Orbitz is a leading online travel company offering travelers a
wide selection of discount airfares, discount hotels, car rentals,
cruises, vacation packages and other travel. Orbitz specializes in
cheap airline tickets and deep discount hotel rooms.
The Orbitz mission is to provide a place for convenient, one-stop shopping for
low-priced airfares. Consumers can obtain substantially discounted hotel rates at
luxury hotels as well as discount hotels.
Orbitz. competitors contend that Orbitz has an
unfair advantage because American,
Continental, Delta, Northwest and United offer their best
deals exclusively on Orbitz. That should be encouraging to Orbitz
customers as it indicates their competitors are concerned about the
prices they can offer.
How Orbitz works
The Orbitz search engine is the ITA Software Flight Search
Engine, developed by computer scientists from the Artificial
Intelligence Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology. The Orbitz search engine makes it easy to find the
lowest fares on more than 455 airlines.
Orbitz' extensive inventory includes nearly 500 airlines, 65,000
lodging properties and more than twenty rental car companies. Orbitz search
results are presented in an easy-to-use matrix that don't won't
favor or promote a specific travel provider.
Orbitz has consistently received high marks from their customers
with the vast majority saying they would recommend Orbitz to a
friend.
