Dreaming of Your First Powder Day?
28 Outubro 2004 - 12:15PM
PR Newswire (US)
Dreaming of Your First Powder Day? Orbitz's New Ski Site Can Tell
You Where the Snow Is and Take You There CHICAGO, Oct. 28
/PRNewswire/ -- Just in time for ski season, Orbitz, the site with
more low fares, more hotels and more cars, today announced a new
Orbitz Ski Site complete with expert commentary, insider
information and exclusive deals to help travelers research and book
a customized ski vacation at more than a hundred resorts in North
America and worldwide. (Photo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041028/CGTH032 ) Designed to
please the two primary types of ski vacationers -- those who are
looking for ski vacation ideas and deals and those who already know
where they want to go and are ready to make a reservation --
Orbitz's ski site offers the convenience of booking your ski
vacation on every page along with in-depth, award-winning content
from a veteran team of outdoor and travel writers at Outside
magazine, away.com and other online publishers. "Until now, no
travel web site offered skiers detailed information on popular ski
mountains and resorts along with the convenience of booking a
reservation online," said John Samuel, executive vice president of
Consumer Travel at Orbitz. "From live Web cams on the mountains to
editorial from ski and snowboard obsessed writers, Orbitz brings
skiers the most up-to-date information on everything they need to
book a great vacation." Whether novice skiers are looking for a
family-friendly resort like Keystone, or expert snowboarders are
looking to ride the best bowls in the Canadian Rockies, Orbitz's
ski site gives travelers more specialty ski information than any
other travel website. And with recommended resort picks in 14
categories -- including Family, Powder or Nightlife -- travelers
can easily find and book a ski trip that best fits their needs. The
site is packed with everything a skier needs to know to plan the
perfect ski getaway: -- 130 resort profiles within North America
and across the globe, organized by state and region -- Expert
reviews of every mountain and resort with side-by-side comparisons
to help undecided travelers easily evaluate their options -- Trail
maps, daily snow reports, web cams and event calendars updated
daily to give consumers up-to-the-minute details on their preferred
destination -- Gear reviews and how-to feature articles from ski
professionals so anyone, from the most experienced skier to
beginners, can come well prepared to hit the slopes. Special
package deals exclusive to Orbitz.com users, such as the following,
are also available: -- Banff from $799 per person includes 5 nights
at the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise with the 5th night free and
roundtrip airfare from New York. -- Park City from $378 per person
includes 3 Nights at Holiday Inn Express Park City and nonstop
roundtrip air from Los Angeles. -- Steamboat Springs from $422 per
person includes 3 nights at the Fairfield Inn with complimentary
continental breakfast and nonstop roundtrip air from Chicago.
Orbitz's ski site is accessible at http://ski.orbitz.com/ or
travelers can go to Orbitz.com and choose the "Ski" link under the
Featured Deals section. 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. 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.
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041028/CGTH032 DATASOURCE:
Orbitz CONTACT: Jeanenne Diefendorf, +1-312-894-4986, , or Kendra
Thornton, +1-312-894-4721, , both of Orbitz Web site:
http://www.orbitz.com/ http://ski.orbitz.com/
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