Monthly Archives: June 2012

June 29, 2012

Technological excellence that spans the globe

by Online Marketing Manager, Amadeus IT Group

Our world-class technological excellence has its roots in a worldwide network of Research & Development (R&D) centres. This is where tomorrow’s solutions for the travel and tourism industry are being created. Over the years, we’ve established close collaboration with research teams in leading institutes throughout the world, such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) [...]

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June 28, 2012

Has volatile airline profitability become the new normal?

by Head of Airlines Operations Strategy, Airline IT, Amadeus IT Group

Sustainability of airline profitability will remain a prime long-term concern for the entire airline ecosystem as it influences carrier strategies, tactics and priorities. Whilst other players in the travel value chain have maintained relatively consistent profitability levels, IATA (Figure 1) found that the airline industry as a whole has only generated a surplus of income [...]

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June 27, 2012

Amadeus wins prestigious innovation award for new rail tool

by Director Marketing & Innovation, Amadeus France

We are happy to announce that Amadeus has won the prestigious 2012 Innovation Award of l’Echo Touristique, one of the leading trade publications in France, in the B to B category for its new rail tool, Amadeus Agent Track. Amadeus Agent Track is a groundbreaking Rail solution that allows travel agencies to book Rail content [...]

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June 26, 2012

Amadeus and Trenitalia: Partnering for the future

by Sales Manager, Trenitalia S.p.A

At Trenitalia we are very excited about the new partnership with Amadeus Rail that we are announcing today. The Italian high speed network is the most important achievement in Italian transportation in the last few decades. Indeed, Trenitalia with “Le Frecce” high speed trains have developed and exploited this new opportunity, bringing a revolution in [...]

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June 25, 2012

Download the landmark study: European Travel Management Practices

by VP, Multinational Business & Corporate Travel, Amadeus IT Group

I am pleased to announce that the 2012 Business Travel News European Travel Management Practices Study is now available for download. For this breakthrough study, of which we were one of five sponsors, BTN surveyed 110 of our global corporate contacts in order to better understand the corporate travel market, its dynamics, and how the [...]

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June 22, 2012

Amadeus Annual Report 2011: a comprehensive insight into Amadeus today

by Director, Investor Relations

As some of you may be aware, we recently published the Amadeus Annual Report for 2011. Whilst this document is produced ahead of the Shareholders’ General Meeting, it is in fact produced for a much broader audience including customers, employees, suppliers, industry analysts and the media. As well as updating readers on our achievements in [...]

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June 21, 2012

Amadeus Shareholders’ General Meeting today

by Director, Investor Relations

Today we held our Shareholders’ General Meeting (SGM) at the Madrid Stock Exchange (Bolsa de Madrid). The SGM is an annual opportunity for shareholders to hear the Amadeus senior management in person present the results of 2011 and participate in a Q&A session with the Board of Directors – following which the shareholders vote on [...]

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June 20, 2012

We’d like to thank you for a successful joint webinar with Tnooz

by Executive Technology Consultant, North America, Amadeus IT Group

Posted by Brian Beard (Executive Technology Consultant, North America, Amadeus IT Group) and Patricia Simillon (Airlines Operations Strategy, Airline IT, Amadeus IT Group) We would like to send a big thank you out to everyone that attended our joint webinar with Tnooz, “Rethinking airports for future connected travelers” and to our panel of industry experts: [...]

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