friends via Facebook and Twitter." Expedia's Find Your Story app is one element of the company's larger Find Yours campaign, which includes national television spots, moving Web videos and much more. The driving purpose of Find Yours is to showcase the personal nature of travel -- to find simple, transformative travel moments and lift them up for celebration. All of the elements of Find Yours are powered by real travelers and genuine travel moments. As the world's largest online travel agency, Expedia has a relationship with millions and millions of travelers the world over. To access the rich HTML5 web app, users can visit www.findyours.com. The app will prompt travelers with a few questions about their trip: where the journey began, where it ended, and up to five locations visited along the way. Google's technology will insert destination specific graphics into the video. The app will then ask users to name their story, upload up to 10 images from your Facebook and Instagram albums and then choose a filter and music. Once the story is complete, users can share via Facebook, Twitter and provide a unique URL to friends and family. Facebook estimates that people upload more than 250 million photos to the social networking site daily. Over three-quarters of travelers post vacation photos to a social network. Expedia and ad agency 180LA built the Find Your Story app. About Expedia.com Expedia.com is the world's leading online travel site, helping millions of travelers per month easily plan and book travel. Expedia.com (http://www.expedia.com/, 1-800-EXPEDIA) aims to provide the latest technology and the widest selection of vacation packages, flights, hotels, rental cars, resorts, cruises and in-destination activities, attractions, services and travel apps. With the Expedia Best Price Guarantee, Expedia.com customers can get the best rates available online for all types of travel. Whether you want to relax in Turks and Caicos, sail in Lake Tahoe or ski in Vail, we know every trip and every traveler is unique and we want to help you Find Yours(TM). Expedia, Expedia.com and the Airplane logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Expedia, Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Copyright 2012 Expedia, Inc. All rights reserved. CST # 2029030-50 SOURCE: Expedia.com Web site: http://www.expedia.com/ For more information, please contact: Sarah Gavin Expedia.com (425) 679-8917 Email Contact Dave McNamee HL Group (for Expedia) (646) 274-3635 Email Contact SOURCE: Expedia http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/emailprcntct id=93F32979C38064E8 http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/emailprcntct id=F72FD2DD0EA96415 |