Expedia Reaches New Global Agreement With Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts

Expedia Reaches New Global Agreement With Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts

February 15, 2007

All Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts Now Available to Expedia
and hotels.com Customers

    BELLEVUE, Wash., Feb. 15 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/
-- Expedia, Inc. 
(Nasdaq: EXPE), the world's leading online travel company,
today announced it has signed a strategic partnership with
Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts. The new relationship
increases the breadth of offerings on Expedia.com(R),
hotels.com(R) and all Expedia(R) points of sale worldwide
by providing access to Shangri-La's distinctive hotels and
resorts.

    "Shangri-La hotels & resorts are synonymous
with luxury and personalized care," said Cameron
Jones, regional director of Expedia Asia Pacific.
"Expedia is excited to offer our customers increased
access to Shangri-La properties while working closely with
Shangri-La to enhance and extend its brand across all of
our points-of-sale."

    The new agreement expands upon Expedia's
industry-leading hotel selection in the rapidly growing
Asia Pacific market and helps ensure customers receive the
best rates at the hotel of their choice. As part of the
agreement, Shangri-La gains access to marketing and
merchandising opportunities across all Expedia brands while
benefiting from exposure to the more than 60 million unique
monthly visitors worldwide to Expedia, Inc.'s Web sites.

    "Providing access to our hotel portfolio across
Expedia, Inc.'s sites delivers additional convenience for
our guests without sacrificing the personal touch and
superior service they have come to expect from
Shangri-La," said Martin F. Waechter, chief marketing
officer of Shangri-La.

    About Expedia Partner Services Group

    Expedia Partner Services Group offers its supplier
partners choice, seamless coordination and complete access
to our vast traveler base. The formation of the Partner
Services Group is a testament of Expedia's commitment to
continually refine the way we conduct business by seeking
our suppliers' input and customizing our services to meet
their needs. 

    About Expedia, Inc.

    Expedia, Inc. is the world's leading online travel
company, empowering business and leisure travelers with the
tools and information they need to easily research, plan,
book, and experience travel. Expedia, Inc. also provides
wholesale travel to offline retail travel agents. Expedia,
Inc.'s portfolio of brands includes:  Expedia.com(R),
hotels.com(R), Hotwire(R), Expedia(R) Corporate Travel,
TripAdvisor(R) and Classic Vacations(R). Expedia, Inc.'s
companies also operate internationally with sites in
Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, the
Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Australia, Japan and
China, through its investment in eLong(TM). For more
information, visit http://www.expediainc.com/ .

    About Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts

    Hong Kong-based Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, Asia
Pacific's leading luxury hotel group, currently manages 50
hotels under the five-star Shangri-La and four-star Traders
brands, with a rooms inventory of over 24,000. The group has
over 40 projects under development in Canada, mainland
China, France, India, Japan, Macau, Maldives, Philippines,
Qatar, Seychelles, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United
Kingdom and the United States. For more information or
reservations, please contact a travel professional or
access the website at http://www.shangri-la.com .

    NOTE:  Expedia and Expedia.com are either registered
trademarks or trademarks of Expedia, Inc. in the U.S.
and/or other countries. Classic Vacations is either a
trademark or registered trademark of Classic Vacations, LLC
in the U.S. and/or other countries. hotels.com is either a
trademark or registered trademark of hotels.com, L.P., a
subsidiary of hotels.com in the U.S. and/or other
countries. Hotwire is either a trademark or registered
trademark of Hotwire, Inc. in the U.S. and/or other
countries. TripAdvisor is either a trademark or registered
trademark of TripAdvisor, LLC in the U.S. and/or other
countries. Other logos or product and company names
mentioned herein may be the property of their respective
owners.

    CST: 2029030-40


    For more information, please contact:

     Katrina Thomas 
     Expedia
     Tel:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail]


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