Orbitz Expects To Turn A Profit
from the strong-businesses-really-can-survive dept
While it's not standard to report on earnings here on Techdirt, I thought this was interesting. Orbitz, the new online travel site, is predicting profitability by the middle of next year. This goes to show that if you build a good site, based on a good business, you can survive. It has amazed me how fast Orbitz has caught on among the average consumer. I constantly hear from people I wouldn't expect that they are using Orbitz exclusively because of the low fares they can find there but nowhere else.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Hospitality and Online Travel
Mike Clouser
Founder
Hospitality Entrepeneurship and Tourism Technology Association
Palo Alto, CA
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mclouser@ureach.com
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