Amadeus Benelux and NS Hispeed strengthen their partnership
Amadeus Benelux, 22 June 2009: After several years of successful partnership, Amadeus Benelux, a global leader in technology and distribution solutions for the travel and tourism industry, and NS Hispeed, the company behind the high-speed train (HST) in The Netherlands in charge of the distribution to the travel trade, today announce they are strengthening their partnership in order to deliver best in class booking tools for travel agents and corporations alike. Same partnership between Amadeus and Rail1 has been announced on the Belgian market.
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 NS Hispeed 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 July 2009.
In a second joint development, Amadeus Benelux and NS Hispeed are aiming at facilitating the rail booking process for the travel agents. The existing integration of @lantis, NS Hispeed’s booking engine, in Amadeus Selling Platform is being further developed so that both systems will seamlessly connect.
Ron Heeren, Manager Sales NS Hispeed: “We are very happy with new developments and we are sure that thanks to this prolonged partnership with Amadeus we will make a step forward in the distribution of rail to Travel Agencies”.
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 NS Hispeed 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
NS Hispeed is Dutch Railways' high speed service and offers high speed transport to international destinations and soon to national destinations. In addition to the new high speed trains which will run between Amsterdam and Brussels, other high speed services such as Thalys, ICE International, Eurostar and TGV also fall under NS Hispeed.
We are a modern, ambitious company with a revolutionary product: a rapid, comfortable and reliable mode of transport for business travellers, leisure travellers and commuters.
Contact details for the 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
NS Hispeed
RON Heeren
Manager Sales NS Hispeed
Tel: +31 88 671 15 64
E-mail: ron.heeren@nshispeed.nl
