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Online Travel Agency Embarks on Second Leg of the 12-Market U.S. Tour MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- After stopping in seven U.S. cities to date, Vayama (www.vayama.com), a leading online travel agency uniquely focused on international travel, is cruising into the second half of the Vayama Go Somewhere Tour, a 12-market U.S. campaign designed to inspire people to think about where in the world they'd like to travel and help them take the first step toward making...

Calasi, a sustainability engagement platform, compares the fuel usage and greenhouse gas emissions of air travel on major booking sites. Today the company announced that its eco travel app is immediately available on Expedia, Orbitz, CheapTickets, as well as on Ebookers and Voyages-Sncf in Europe. San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) May 30, 2013 Color labels are seamlessly overlaid on travel sites to identify, navigate and choose flights with a better fuel economy. Using a series of data inputs...

'Take Vacation Back' campaign wins top award in the Retail & E-Tail category CHICAGO, March 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Orbitz won the Gold Award in the Retail & E-Tail category at the 2013 Advertising Research Foundation's (ARF) David Ogilvy Awards for the "Take Vacation Back" brand campaign that launched last May. The annual awards cover 12 categories and recognize the extraordinary use of research in the advertising development processes by brands, research firms and...

CHICAGO, March 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Business travel serves as an important barometer for overall economic outlook and sentiment, and consistent with Wall Street's strong first quarter, employers started out the year bullish with 74 percent of business travelers expecting the same amount or more business travel in 2013, compared to last year,according to a survey of business travelers conducted by the Newsweek & The Daily Beast research department in partnership with Orbitz...

CHICAGO, March 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading online travel company Orbitz Worldwide (NYSE: OWW) and the Vermont Department of Tourism today launched a five-part online video series, "Orbitz Originals: Winter in Vermont," hosted by award-winning travel expert Richard Bangs and available exclusively at Orbitz.com/Vermont. Building on the success of previous "Orbitz Originals" installments that highlighted destinations as diverse as Ireland, New York and the Cayman Islands, this new...

CHICAGO, March 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Orbitz Partner Network, a leading provider of private label travel technology, has launched a new partnership with the Finnish airline Finnair to power dynamic package search and booking capabilities on the company's U.S. website. Finnair was named winner of the "Best Airline in Northern Europe" award at the 2012 World Airline Awards, and this new agreement enables travelers to leverage Orbitz Worldwide proprietary technology for booking...

Orbitz Experts Identify Family Friendly Spring Break Spots that Avoid College Revelers CHICAGO, March 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Spring Break travelers should move quickly to finalize plans and take advantage of lower airfares in many major markets, coupled with finding the remaining deals for hotels, where prices are up over 2012 because of a shortened spring break travel season related to an early Easter holiday, according to the travel experts at Orbitz. With Easter falling in...

New iPad app expands the Orbitz suite of industry-leading mobile offerings that provide the #1 way to book travel on a mobile device CHICAGO, Feb. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Orbitz today launched the Orbitz Flights, Hotels, Cars app for iPad, an extension of its top-rated mobile apps. The Orbitz app for iPad is the only fully native, in-app experience that allows consumers to search and book all three major components of a trip. Designed specifically for the iPad, the new app brings...

CHICAGO, Feb. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Orbitz Worldwide (NYSE: OWW), a leading global online travel company, today announced the appointment of Mike Randolfi as the company's CFO, effective March 11. Mike joins Orbitz Worldwide from Delta Air Lines, where he currently serves as senior vice president and controller. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20070813/AQM125LOGO) Mike will have global responsibility for accounting, financial planning and analysis, investor relations,...

CHICAGO, Feb. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading online travel company Orbitz Worldwide Inc. (NYSE: OWW) announced today it is exploring strategic alternatives for some or all of the assets within the Away Network. The Away Network includes specialized travel content, valuable domain names with strong organic traffic and an active customer base seeking travel news and deals. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20070813/AQM125LOGO) Among the Away Network's sites are...