Amadeus Business Travel Portal, the online booking tool that meets with the needs of the small and medium-size business customers
Amadeus Benelux, 03 December 2008 : Amadeus Benelux, a global leader in technology and distribution solutions for the travel and tourism industry, will launch on the 10th of December, Amadeus Business Travel Portal, the new online booking tool, designed to meet the needs of travel agencies with small and medium-size Corporations.
Until now, the SME business sector was virtually excluded from the self-booking travel technology due to the complexity and the significant investment required to implement extremely flexible and comprehensive systems, such as Amadeus e-Travel Management, which focuses on multinational customers with a complex travel policy.
Amadeus Business Travel Portal allows SME business traveller to easily plan, book and purchase their complete travel itinerary (air, hotel and car) within the corporate rules and fares. The portal is accessible 24h/7 and gives real-time access to the full Amadeus content with 95% of the world’s scheduled airlines seats (including 92 low cost companies), thousand hotel properties and a wealth of car providers.
The Amadeus Business Travel Portal requires limited agency investment and can be set up in a week. The solution is highly stable and has a low maintenance cost. This is a user friendly tool for travel agencies which do not need to spend time on the administration of the site.
Olaf Leenders, Director Marketing & Product Management, Amadeus Benelux said: “Competition in the business market is rising. Our purpose is to help travel agencies to achieve their business goals by delivering to their customers a self booking solution designed to increase the corporate benefits. Amadeus Business Travel Portal is a sophisticated IT solution which demonstrates one more time our commitment to innovation and adjustment to the market needs.”
Notes to the editors
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 & Consulting.
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. At market level, Amadeus maintains customer operations in 76 countries covering more than 215 markets.
The company is majority owned by WAM Acquisition, whose shareholders are BC Partners, Cinven, Air France, Iberia and Lufthansa. Amadeus employs over 7,800 employees worldwide, representing 95 nationalities.
More information about Amadeus is available at: www.benelux.amadeus.com
Contact details for Benelux
Amadeus Benelux
Luc Pannecoeck
T: +32 2 257 99 11 / +31 23 554 1430
F: +32 2 460 03 84 / +31 23 562 4272
E-mail : infobe@benelux.amadeus.com / infonl@benelux.amadeus.com
