Orbitz Voted Best Web Site for Booking Travel
24 Novembro 2004 - 12:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
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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