let's bring in dan curtis who covers orbitz. let's start with you, dan, and talk about orbitz., right? you had a great test result in the phase ii, phase iii trial, so the stock instantly goes up 200, 300%, but an online travel company? why has orbitz done so well this year? >> it's really about understanding fundamentals. a lot of investors really believe that the domestic ota space was really a two-horse race. and the people at orbitz has done a great job effectuating a turnaround. and in this particular several, you see a lot of investors playing the hot hand and it's really about those accelerating results. >> are the results that good? in your note, they removed some headline integration, but a doubling -- have the business prospects and the earnings doubled? >> well, if you look at orbitz compared to their peers, orbitz still only generates about 39% of the revenue from the hotel market. that's versus expedia at 75% and priceline at 90%. so the opportunity is still tremendous. if they can really shift away from the airside of the business and drive real growth in the hote

thanks t orbitz and orbitz and r canada for pushing the refund through. >>> a colorful parade in san francisco marks the end of the northern california cherry blossom festival. the grandpa raid was an explosion of red and pink thanks to the native dress worn by several members of the japanese community. the queen of the festival was there along with her court. many boy scouts joined in as well as performers from japan. a gorgeous day, but will it stick around? let's check in with leigh. >> it will be another warm day tomorrow. as you head out, they are not picking up any returns. clearly the dry weather pattern will be with us. if you are traveling in the midsection of the country, minneapolis has snow moving in there over night tonight. tomorrow should turn to a rain-snow mix. all of this instability is heading toward the chicago area. dallas looks great at 80 degrees and if you check out phoenix, 96 and southern california looks nice. the high pressure is already bringing us the offshore winds. monterey to 66 and 92 in fresno and 67 in the lake tahoe area. we heat up as well and re

. >> it can be expensive, but he found a barr began -- bargain fare on orbitz. the ticket price was very good. >> he purchased a roundrip ticket for $884 which would be a great fare except he was charged twice. >> i do recognize they have a deal there, but there is no reason for them to have two ticket in my name. >> an airline agent in shanghai noticed it first. there were two seats booked for one person and which seat did george want to sit in. george called orbitz and demanded a refund. >> i spent hours on the phone with the customer service people and talked to as many as six is. >> finally he says orbitz made an of oner he could definitely refuse. >> they tried to give me an airline credit for the month of the ticket, but in order to use the credit i have to pay $280 fees. >> orbitz said he could o get airli credit and to us a year and had to pay a $280 change fee to book it. george said, not fair. >> not at all. it is really not my mistake in anyway or shape. >> george was told to send a complaint to orbitz headquarters, but he wanted to speak to a manager

it's orbitz.tz was the dog of the online travel group but i know people can't resist this kind of price level. when you take a gander at the daily chart, you can see that lately, though, this stock has just been bent on proving me wrong. look at this move. wait. share price having tripled since the november lows. since mid february, orbitz has been rallying like crazy on high volume. we look at the volume right here. massive volume. people realize that this stock simply didn't deserve to trade in the low single digits. then the stock stalled in mid march, okay? and it's trading sideways. that's, again, consolidating its gains until last week. when lang pointed out orbitz would once again have a very strong breakout to the upside. could this be the start to the second leg of orbitz' monster rally? no denying this chart is on fire, even if, like me, you're not much of a fan of the fundamentals. likes it. all right. last but not least, there's trip advis adviser. i don't put these in the same -- diff

orbitz says if it makes a becoming mistake like one, customers are entitled to a refund. they don't have to accept only credits. my thanks to orbits. >> coming up next winners of the goldman environmental project. >> from a teacher projecting -- protecting skies in tuscany. >>> largest construction project undertaken in alameda county reached a milestone today. highland hospital inaugurated it's care facility. it will take pressure off highland emergency room and house 10 skpeshlt clinics. this is just the first phase of the makeover. the medical center renovation set to be finished by 2017. >> winners of the goldman environmental prize have been announced and work of the honorees spans from iraq to chicago. >> for grade schoolteacher, educating people began with teaching students how to recycle almost everything in trash. >> i thought them you're a wizard. >> soon that campaign expanded into a fight to block the construction of incinerators. he says the fight helped establish zero waste recycling. >> for a way not speaking only about the waste. it's speaking of -- of peo

joining us now is our orbitz senior editor. thanks for being with us. let's start with flights, air fare. if you're flying from different cities we have a chart for you with an average of how muc it's going to cost to get to atlanta. why don't you go through these. >> i'll start with the most expensive, out of syracuse, around $635 round trip. wichita state, flying directly out of wichita, around $501. however you have the option out of kansas city $350, about a three-hour drive. for michigan folks, they are flying out of detroit, $414 round trip. louisville $281. a little bit closer. then if you want a hotel room, how hard is it to get one right now? >> getting tougher every minute as people start to book the rooms especially downtown close to the georgia dome. you're looking around $300 on average. some are a lot pricier around that area. if you want to get savings and probably later in the week you'll have to book farther out, you're looking at places like galleria, smyrna, $150 on average now. at the airport $110 on average. you can take the marta,

if you're familiar with orbitz price assurance, if you're anxious.u on your credit card, it won't make the change if there's a change fee. so you can rest assured you'll pay less. >> what about flights? >> this is a general secret, which is that there are a few specific days, saturday, tuesday, and wednesday are less popular days to fly. so if you can fly on those days you're just generally going to pay less. >> and more seats available. >> and internationally if you can leave on a tuesday and return on a wednesday, same thing. you're often going to pay less. >> what about twitter? you said twitter can help you? how. >> you can follow your favorite airlines and your hotel groups, they'll promote deals that you can't find anywhere else and sign up for an airline eh blast. i got one from jetblue, $65 from here to syracuse. i was paying attention to that, my alma mater ncaa championship if i wanted to be there to celebrate -- i could go there for $65. >> look at you doing the subtle plug. >> amazing. >> unbelievable. >> sara, unbelievable. >> who's bett

orbitz, do you use orbitz?h a crowded field. >> one of the stocks that got hammered and certainly lost market share. i like what they're doing. cut wages big time, contract labor. the money they invested in network communications was huge. they're trying to get with it. speaking of facebook, in january they had 475,000 fans. trying to get into this whole niche, ebookers. i think it is working out for them a little bit. air fares, is not working but hotels like everybody else, advertising, marketing all that stuff is really working. the stock is looking fantastic right now, on the cusp of a nice breakout. there is still a big short position. as it moves away from six i could see a short squeeze. looking for 6.90 short term, 7.60 longer term and $5 as a stop-loss. tracy: amazing the stocks done through the whole recession? nobody stopped traveling. they traveled cheaper. thank god for these sites. >> if you get a chance look at hertz and where the stocks were march of 2009. you say to yourself gollly, was hertz g

. >> stephanie: even on orbitz, you can't get a ticket to jerusalem during holy week!y reenact the scenes of the cross and you follow them around from station to station. right. they run a catholic -- like a soup kitchen called the hippie kitchen. it is fabulous. they do literally, the lord's work. that's what i did. >> good for you. >> stephanie: i wore my uniform, my catholic school uniform. >> sure you did. >> she didn't have the hot kind. >> the dowdy kind. >> okay. >> stephanie: battle of the hems. she kept putting them down then you roll up the top gets shorter so you look like a tart. >> jim, i have news for you. you only find the hot kind in strip clubs. >> stephanie: or porn movies. actual catholic school, not so hot. >> sorry. >> stephanie: they're like jumpers. i told you the story, i got in trouble once from the nuns because they said my shirts were not regulation catholic. they were too clingy or something. >> these look lutheran to me! >> what are you doing? [ laughter ] >> stephanie: it was kind of hilarious because my breasts then were like concave. i d