Amadeus Benelux and Rail1 strengthen their partnership
Amadeus Benelux, 19 June 2009: After ten years of successful partnership, Amadeus Benelux, a global leader in technology and distribution solutions for the travel and tourism industry, and Rail1, the organisation within SNCB in charge of the distribution to the travel trade, have announced they are strengthening their partnership in order to deliver best in class booking tools for travel agents and corporations alike.
For corporations, being able to efficiently book rail within Amadeus e-Travel Management is a must in today’s demanding business environment. Amadeus Benelux and Rail 1 have jointly developed a new Benelux Rail Module that consolidates the functionalities already available and builds on the most recent technology to offer a tool that is both comprehensive and user friendly for the travellers, while allowing productivity increase on the travel agent side. The new Benelux Rail module will be released in June 2009.
In a second joint development, Amadeus Benelux and Rail1 are aiming at facilitating the rail booking process for the travel agents. The existing integration of @lantis, Rail1’s booking engine, in Amadeus Selling Platform is being further developed so that both systems will seamlessly connect.
Paul Geyssens, Manager Rail1: “With these new developments for both on-line and off-line , Rail1 is making a significant step forward in the direction of an integrated rail booking solution that travel agents have been requesting. “
Luc Pannecoeck, General Manager Amadeus Benelux, adds: “Amadeus Benelux continues to look to the future and aims to be the leading supplier of IT solutions, enabling success in the travel and tourism industry. We are delighted that the partnership between Amadeus Benelux and Rail1 allows us to provide both the corporate users and the travel agents with the right tools to increase shopping experience , the customer satisfaction,and productivity”
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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 through 69 local Amadeus Commercial Organisations covering 217 markets.
The company is majority owned by WAM Acquisition, whose shareholders are BC Partners, Cinven, Air France, Iberia and Lufthansa. Amadeus employs over 8,570 employees worldwide, representing 105 nationalities.
More information about Amadeus is available at: http://www.benelux.amadeus.com
Rail1 is a branch organisation of SNCB, the Belgian Railways, in charge of the distribution through the travel trade.
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
Rail 1
Brecht Vanhee
Manager Business Travel Rail1
Tel: 02/528.27.05
Fax: 02/528.27.19
E-mail: brecht.vanhee@rail1.be
