Published on : Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Orbitz.com has launched Orbitz Labs, a new site that tests experimental travel tools and features to improve the online shopping experience and lets consumers give ideas and feedback directly to the engineers and technology experts developing new products and services for the popular online travel site.
Orbitz Labs launches with eight consumer-friendly tools and features that chart out the hottest destinations, best travel prices, personalized hotel options and trends to help travelers plan the perfect vacation. As a bonus, the site has a Big Game Hotel and Flight Finder that gives travelers real-time data on hotel and flight costs and availability to Sunday’s Super Bowl in New Jersey.
“The Orbitz technology team is constantly innovating and thinking about ways to make booking travel easy and a lot more fun,” said Roger Liew, chief technology officer at Orbitz. “The Orbitz Labs features that strike a chord with our customers and enhance their shopping experience are ones we will incorporate into the Orbitz mobile and desktop booking engines and the tools that consumers do not engage with will be refined through new and interesting features that our engineers are eager to test with travelers.”
Orbitz Labs Tools and Features
Personalized hotel picks: Find a hotel in any city when sorting choices based on other favorite properties.
Destination hot spots: See which flights, hotels and destinations other travelers are searching for now.
Best bets by travel type: Get customized hotel picks for families, couples, singles, LGBT and other interests.
Flight trends: Animated flight map shows where everyone is traveling to now.
Hot rates heatmap: Compare average daily rates to historical trends with this handy calendar.
Best bets by week: Compare hotel price trends by week to find out if the price is steep or a steal.
Best bets by day of the week: Flexible with travel dates? This tool shows which days of the week offer the best hotel rates for a specific market and/or property.
Seasonal hotel price trends: Plan a trip around your destination’s best seasonal rates, charted over the course of a year.
source: Orbitz
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