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Orbitz.com Named Best Travel Website by Travel Savvy Readers CHICAGO, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Orbitz (NASDAQ:ORBZ) has been named the "Best Website for Booking Travel" as part of Travel Savvy magazine's "Best of" Awards. Orbitz topped the nominations as best in class for online travel when readers of the Generation X-geared travel magazine responded to open-ended ballots requesting their favorite travel web site, airline, hotel and city destination. Readers praise Orbitz for its "friendly" and "easy-to-read" site design that helps customers "feel in control while searching for steeply discounted fares." Travel Savvy readers also chose Orbitz as tops for its customer friendly features, highlighting how Orbitz is the "only site with a Customer Care team that monitors nationwide travel conditions for its customers." "We are delighted that the readers of Travel Savvy singled out Orbitz as their preferred place to find great deals and book travel," said John Samuel, executive vice president of Consumer Travel at Orbitz. "Travel Savvy's core audience of young professionals will continue to be some of Orbitz's most important customers, playing a key role in influencing travel trends and purchase decisions." Travel Savvy's "Best of" Awards are featured in the September/October issue currently on newsstands. Travel Savvy is a travel lifestyle magazine that covers international and domestic destinations, fashion, design, unique accommodations, food, travel news and celebrity travel trends. About Orbitz Orbitz is a leading online travel company that enables travelers to search for and purchase a broad array of travel products, including airline tickets, lodging, rental cars, cruises and vacation packages. Since launching its website to the general public in June 2001, Orbitz has become the third largest online travel site based on gross travel bookings. On http://www.orbitz.com/ , consumers can search more than 455 airlines, as well as rates at tens of thousands of lodging properties worldwide and at 22 car rental companies. Orbitz, Inc. became a publicly traded company on Dec. 17, 2003, when its shares were listed on the Nasdaq National Market under the ticker symbol ORBZ. For more information on the company, visit http://www.orbitz.com/ . Statements in this press release regarding Orbitz that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements and are subject to risks, assumptions and uncertainties that could cause such statements to differ materially from actual future events or results. Any such forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The following factors, among others, could cause Orbitz' actual results to differ materially from those described in a forward-looking statement: Orbitz' ability to retain and attract customers on a cost-effective basis; increasing competition from existing or new competitors; relationships with Orbitz' controlling stockholders and with other travel suppliers; limitations that could affect the expansion of our Supplier Link business; risks relating to our ability to expand our business generally; specific risks that could affect our ability to achieve growth plans for portions of our business, such as hotels; rapid technological change affecting our industry; technical and operational issues, such as journey control restrictions, that result from changes in travel suppliers' distribution methodologies that could affect our results; risks associated with litigation or government regulation; declines, disruptions or events affecting the travel industry; potential fluctuations in our quarterly and annual results. This list is intended to identify only certain of the principal factors that could cause actual results to differ. Readers are referred to the reports and documents filed from time to time by Orbitz with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a discussion of these and other important risk factors. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which are made as of the date of this press release. Orbitz undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or any other reason. DATASOURCE: Orbitz CONTACT: Kendra Thornton, +1-312-894-4721, , or Jeanenne Diefendorf, +1-312-894-4986, , both of Orbitz Web site: http://www.orbitz.com/

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