Orbitz Partners With Lucky Magazine to Make Shopping for Travel, and Traveling to Shop, Easier Than Ever
25 Octobre 2004 - 12:20PM
PR Newswire (US)
Orbitz Partners With Lucky Magazine to Make Shopping for Travel,
and Traveling to Shop, Easier Than Ever Insider Shopping Guides
Together With Special Air and Hotel Packages Now on Orbitz.com
CHICAGO, Oct. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Orbitz, the site with more low
fares, more hotels and more cars, today announced "Shop, Orbitz
& Go!," a special promotion designed to make planning that next
big shopping trip easier and more convenient than ever. (Photo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041025/CGM002 ) Through a
partnership with the award-winning shopping magazine Lucky, the
"Shop, Orbitz & Go!" program blends Lucky magazine's shopping
expertise and Orbitz's travel expertise to give consumers the
inside scoop on where to get the best prices and selection on
travel and merchandise in eight popular shopping destinations --
Boston, Chicago, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San
Francisco and Seattle. "Shop, Orbitz & Go!" can be accessed
through http://www.orbitz.com/shop and includes: -- Great travel
deals to each of the eight cities featured in the promotion,
including specially negotiated air and hotel packages, such as
roundtrip airfare from Chicago to Miami and a two-night stay at the
hip, four-star Lily Leon Hotel for only $288 per person. -- The
best shopping resources from the experts at Lucky who scoured each
city looking for the best finds in fashion, beauty, lifestyle, gift
and specialty items -- from the most popular department store to
the hippest out-of-the-way boutique. Also included are walking tour
suggestions -- not the usual suspects like Rodeo Drive in LA or
Miracle Mile in Chicago -- but quaint areas like Montana Avenue
located in a chic Santa Monica neighborhood or Southport in Chicago
filled with charming, low-key shops. And when you need a break from
all that shopping? Visit one of the restaurants the editors at
Lucky recommend. -- Printable guides to take with you and remind
you of just what shops and restaurants you don't want to miss. --
Search to win a shopping spree and more. "Shop, Orbitz & Go!"
includes a game where users can instantly win one of 16 weekend
shopping trips to any one of the featured cities or a year's
subscription to Lucky. Just for playing, users are entered to win
the grand prize, a week-long shopping trip to a destination of the
winner's choice. "Our 'Shop, Orbitz & Go!' promotion gives
people who are passionate about shopping an easy way to blend it
with their love of travel," said John Samuel, Orbitz executive vice
president for Consumer Travel. "Just as Orbitz makes it easy to
find great deals on travel, we're making it easy for shoppers to
find the best places to shop and eat, as well as enjoy an insider's
tour of the local's favorite neighborhoods." And there are plenty
of serious shoppers out there. According to a recent Orbitz survey,
almost three-quarters of leisure travelers (73%) ranked shopping as
important, or more important, than nightlife when planning a
vacation. More than half (51%) have done their holiday shopping
while traveling and 49% admitted to purposefully leaving room in
their suitcase to bring back purchases made while on the road.
"Each issue of Lucky celebrates great shopping across the country
and around the world," says Allyson Waterman, special projects
editor of Lucky magazine. "We had a great time working with Orbitz
to come up with the best places to shop, and we think consumers
will enjoy checking out some of our favorite off-the-beaten-path
shops, as well as rediscovering their favorites." The "Shop, Orbitz
& Go!" promotion can be accessed at http://www.orbitz.com/shop
now through December 18, 2004. Please see corresponding press
release, "Americans Confess to Pre- Meditated Shopping While On
Vacation." 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. About Lucky Magazine Lucky, the
award-winning magazine about shopping, provides women with the best
to buy in fashion, beauty, home, and more. Launched by Conde Nast
in 2000, Lucky now publishes 14 regional editions and continues to
attract new readers, reaching over 4 million women* monthly. For
the latest news from Lucky, log on to http://www.luckymag.com/ . *
Source: MRI, Fall 2003 (Base: Women)
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http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Orbitz CONTACT: Media,
Terri Shank of Orbitz, +1-312-894-4915, Web site:
http://www.orbitz.com/ http://www.orbitz.com/shop
http://www.luckymag.com/
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