Additionally, the company and its employees continued its effort to help better its communities and their wellbeing and resiliency as: Inclusion and Diversity Expedia Group made significant progress toward its global gender representation goal and exceeded its hiring ambitions in the U.S. for candidates from underrepresented identities (URI*). The year marked the company's highest increases in hiring including: Expedia Group also took an important step toward closing the gender pay gap by conducting its first all-company pay assessment across roles, demographics and locations. The company developed action plans focused on correcting disparities by making salary adjustments for all genders globally. After adjusting, women at Expedia Group earn USD $1 for every USD $1 earned by men, on a global basis for comparable jobs.