Expedia Signs Global Agreement with China Southern Airlines

Expedia, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXPE), a global travel company, announced a new global strategic partnership with the Asia carrier, China Southern Airlines. The agreement, which represents the first-ever global partnership between the Guangzhou-based airline and an online travel agency, will make China Southern's fares and inventory available on all full-service Expedia websites in North America, Europe and Asia, as well as through corporate travel provider Egencia; on discount travel site Hotwire; and on China's online travel site eLong.

Expedia, Inc. is an online travel company, with an extensive brand portfolio that includes some of the world's leading online travel brands, including: Expedia.com, an online travel agency, with localized sites in more than 25 countries, Hotels.com, a hotel specialist with sites in more than 60 countries, discount travel site Hotwire, which offers opaque deals in nine countries on its eight sites in North America and Europe, Egencia, a corporate travel management company, online booking site eLong, agency hotel company Venere.com, destination services and activities provider Expedia Local Expert and Luxury travel specialist Classic Vacations. The company delivers consumers value in leisure and business travel, drives incremental demand and direct bookings to travel suppliers, and provides advertisers the opportunity to reach a highly valuable audience of in-market travel consumers through Expedia Media Solutions. Expedia also powers bookings for some of the world's leading airlines and hotels, top consumer brands, high traffic websites, and thousands of active affiliates through Expedia Affiliate Network. China Southern Airlines Co. Ltd. - the newest member of the worldwide SkyTeam airline alliance - is the main air transportation business of China Southern Air Holding Company. With flight operations based at Guangzhou's brand-new Baiyun International Airport, China Southern Airlines' company logo can be seen around the globe. In 2010, China Southern Airlines carried 76.46 million passengers.