Orbitz Voted Best Web Site for Booking Travel Honored by Business Traveler Magazine Readers for Third Consecutive Year NEW YORK, Nov. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Orbitz, the site with more low fares, more hotels and more cars, was voted the best Web site for booking business travel by the readers of Business Traveler magazine. Orbitz received the "Best in Business Travel Award" today for the third consecutive year in the publication's 16th annual reader survey. David Cerino, Orbitz for Business general manager, accepted the award for Orbitz and joined travel industry professionals at an awards ceremony at New York's Plaza Hotel. "Being recognized by business travelers, who are some of the industry's most frequent travelers, is strong validation that Orbitz offers all the products and services they need to plan and manage their travel," Cerino said. "We are continually working to understand the business traveler's every need and deliver an award-winning, unparalleled travel service." 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. DATASOURCE: Orbitz CONTACT: Kendra Thornton, +1-312-894-4721, , Jeanenne Diefendorf, +1-312-894-4986, , both for Orbitz Web site: http://www.orbitz.com/

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