orbitz

Orbitz Worldwide, the parent company of Orbitz.com, was formed in 2000 and is currently based in Chicago, Illinois. Orbitz promotes itself as a "leading global online travel company that uses innovative technology to enable leisure and business travelers to research, plan, and book a broad range of travel products."

Orbitz was the airline industry's first attempt at getting back direct sales of tickets through their own conglomerated site. By doing this instead of having users use sites such as Travelocity to book their flights, the airlines are able to keep all of the money to themselves rather than share some of the profits with these online travel agencies.

Orbitz is well known for using former game show host Wink Martindale in commercials touting its services. Orbitz also hosts sites for accessing their services by mobile phone and for playing games.

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• How to avoid crowded airports this holiday season

  
  TerraCurve.com: Go beyond green. | Responsible travel news, places, people and events. — Authority: 125
  We have all seen the lines – wrapping around the dividers at the check-in counters, jam-packing the security queues. And the worst part? That is just on a regular day. So what happens on, say, Thanksgiving – the busiest travel day of the year? A new post by the Orbitz Insider Index has just announced the busiest ...
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• Priceline.com earnings preview: A sweet deal in Q3?

  
  BloggingStocks — Authority: 661
  Filed under: Earnings reports , Forecasts Priceline.com Inc. ( PCLN ), which was recently added to the S&P 500, is scheduled to discuss its third-quarter 2009 financial results in a conference call Monday, November 9, at 4:30 PM ET. You can catch the live webcast of the call on the companys website . During ...
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• HR Jobs Mumbai Orbitz Corporate & Leisure Travels requires Recruitment Executive in Mumbai

  
  Bandra Blogs, About Bandra Mumbai, Jobs in Mumbai — Authority: 492
  About Orbitz Corporate & Leisure Travels Pvt. Ltd. :We introduce a new era to the Indian business & leisure travellers by bringing world class services. Our sincere efforts and the niche concept of business tours helped to open avenues to technological progress in India. Indian businesses grew globally ...
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• The New Orbitz

  
  Two JetSet Divas...and a Map — Authority: 114
  Orbitz has a brand new look! Sometime in August Chrissy and I received an invitation from Orbitz to be apart of their ‘Blogger Day’ I may have the wrong name) at the headquarters in Chicago to talk about new, great and exciting changes they would be rolling out in the near future, dynamics of the company, and ...
  4 days ago

• Money Saving Travel Tips For Booking Flights Online

  
  3stepADS - Free Advertising Blog — Authority: 560
  Individual travelers cant expect to get impartial advice when they call a particular airline. An airlinereservation agent is not going to tell you that another airline has a better schedule or a better fare for your particular itinerary...What IS a weary traveler to do?
  5 days ago

• Orbitz Q3 revenue fell 22%, blames removal of booking fees

  
  HOTELMARKETING.COM — Authority: 440
  Orbitz posted a quarterly profit on Thursday, helped by lower expenses and more bookings, and said it had received equity investments amounting to $100 million. The company said fee cuts and promotions offset weak demand during the economic recession but that travel demand is starting to recover on its own.
  5 days ago

• Expedia Drops Phone Booking Fees

  
  TheBeat.travel - a travel business community — Authority: 127
  Expedia announced today that they are removing booking/service fees on all travel products sold through Expedias call centers. read more
  6 days ago

• Expedia Drops Fee For Booking By Phone [Online Booking]

  
  Consumerist — Authority: 775
  This morning, travel service Expedia announced it will abandon its book by phone fee , which it first implemented last May. This makes it the only major online travel agency to not ding customers with a fee for booking flights over the phone, notes consumer travel advocate Christopher Elliott. Elliott spoke with an ...
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• Travel Smarts - 10% off Chicago Hotels near Museum of Science and Industry - Engineer a Better Deal Every Time You Travel

  
  Fabu Daily Coupon Blog — Authority: 128
  Check out a working coal mine. Explore a captured German U-boat from World War II. And get up close and personal with a NASA spacecraft. Your family vacation to Chicago gets a whole lot more exciting when you visit the Museum of Science and Industry.Make getting to and from the museum a snap when you [...]
  1 week ago

• Online Travel Companies Dragged To Court By The State of Florida

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 611
  The state of Florida has begun legal proceedings against the online travel companies operating in the region charging these companies with tax evasion. This latest string of lawsuits from Florida is yet another addition to the long chain of nationwide lawsuits against such travel related firms. Expedia and Orbitz, two ...
  1 week ago

• Florida Sues Expedia And Orbitz Over Taxes

  
  WebProNews Feed — Authority: 705
  Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum said today his office has sued online travel companies Expedia and Orbitz for failing to pay the right amount of taxes on hotel room rentals. The lawsuit states that while the companies have been collecting these taxes from consumers all along, they have only been paying a ...
  1 week ago

• Midwest Airlines Winter Wonder Airfare Sale

  
  Deconlabel — Authority: 443
  Midwest Airlines Winter Wonder Airfare Sale The streak of airfare sales we saw last week continues into this week. Midwest Airlines is getting in on the action with their “Winter Wonderland” sale, which features deals to “every city on their map.” Deals on some routes are actually good for travel all the way ...
  1 week ago

• Who Here Prefers Non-Stop Flights?

  
  Accidental Technologist — Authority: 108
  I wonder who designed the user experience at Orbitz ?  I cannot imagine the design meeting which resulted with this checkbox on their flight search page: Does anyone look at that checkbox and decide they don’t want a non-stop flight?  No, I would love for this flight to take as long as humanly ...
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• Traveling for the holidays? Here’s some advice.

  
  OC Deals — Authority: 486
  People trying to score good deals on holiday airfares might get whiplash this year, as fares are bouncing up and down by the minute. Although airlines have been discounting domestic fares heavily, holiday periods are generally blacked out. Experts recommend being very persistent–bookmarking and checking three or ...
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• SHOULD I PLAN A TRIP TO CANCUN ON MY OWN THROUGH ORBITZ/EXPEDIA OR SHOULD I USE APPLE VACATIONS?

  
  Cheap Flight Auctions — Authority: 152
  I am formulation my honeymoon, and need to know to others the opinions of Technorati Tags: Apple , Cancun , Orbitz/expedia , plan , Should , Through , trip , vacations Related posts: WHAT TYPE OF COMPENSATION/UPGRADES CAN I EXPECT FROM APPLE VACATIONS? I not long ago requisitioned a outing for ...
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• Travel Smarts - 10% off Orlando Hotels near Airport - Fly in & Save Big

  
  Fabu Daily Coupon Blog — Authority: 128
  Forget stressing over a missed flight. The Orlando International Airport is the busiest in the state, so traffic outside and crowds inside can make travel hectic.Make your trip a smooth one by booking your Orlando hotel near the airport through Orbitz. Land the guaranteed lowest rate online every time you travel! ...
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• Tweets for Tickets – Orbitz Twitter Giveaway Easily Builds Brand Followers

  
  StraightUpSocial — Authority: 421
  10 happy tweeters are making travel plans this morning thanks to a popular (and simple) giveaway from Orbitz. Yesterday the travel company announced the winners of its recurring Tweets for Tickets giveaway, which awarded one free round-trip coach-class airfare voucher to 10 people following Orbitz on Twitter. The ...
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• Paris LV Loses Gay Ad Award...

  
  Las Vegas Blog: Steve Friess' VEGAS HAPPENS HERE — Authority: 469
  ...but should be honored to be among the nominees for this: Congrats to Harrahs for coming even that close in the first year that the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation gave out such awards. They were up against Macys, Kenneth Cole, Absolut and, uh, Swanson, in the Outstanding Advertising (Print) ...
  2 weeks ago

• Travelocity offers an “unprecedented” new price guarantee — should I switch online agencies?

  
  Consumer Traveler — Authority: 143
  If youre confused about the online travel agencies service and price guarantees, take a number. So am I.
  2 weeks ago

• Travelocity offers an “unprecedented” new price guarantee — should I switch online agencies?

  
  elliott.org — Authority: 581
  If youre confused about the online travel agencies service and price guarantees, take a number. So am I.
  2 weeks ago

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