Orbitz For Business Provides Small Business Site

Orbitz Worlwide's Corporate Travel Solutions Group today has launched an Orbitz for Business self-managed booking site that targets small businesses with under $250,000 in annual travel spending.

The site, which has been live for a week, according to COO Dean Sivley, provides automated spend reporting, unused e-ticket tracking, discounted rates on some hotels with such business-related amenities as Wi-Fi access, no-fee online ticket exchanges, cancellations and voids, as well as dedicated agent-assisted call support. A $7 per transaction fee is applied for each booking and no signup fees apply to use the site.

In recent months, Orbitz Worlwide's Corporate Travel Solutions Group has reached out to unmanaged travel programs by releasing multiple products aimed at small business travelers, including OrbitzTLC and the Road Warrior site, which lists Wi-Fi locations, business hotel reviews and enables travelers to make restaurant reservations. "We really believe that there are separate distinct offerings and you don't want to pay for some of the things that you pay for in a full managed program that you pay for when you are in some of these larger corporations," Sivley said.