{"id":9804,"date":"2010-08-24T11:00:40","date_gmt":"2010-08-24T16:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/?p=9804"},"modified":"2016-12-16T11:45:59","modified_gmt":"2016-12-16T17:45:59","slug":"orbitz-employee-photo-contest-and-the-winner-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/orbitz-employee-photo-contest-and-the-winner-is\/","title":{"rendered":"Orbitz Employee Photo Contest: And the winner is&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_9809\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9809\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9809 \" title=\"Machu Picchu-Peru\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Machu-Picchu-Peru-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Machu-Picchu-Peru-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Machu-Picchu-Peru-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9809\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Machu Picchu, Peru, photographed by Orbitz&#39;s own Kari Babinec.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Orbitz employees love to travel. And it&#8217;s probably no surprise that we also love capturing our adventures in pictures to share with friends, family and inevitably &#8212; each other. \u00a0With so many talented and savvy travelers, we figured why not have a contest to see who could snap the best shot?<\/p>\n<p>This year, Orbitz employee Kari Babinec took first place with her spectacular image of Machu Piucchu, Peru. Up against other images that included Key West and Nimes France, Babinec&#8217;s winning photograph will soon grace the halls of our Chicago headquarters.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The runners-up included:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Off-the-coast-of-Key-West-FL-1521.jpg\" target=\"_self\"> &#8220;Off the coast&#8221;<\/a><\/em> Key West, Florida: Matt Libke<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Oxford-University-Oxford-England.jpg\" target=\"_self\"> &#8220;Oxford University&#8221;<\/a><\/em> Oxford, England: Kevin Schwartz<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/The-Matador-2.jpg\"> &#8220;The Matador&#8221;<\/a><\/em><em> <\/em>Nimes, France: Matt Sellar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pixel.newscred.com\/px.gif?key=YXJ0aWNsZT04Y2FkMWJkMWM0Y2YxODdlNWU1MGU0OGJjMDViN2IzZA==\" alt=\"\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" class=\"nc_pixel\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We at Orbitz love to travel. 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