Best Western International signed a global partnership agreement with Expedia to distribute its more than 4,000 branded hotels on Expedia sites,

the hotel company announced. The agreement is the first of its type on a global scale for Best Western, according to a Best Western spokesperson. The agreement also includes distribution on Egencia but "is not a chainwide agreement for corporate preferred rates; our hotels will still have the option to opt into a preferred relationship with Egencia," according to the spokesperson.