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Amadeus Survey: 800 North American Travel Professionals Voice Optimism, Innovation for the Year Ahead and Beyond

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:30:10 +0200

Amadeus, a leading travel technology partner and transaction processor for the global travel and tourism industry, today announced the results of its recent survey inviting North American travel agents to share their outlook on the travel industry and how emerging trends are poised to reshape their business as the economy begins to recover.

The Amateur-Expert Traveller (Adobe PDF Document)

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:23:59 +0200

The latest in the series of investigative reports by Amadeus, “The Amateur-Expert Traveller” combines interviews with 30 travel industry thought leaders together with a survey of almost 3,000 global travel experts to bring you the most comprehensive and up to date report on new travel trends and how the recession is impacting them. “The Amateur-Expert Traveller” includes extensive research and key findings, such as how the recession can actually bring new business opportunities and innovation to the travel industry, the empowerment of the travel consumer thanks to the latest developments of Internet or the new travel services that are being demanded – and provided.

Amadeus Reveals Top Hurdles for the Travel Industry

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:32:42 +0200

Consistency between brand promise and product delivery is the most important factor to provide effective customer service in today’s travel industry, according to Simon Akeroyd, Vice President, Business Development, Amadeus Asia Pacific.

Amadeus Reveals Top Hurdles for the Travel Industry

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:09:34 +0200

Amadeus, a global provider of technology and distribution solutions to the travel and tourism industry, today reveals the top hurdles for the travel industry. Simon Akeroyd, Vice President, Business Development, Amadeus Asia Pacific, identified the four key ‘pain points’ in the customer’s travel experience and recommended technological solutions that travel players can adopt to efficiently address these challenges to compete in today’s competitive and challenging marketplace.

Blog - Niche Travel Rules!

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:38:42 +0200

Chris Anderson demonstrates in his book, The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More, that the future of business is in selling more of low-volume products.Â What consumers really want is choice â and as long as a wide range of products continue to make a small profit for their

Blog - An interview with Sandra Gonzalez, an Amateur-Expert Traveller

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:20:11 +0200

Sandra is a Mexican PhD student based in London who regularly visits friends and relatives in her native Mexico. Sandra travels a lot but her passion is for eco-travel. In this interview Sandra discusses eco-travel and user generated content.

Blog - Broadening your horizons with Virtual Reality?

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:32:07 +0200

Our guest blogger of the day is Professor David Howard. David holds a Personal Chair in the Department of Electronics at the University of York in the United Kingdom where he teaches and researches in music technology. His main research areas are the analysis, synthesis and perception of singing, speech and music and other audio

Brazil’s LAHotels selects Amadeus to deliver multiproperty PMS

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:51:29 +0200

Amadeus, a leading provider of technology to the travel and tourism industry, today announced that LAHotels, S.A. have selected Amadeus as their technology partner to deliver a Property Management System (PMS) tailored for multiproperties to maximise its room inventory and offer a personalised service across all of its properties.

New leadership for Amadeus Hotel Property Management System unit

Thu, 21 May 2009 12:47:12 +0200

Amadeus, a global leader in technology and distribution solutions for the travel and tourism industry, has appointed Bruno des Fontaines to lead its specialist Property Management Systems practice. Bruno replaces Richard Kürzl whose tenure ended officially on Friday 15 May but he will remain with the company in a consultancy role to ensure the smooth handover of the company he started in 1980 – then called Hogatex.

Amadeus joins BlackBerry ISV Alliance Program to provide travellers with mobile technology solutions on BlackBerry smartphones

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 08:34:41 +0200

Amadeus, a leading global technology and distribution partner for the travel and tourism industry, today announced that it has joined the BlackBerry® ISV (Independent Software Vendor) Alliance Program, and will be exhibitiing at the BlackBerry stand at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona from 16-19 February 2009.

Economist Intelligence Unit predicts new age of austerity for business travellers

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 11:20:48 +0200

Amadeus, a leading provider of technology to the travel and tourism industry, is today launching a report commissioned from the Economist Intelligence Unit, into the effect of the economic downturn on executives’ choice of hotel. Titled, “The Austere traveller – the effect of corporate cutbacks on hotels”, the report finds that executives will make fewer, shorter and cheaper business trips in 2009 and prefer basic efficiency and good service over ancillary services. Fully one-fifth of the 354 executives who responded to the survey in Asia, Europe and North America thought an internet connection was more critical than a quiet room.

Amadeus unveils first in-depth look at the Chinese Corporate Travel Market

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 09:46:37 +0200

Bangkok, Thailand -- Amadeus, a leading global technology and distribution partner to the travel industry, and travel research authority PhoCusWright today unveiled a report that sheds light for the first time on corporate travel in the world’s fastest growing economy. Entitled Corporate Travel Management and Practices in China, the report, which is based on interviews with 112 corporate executives in China, paints a picture of the huge opportunities available for the travel and tourism industry in the market. At the same time, it highlights the significant challenges facing companies operating in the country, whether they be multinational corporations with a presence in China, private domestic companies or state owned enterprises.

Amadeus now allows travel agencies to book 80,000 hotels

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:10:38 +0200

Amadeus, a global leader in technology and distribution solutions for the travel and tourism industry, has announced that the number of properties in its Global Distribution System (GDS) has reached 80,000, providing a vast choice for travel agents and greater visibility for the participating hotels. Overall hotel bookings made through the Amadeus GDS during the first nine months of 2008 rose by 7.4% compared to the same period in 2007, generating close to 1.7 bn Euros for hotels using the system.

AZIMUT Hotels Company relies on Amadeus Multiproperty PMS for European expansion

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:27:30 +0200

Amadeus, a global leader in technology and distribution solutions for the travel and tourism industry, has today announced that the Russian AZIMUT Hotel Company will migrate all 20 properties recently acquired from the Austrian Hotel Company (AHC) to the Amadeus Multiproperty PMS (Property Management System). AZIMUT’s two new hotels in Munich and Cologne have been using the system since September and October, respectively.

Amadeus further expands global footprint by signing Golden Tulip as the first PMS customer in India

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:42:54 +0200

Amadeus, a global leader in technology and distribution solutions for the travel and tourism industry, has today announced Golden Tulip Jaipur as its first Property Management Solution (PMS) customer in India. The installation paves the way for up to twenty similar implementations for other Golden Tulip hotels in India throughout the next two to five years. Amadeus is already providing PMS solutions to over 70 hotels in the wider Asia region, as well as multiple deployments in other growing countries such as Thailand, Singapore, China and Korea. Amadeus’ PMS solutions are already implemented in more than 6,700 properties around the globe.

Cost control and beyond: The CFO's agenda for corporate travel (Adobe PDF Document)

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:47:04 +0200

Cost Control and Beyond, a new report published by CFO Europe Research Services in collaboration with Amadeus, the leading global technology and distribution partner for the travel and tourism industry, has found that less than 40% of CFOs are satisfied with the levels of savings delivered by corporate travel programmes in their company.

Amadeus’ CFO research finds corporate travel managers must strike better balance between service quality and cost reduction

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:44:08 +0200

Staff Movement - David V. Jones

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 13:57:58 +0200

David V. Jones has been named President & CEO at Amadeus IT Group in Madrid, Spain. David V. Jones has been appointed to take over as President and CEO of Amadeus IT Group, on the retirement of José Antonio Tazón at the end of this year. David’s current position as Executive Vice President, Commercial, will be filled by Philippe Chérèque, currently Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy. The strategic expertise of both David and Philippe has been instrumental in driving the diversification of Amadeus into hospitality IT, and building on the success of what Amadeus has achieved in the airline IT arena.

Staff Movement - Bernard Rannou

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 13:51:53 +0200

Bernard Rannou has been appointed Director, Amadeus HBG (Development) at [[Amadeus Hospitality ]] in Madrid, Spain. Bernard oversees the development and implementation of IT systems for the hospitality industry. This includes the migration of legacy hotel IT solutions to new open systems and streamlining the Amadeus Hotel IT product portfolio. He is also responsible for integrating best Property & Revenue Management practices into the new Amadeus Hotel Platform. Amadeus Hospitality Development Centres in Paris and Munich, and the Amadeus SAS RMS Operations Centre in Sophia Antipolis, are now regrouped under Bernard's leadership. Bernard joined Amadeus from Optims in 2005 as Head of Revenue Management responsible for the Business Unit and Competency Centre dedicated to revenue management and pricing for the transportation and hospitality industries. He led a team of 40 business developers, consultants and operations engineers based in EMEA, North America and South East Asia.

Pioneering RMS wins Premier Inn for Amadeus

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:24:58 +0200

Amadeus, a global leader in technology and distribution solutions for the travel and tourism industry, has implemented a groundbreaking new model of Amadeus’ best-selling RMS for Premier Inn, the UK’s largest hotel chain. The new version gives Premier Inn a unique insight into customer behaviour, significantly improving occupancy levels throughout the year and guiding sales and marketing activities.