Amadeus partners with Worldhotels to launch competition to AU and NZ travel agencies

Sydney, 15 April 2008: AMADEUS, the largest provider of technology to the Australian and New Zealand travel and tourism industry, has recently announced a partnership promotion with Worldhotels, an established global hotel group for independent hotels and regional hotel brands, rewarding agents for hotel bookings between 1 April and 30 June.

The ‘Open the door & See more’ campaign enables agents who register for one of Amadeus’ hotel training courses to enter the promotion for their chance to win fantastic prizes ranging from digital cameras and iPods to Westfield vouchers and movie passes. Training on how to book Amadeus Hotels can be completed either through classroom courses, Amadeus Virtual Classroom or online via Amadeus Learning City, which is accessed via the internet, and enables agents to undertake courses remotely at any time and at their own pace. Major prizes will be determined by growth in hotel bookings over the promotion period; however spot prizes can be awarded for anything, at any time.

In addition, throughout the month of May Worldhotels is giving you chance to win some fantastic accommodation packages simply by making bookings with Worldhotels.

To enter the competition agents need to visit www.au.amadeus.com/hotelspromo and register.

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About Amadeus

Amadeus is the chosen technology partner for providers, sellers, and buyers of travel. The company provides distribution, IT and point-of-sale solutions to help its customers adapt, grow and succeed in the fast changing travel industry. Customer groups include travel providers (airlines, hotels, car rental companies, railway companies, ferry lines, cruise lines, insurance companies and tour operators), travel sellers (travel agencies) and travel buyers (corporations and travellers). Solutions are grouped in four solution categories – Distribution & Content, Sales & e-Commerce, Business Management and Services & Consultancy.

Amadeus’ distribution system allows over 75,000 travel agency locations and 11,000 airline offices to make bookings on 500 airlines. It provides access to over 58,000 hotel properties and 42 car rental companies serving over 30,000 locations.

Amadeus has central sites in Madrid (corporate headquarters & marketing), Nice (development) and Erding (Operations – data processing centre) and regional offices in Miami, Buenos Aires and Bangkok. Amadeus has offices in 75 countries covering more than 215 markets. The company has over 6,500 employees worldwide, representing 95 nationalities. For the six months ended 30 June 2005, Amadeus reported revenues of €1,226.1m and net income of €154.2m.

More information about Amadeus is available at: www.au.amadeus.com.