Amadeus launches a set of next generation fare filing solutions for agencies, consolidators and airlines
Amadeus technology helps travel companies offer the right fare, at the right time, in the right place
Amadeus Benelux, 12 September, 2007: Amadeus, a global leader in technology and distribution solutions for the travel and tourism industry, has launched new generation IT solutions for filing private fares in the GDS; fares can now be filed through the FareXpert Filing Platform as well as the recently launched XML Fare Data Interface. The new technology that has been put in place will help airlines, consolidators and travel agencies to implement the results of negotiations between airlines and their distribution partners over fares.
Negotiated – or private – fares filed via Amadeus fare filing solutions account for roughly 40 million Amadeus bookings each year. Amadeus FareXpert’s user-friendly graphical user interface offers the power to control private fare distribution in local markets more accurately and enables organisations buying or selling travel to react instantly to market changes in a price-sensitive environment. “The new FareXpert Negotiated Fares solution is more flexible, user-friendly and overall more powerful than the previous Amadeus Negotiated Fares solution; filing fares is quicker and fares are available for sale within a few minutes - FareXpert includes a great deal of time saving functionality”, comments Eric Duroselle, Pricing and Distribution Manager for American Airlines in France.
“As technology provider to the travel industry, Amadeus places a strong emphasis on identifying points in the travel distribution chain which would benefit from greater automation,” states Olaf Leenders, Marketing Director Amadeus Benelux, “Filing fares is an excellent example of where technology can save the industry time, money and mistakes.”
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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 in 76 countries covering more than 215 markets.
The company is owned by WAM Acquisition, whose shareholders are BC Partners, Cinven, Air France, Iberia and Lufthansa. Amadeus employs over 7,600 employees worldwide, representing 95 nationalities. Amadeus’ revenue for the twelve months ended 31 December 2006 was EUR2.683m.
More information about Amadeus is available at: www.benelux.amadeus.com
Contact details for Belgium:
Amadeus Benelux
Luc Pannecoeck
T: +32 2 257 99 11
F: +32 2 460 03 84
E-mail : infobe@benelux.amadeus.com
Contact details for the Netherlands:
Amadeus Benelux
Rene Schukkink
T: +31 23 554 1430
F: +31 23 562 4272
E-mail : infonl@benelux.amadeus.com
