Orbitz signs deal to provide clients of travel booking service iSeatz access to Orbitz network

Orbitz signs deal with travel booking firm iSeatz

CHICAGO — Orbitz Worldwide Inc. said Tuesday that it entered into a three-year agreement with travel booking service iSeatz.

Orbitz, an online travel reservation site, will provide iSeatz clients — such as Delta Air Lines and Amtrak — access to its network of more than 85,000 hotels, 15 major car rental companies and activities in 400 destinations.

Privately held iSeatz, based in New Orleans, powers the online booking services of its clients. The deal allows iSeatz to offer those clients access to Orbitz’s hotel and other inventory on the clients’ custom-designed booking sites.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Shares of Orbitz, based in Chicago, ended Tuesday trading unchanged at $7.04.