20 Years of Success
A lot has happened in the 20 years since Amadeus was founded
A lot has happened in the 20 years since Amadeus was founded.
Take a walk down memory lane with us and find out more about the important milestones in our history as we have grown and developed into one of the world's leading supplier of IT solutions that enable success in the travel and tourism industry.
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Amadeus wants to become the world’s leading provider of IT services to the travel and tourism industry. The company officially changes its name from Amadeus Global Travel Distribution SA to Amadeus IT Group SA.
During the last few years, Amadeus has been dramatically reinventing itself by establishing a high-profile Airline IT business alongside its traditional GDS activities.
Amadeus introduces an innovative new pricing system for the GDS industry – the value based pricing scheme. In the new structure, a booking is valued as standard or premium, depending on the worth of the reservation to the airline and the value added by Amadeus.
The Amadeus Central System contains over 23 million active PNRs and handles 2,500 transactions a second – reliably and securely.
British Airways and Qantas migrations are successfully completed and the airlines become full Amadeus System Users.
In January, Amadeus announces the global launch of a browser-based reservation tool called Pro Web. It is a solution that enables smaller travel agencies to enhance customer service by using the latest Internet technology, but without the need for a dedicated communications line.
In January, Amadeus announces the global launch of a browser-based reservation tool called Pro Web. It is a solution that enables smaller travel agencies to enhance customer service by using the latest Internet technology, but without the need for a dedicated communications line.
Amadeus is perceived by its customers as being a leading innovator in the important growth areas of internet technology and e-commerce. Around 80 airline and 3,000 travel agency websites rely on Amadeus solutions.
Amadeus completes the mass migration of System One customers to Amadeus and becomes the world's largest global distribution system.
Amadeus is now 10 years old – and still growing fast.
Amadeus launches www.amadeus.net. This service allows travel agencies and travel providers to sell their products to consumers directly online. End customers can obtain schedule and availability information for air, hotel and car rental services.
At the ‘Crossroads’ customer conference in Vienna, Amadeus says technological advances will bring about an increase in direct sales and encourages customers to think about this.
Over 102,000 travel agency and airline sales office terminals are now connected to Amadeus, which is increasingly recognised as the world’s number 1 system for international travel reservations.
Over 60% of European travel agencies are now connected to the Amadeus Central System, using our new technology to make more efficient and effective bookings.
The new Amadeus GDS is unveiled when the first passenger name record (PNR) is created in the Amadeus Central System. This achievement marks the end of four years of hard work and the start of a new era in the travel industry.
Development of the new Amadeus GDS continues with extensive testing as it nears its scheduled launch next year, and both AmadeusPro and a new Air product line are launched.
Amadeus now has more than 550 employees spanning 38 nationalities as new NMCs launch in Europe, Asia Pacific and South America.
Amadeus unveils AmadeusPro, which will allow travel agents to access national reservation systems and book standard flights, cars and hotel reservations, saving 50-80% of the effort that is normally necessary to make those reservations.
Amadeus celebrates the opening in September of its software development centre in Nice, France. An impressive development, it has been created in just seven months. A ceremony in Germany marks the start of construction of a state-of-the-art data centre in Erding, near Munich.
Four European airlines decide to merge their own computer reservation systems to create a new European global distribution system. Air France, Iberia, Lufthansa and SAS join forces to create Amadeus, with a combined investment of almost $300 million.
