CHICAGO, July 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Orbitz Worldwide
Inc. (NYSE: OWW) today announced a new partnership with Virgin
Australia to power standalone hotel bookings on its Australian
websites (www.vaustralia.com.au and www.virginaustralia.com).
Effective immediately, the new distribution partnership
leverages the Orbitz Worldwide private label platform and
comprehensive supplier relationships delivered by HotelClub – the
primary Orbitz Worldwide consumer brand in Asia Pacific – to allow Virgin Australia
customers to search and book more than 71,000 hotel properties
across the globe.
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"The Orbitz Worldwide and HotelClub partnership gives our
corporate and leisure customers the ability to search and book
thousands of hotels on our website as they book their flights,
including more than 4,200 hotel properties in Australia and New
Zealand alone," said Liz
Savage, Virgin Australia's Group Executive, Commercial.
"We chose HotelClub for its flexibility, ease of use and for
the competitive prices it offers. Virgin Australia is committed to providing our
customers with quality services and great value and we believe that
HotelClub will help us achieve that. The HotelClub offering
went live last month and initial customer response to the new range
of properties available has been extremely positive."
"Virgin Australia has quickly become of the most recognizable
premium airlines in Australia and
across Asia Pacific, and we are
thrilled the Orbitz Worldwide private label solution will power
their standalone hotel bookings," said Jeremy Bellinghausen, president, HotelClub.
"We believe our solution is unique in its ability to combine
a flexible technology platform with extensive supplier inventory
delivered by a great consumer brand like HotelClub. This is a
terrific win for our mutual customers, Virgin Australia, and the
thousands of HotelClub hotel partners that will benefit from
greater visibility with in-market travelers."
Orbitz Worldwide Distribution offers a range of private label
solutions for partners of all sizes, including hosted HTML services
that can be launched in a matter of days with no upfront costs, XML
solutions that allow full control of the user interface, and
end-to-end custom developed XML and HTML solutions that are fully
tailored to meet the unique requirements of more complex partners.
For more information visit the Orbitz Worldwide Distribution
website or send an email to privatelabel@orbitz.com.
About Virgin Australia
Virgin Australia group of
airlines (ASX: VBA), formerly the Virgin Blue group of airlines,
was launched in 2000 as the first sustainable low-fare airline in
Australian skies. It has established a global reputation as an
innovator and leader in the aviation industry; renowned for the
warmth of its people and the quality of the service they
provide.
Starting out as a single airline operating a single route with
just 200 team members, today the group employs over 7,000 people
and includes multi-award winning domestic airline Virgin Australia
(formerly Virgin Blue); international long-haul airline V
Australia; international subsidiary airline Pacific Blue; and
Polynesian Blue, a joint venture airline with the Government of
Samoa. Virgin Australia is currently in the process of
re-launching its domestic and short-haul international product, and
both V Australia and Pacific Blue airlines will operate as Virgin
Australia by the end of 2011. Virgin Australia operates a
fleet of 89 modern Boeing 737, 777 and Embraer E-Jet aircraft
flying to 32 Australian and 16 international destinations including
the USA, UAE, New Zealand, Indonesia, Thailand, Papua New
Guinea, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga,
Vanuatu and the Cook Islands.
About Orbitz Worldwide
Orbitz Worldwide is 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 Worldwide owns a portfolio of consumer brands that
includes Orbitz, CheapTickets, ebookers, HotelClub, RatesToGo and
the Away Network. Also within the Orbitz Worldwide family,
Orbitz Worldwide Distribution delivers private label travel
solutions to a broad range of partners including many of the
world's largest airlines, and Orbitz for Business delivers managed
corporate travel solutions for corporations. Orbitz Worldwide
uses its Investor Relations website to make information available
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