Western Plains Travel partners with Amadeus
Sydney, 5 March, 2009: Amadeus, a global leader in technology and distribution solutions for the travel and tourism industry, today announced that Western Plains Travel, a boutique leisure and corporate travel group, has chosen Amadeus as its preferred technology provider and IT partner.
Western Plains Travel established itself as an Australian family owned business in 1992 and has evolved into a dynamic travel service provider specialising in corporate, leisure and niche travel services for both the government and private sectors. As parent company to corporatetravelservices.com.au, provider of corporate travel management to regional NSW and lookbooktravel.com, an online leisure travel portal, Western Plains Travel is a diverse entity in the travel industry with specific solution requirements.
Amadeus’ innovative solutions and partnership approach are ideal in assisting Western Plains Travel in achieving their business strategies. Western Plains Travel, with dedication to technology, people and knowledge, is in a great position for growth with plans for expansion into the leisure market. This will be achieved through innovative technology and implementing the latest systems to provide travellers with the most professional and cost effective service possible.
“With our focus on technology and the future growth of corporate and leisure online travel we required a partner to assist with our vision, Amadeus’ suite of technology solutions compliment our corporate and leisure requirements”, said Dale Lawrence, Director, Western Plains Travel. “Amadeus have met all our expectations and assisted in implementing our strategies”.
“Western Plains Travel like Amadeus is committed to growing their business through investment in innovative technology and partnership with travel industry partners”, said Damien Leonard, General Manager Sales and Marketing, Amadeus IT Pacific. “Amadeus is proud to be the chosen technology provider to Western Plains Travel and is confident that our shared company values and dedication to the travel industry will ensure a productive and successful partnership.”
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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.
