Nov 6 (Reuters) - Online travel platform Expedia ( EXPE )

boosted its forecast for 2025 revenue growth, after

beating Wall Street estimates for third-quarter profit, helped

by strong demand from its business clients.

The Seattle-based company now expects annual revenue to grow

between 6% to 7%, compared to an earlier forecast range of 3% to

5%.

Bookings in Expedia's ( EXPE ) B2B segment, which caters to corporate

travel management firms, offline travel agents and financial

institutions, rose 26% to $9.38 billion during the third

quarter.

Meanwhile, bookings in Expedia's ( EXPE ) direct-to-consumer segment,

which includes its iconic Hotels.com and short-term rental

platform Vrbo, rose 7% to $21.34 billion.

Expedia ( EXPE ) posted a third-quarter adjusted profit of $7.57 per

share compared with analysts' estimate of $6.92 per share,

according to LSEG compiled data.

Total gross bookings for the third quarter came in at $30.73

billion, up 12% from last year.