Amadeus, platinum sponsor at SKAL Ball 2008
Sydney, 4 August 2008: AMADEUS, the largest provider of technology to the Australian and New Zealand travel and tourism industry, actively participated at the 2008 annual SKAL Ball, last Saturday in Sydney.
Amadeus has been a global member and active participant of SKAL International, the only international group uniting all branches of the travel and tourism industry, for many years, and has been present at the SKAL Ball every year, raising important funds for charity.
“As an international IT company, the participation with an international organisation like SKAL is key for Amadeus.”, says Iain Summers, General Manager Operations of Amadeus and Secretary of the Sydney City SKAL Club. “It is a great opportunity to give something back to the Community as well as discussing and defining the future with some of the key players of the industry”.
Amadeus was present with 10 key members of its organisation and was the only platinum sponsor of the event, also sponsoring the pre-dinner ‘Sex-On-The-Beach’ cocktail in the Sydney Four Seasons hotel.
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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.
