Expedia Mafia

John Cook wrote a post today, Expedia mafia strikes again with Megabuzz, that lists Seattle area start-ups backed by former Expedia execs. The start-ups he listed:

Zillow.com - real estate - Rich Barton and Lloyd Frink
Mpire.com - shopping/coupons - Matt Hulett
Avvo.com - legal - Mark Britton
Megabuzz.com - community - Ashish Pandey and Joe Wild

He also notes that Erik Blachford, former Expedia CEO, sits on the board of Zillow and has made angel investments in Farecast, ImageKind, and Megabuzz.

Others not mentioned:
TripHub.com - group travel - Josh Herst
Escapia.com - vacation rentals - Steve Murch

Let me know if we're missing any.

UPDATE: Neil MacLean, over at thetravelprblog, reminded me that former Expedia exec Greg Slyngstad is a board member at Kayak. Thanks and good catch.