DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-55,962

EXPEDIA CORPORATE TRAVEL
A SUBSIDIARY OF INTERACTIVE CORPORATION
A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF IAC/INTERATIVE CORPORATION
BELLEVUE, WASHINGTON

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply For Worker Adjustment Assistance
And Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended (19 USC 2273), the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The investigation was initiated on November 9, 2004,
in response to a petition filed by a State agency
representative on behalf of workers of Expedia Corporate
Travel, a subsidiary of Expedia, Inc., a wholly-owned
subsidiary of IAC/InterActive Corporation, Bellevue,
Washington. The workers were travel agents for Expedia
Corporate Travel customers.
The investigation revealed that the Expedia Corporate
Travel workers do not produce an article within the meaning
of Section 222(a)(2) of the Act. In order to be considered
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section
223 of the Trade Act of 1974, the worker group seeking
certification (or on whose behalf certification is being
sought) must work for a "firm" or appropriate subdivision
that produces an article and there must be a relationship
between the workers' work and the article produced by the
workers' firm or appropriate subdivision. The travel
agents do not support a firm or appropriate subdivision
that produces an article domestically and thus the worker
group can not be considered import impacted or affected by
a shift in production of an article.
In addition, in accordance with Section 246 the Trade
Act of 1974 (26 USC 2813), as amended, the Department of
Labor herein presents the results of its investigation
regarding certification of eligibility to apply for
alternative trade adjustment assistance (ATAA) for older
workers.
In order for the Department to issue a certification
of eligibility to apply for ATAA, the worker group must be
certified eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance
(TAA). Since the workers are denied eligibility to apply
for TAA, the workers cannot be certified eligible for ATAA.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in this
investigation, I determine that the workers of Expedia
Corporate Travel, a subsidiary of Expedia, Inc., a wholly-
owned subsidiary of IAC/InterActive Corporation, Bellevue,
Washington, are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and
are also denied eligibility to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of
1974.
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 9th day of December 2004.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

_____________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance