Expedia moves ahead with listing of Trivago travel search unit - sources

By Arno Schuetze and Robert Venes FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Online travel group Expedia has started preparations for a stock market listing of its Trivago hotel search platform, which may be valued at more than $1 billion, people familiar with the matter said. Expedia, one of the world's largest online travel services companies, has asked investment banks to pitch for roles in a initial public offering, which will likely take place in the United States later this year or early in 2017, the sources s