Orbitz 2009 Annual Report Download - page 119

Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.
None.
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting.
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in
Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”))
during the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2008 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to
materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures.
Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has
evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in
Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of December 31, 2008. Based on such evaluation,
our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of the end of such period, our
disclosure controls and procedures were effective.
Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial
reporting as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act. Under the supervision and with
the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, we
conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting based on the
Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the
Treadway Commission. Based on this evaluation, our management concluded that our internal control over
financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2008. Our independent registered public accounting firm,
Deloitte & Touche LLP, audited our financial statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K and
has issued an attestation report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of
December 31, 2008, which is included below.
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of
Orbitz Worldwide, Inc.
We have audited the internal control over financial reporting of Orbitz Worldwide, Inc. and subsidiaries
(the “Company”) as of December 31, 2008, based on the criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated
Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. The
Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and
for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompany-
ing Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable
assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material
respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing
the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of
internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary
in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed by, or under the supervision of,
the company’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, and
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