Orbitz Offers Travelers Smooth Sailing With Special Cruise Deals

Orbitz Offers Travelers Smooth Sailing With Special Cruise Deals

Exclusive Values on Cruise Bookings for American Express(R) Cardmembers Available on Orbitz.com

CHICAGO, Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Orbitz, the site that makes travel easier, today announced the "Orbitz Cruise Bonus Event", featuring exclusive offers and top-brand cruise deals, cash-back incentives, shipboard credits and more, available on Orbitz.com through February 14, 2005.

Orbitz presents a first-ever, exclusive offer to American Express Cardmembers enrolled in the Membership Rewards program. Book a cruise on Orbitz.com using an American Express Card through February 14, 2005, and earn triple points for every dollar spent.

In addition, Orbitz customers who book an oceanview stateroom, balcony stateroom or suite with any payment type are eligible for an American Express Gift Card worth up to $300. (Note: Gift Card offer not valid on Carnival Cruise Lines.) For example, book three to five nights in an oceanview room and receive a $25 American Express Gift Card, with a balcony room, receive $50; book 10 nights and over in an oceanview room and receive a $200 American Express Gift Card and with a balcony room, receive $300.

Orbitz customers can secure even more savings through mid-February, including cash-back offers, free airfare, shipboard or spa credits on the following cruise lines.

-- Royal Caribbean is offering $25-$100 in EXTRA savings
-- Norwegian Cruise Lines is offering up to $100 in shipboard credits
-- Celebrity Cruises is offering $50- $200 in EXTRA savings
-- Holland America is offering spa credit, free dinner upgrades and
complimentary wine
-- Disney Cruises offers its cruisers $25 in shipboard credit
-- Oceania Cruises offers two-for-one prices, $100 shipboard credit and
free airfare




Complete details are available at http://cruises.orbitz.com/promotion/amexsale/Default.html .

The following popular cruise deals are available on Orbitz through February 14th:

-- Royal Caribbean 7- Night Western Caribbean Cruise -- Set sail from
Port Canaveral on the impressive Mariner of the Seas. The first stop
is the private island Labadee and then visit Ocho Rios, Jamaica. Go
snorkeling in Georgetown, the capital of Grand Cayman Island, and
finish the cruise with the Mayan ruins in Cozumel. Interior rooms
start at $559 and Orbitz customers can save an EXTRA $100 on select
cruises.
-- Holland America Line 7- Night Eastern Caribbean -- Take a cruise on
the Zuiderdam, boarding in Ft. Lauderdale. Stop at these popular
ports of call that include Half Moon Cay Bahamas, Charlotte Amelie,
Bahamas, Road Town Totola, B.V.I., and finish with a visit to Nassau,
Bahamas. Interior rooms start at $599 and book on Orbitz to receive a
dinner upgrade and/or two bottles of wine served at dinner on select
cruises.
-- Norwegian Cruise Line 7- Night Alaska & Sawyer Glacier -- Board the
Norwegian Sun in Vancouver and set sail for Alaska. Ports of call
include Cruise Inside Passage, Ketchikan, Juneau, Cruise Sawyer
Glacier, Skagway, and Wrangell. Interior rooms start at $819 and
receive a $50 Shipboard Credit on select cruises.




* Price is based on cruise-only, per person double occupancy and includes port charges.

Please Note: Value-added cruise incentives are subject to availability at the time of booking and certain restrictions and blackout dates may apply.

Visit http://cruises.orbitz.com/promotion/amexsale/Default.html for more information.

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, http://www.orbitz.com/ , to the general public in June 2001, Orbitz has become the third largest online travel site based on gross travel bookings. On Orbitz, consumers can search more than 455 airlines, tens of thousands of lodging properties worldwide and 22 car rental companies. Orbitz was acquired by Cendant's Travel Distribution Services division in November 2004, and is part of the Consumer Travel Americas group.


Source: Orbitz

CONTACT: Erika Vives, Erika@njfpr.com , or Stephanie Gladstone,
Stephanie@njfpr.com , both of Nancy J. Friedman Public Relations,
+1-212-228-1500; or Kendra Thornton of Orbitz, +1-312-894-4721, or
kthornton@orbitz.com

Web site: http://www.orbitz.com/
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