The Brief Expedia is laying off 162 employees this spring. The layoffs impact workers at the Expedia Group Seattle waterfront headquarters. Seattle-based travel company Expedia announced it will lay off more than a hundred employees this spring. What's next:The company announced Wednesday that 162 employees at the Expedia Group Seattle waterfront headquarters will be laid off between April 1 and April 19. Expedia is providing ESD unemployment benefits for all the affected employees, which is required by state law.