MSN users in the US and the UK will no longer be seeing Expedia as the portal's travel partner.
Up until this morning, Expedia has
always been the primary travel provider to Microsoft's MSN.
Microsoft has inked a deal with Orbitz for
MSN Travel.
Expedia was initially was
owned by Microsoft and later became part of IAC /Interactive, and more-recently was spun off into it's own IAC-controlled group which includes Hotels.com, TripAdvisor, Hotwire and others.
Orbitz
announced the deal late yesterday which includes ebookers.com (Their brand in the UK).
Staff edit Jul 2 PM