Qantas.com wins an Outstanding Achievement Award at this year’s Interactive Media Awards
Powered by Amadeus, Qantas.com scored 463 / 500 across five judging criteria
Sydney, Australia, 28 October 2008: – Qantas.com, in partnership with Amadeus has won the ‘Outstanding Achievement Award’ in the airline category of this year’s Interactive Media Awards, the second highest accolade available. Judged across five key criteria, Qantas.com scored 463 out of 500, faring particularly well on content, design and standards compliance & cross-browser compatibility.
The Interactive Media Awards, judged by a panel of leading experts drawn from organisations such as Microsoft, Time Warner and The New York Times, seek to raise the standards of websites, promoting innovation, accessibility and rich functionality. The awards are open to entries from organisations across the world.
This is an extremely challenging award to win and demonstrates that Qantas.com has excelled in all areas of the judging criteria, representing a very high standard of planning, execution and overall professionalism. Qantas is user of Amadeus’ e-commerce solutions since 2000 and cut over to Amadeus e-Retail Engine in 2002. Amadeus e-commerce solutions help Qantas’ customers to find the best offers through a simple search calendar display. With this flexible interface clients can choose to combine price, schedules and fare families to satisfy their needs. The solution available in multiple presentation formats such as xHTML and in 25 languages also supports Qantas’ international websites.
The Amadeus e-commerce solutions currently power more than 250 websites for over 90 airlines worldwide. These include Air Canada, Air China, Air France, BMI, Cathay Pacific, China Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Dragonair, EVA Air, Finnair, Iberia, Qantas and Singapore Airlines.
Notes to the editors
About the Interactive Media Awards (IMA)
The Interactive Media Awards™ recognize the highest standards of excellence in website design and development and honour individuals and organizations for their outstanding achievement.
Created by the Interactive Media Council, Inc. (IMC), a nonprofit organization of leading web designers, developers, programmers, advertisers and other web-related professionals, the competition is designed to elevate the standards of excellence on the Internet and offer winners a boost in marketing and exposure. IMC serves as the primary sponsor and governing body of the Interactive Media Awards, establishes the judging system and provides the judges for the competition.
For more information: http://www.interactivemediaawards.com
About Amadeus
A world-leading technology and distribution solutions provider, Amadeus delivers unparalleled expertise to the travel and tourism industry, including leading-edge solutions that cover airlines’ unique business needs, independent of their size, business model or market reach.
Amadeus’ pioneering new-generation Customer Management Solution (CMS) portfolio, Amadeus Altéa CMS, serves network and regional carriers. The Altéa portfolio, based on a pioneering community platform concept, enables improved operational efficiency and increases revenue. The portfolio consists of the Altéa Reservation, Altéa Inventory and Altéa Departure Control solutions.
Low cost carriers also have a specific CMS for LCCs - based on adaptive technology and already used by carriers in Europe and the USA, that provides robust options that easily adjust to their evolving operational requirements.
Further complementing these integrated IT solutions is the Amadeus e-Travel Airline Suite. Over 70 of the world’s leading airlines use the Amadeus e-Travel Airline Suite to power over 150 websites in more than 70 markets.
Other standalone IT solutions include: Amadeus Revenue Integrity solution, Amadeus Ticket Changer, an automatic ticket reissue tool, and a full range of ticketing solutions; including e-ticket interlining and ground-handling management technology services.
More information about Amadeus’ solutions for airlines is available at: www.amadeus.com/airlines.
