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) http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041025/CGM002 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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