Collaborative travel: business tourism
Posted on February 22, 2012
Posted by Stuart Brocklehurst (Group Communications Director, Amadeus IT Group) When I reflect on my most notable travel experiences, many of them occurred on business trips, not vacations. Attending a majlis in Kuwait and a tribal durbar in Ghana were moments that probably would not have come my way as a tourist: visiting a country with [...]
Collaborative travel: intelligent recommendation
Posted on February 21, 2012
Posted by Stuart Brocklehurst (Group Communications Director, Amadeus IT Group) How much research did you do before your last trip away? Recent research for Amadeus found that the answer to that question is closely linked to your generation. If you’re over 50, or between 30 and 49, you’re most likely to have used a single [...]
Collaborative travel: next generation experience
Posted on February 15, 2012
How do you decide where to spend your time off? Do you go for a new experience, somewhere you’ve never been before, or something reassuringly familiar? A place recommended by a friend, or something you saw on a TV travel show?
Collaborative travel: automatic transit
Posted on February 13, 2012
Posted by Stuart Brocklehurst (Group Communications Director, Amadeus IT Group) My dog and I often cross borders together. That’s not Border Collies, but actual national boundaries with passport checks. When we approach immigration, it’s interesting to see how each of us interacts with technology. We both have our identity confirmed by chips, but whereas I [...]
From eTourism to door-to-door: why the future of travel looks bright to Amadeus
Posted on February 8, 2012
Recently, I was privileged to participate in the ENTER conference organised by the International Federation of Information Technology for Travel and Tourism (IFITT) in Helsingborg, Sweden.
This year’s conference focused on eTourism Present and Future, Services and Applications, and more specifically looked at the role both demand and supply play in this quite clearly hectic arena.
The sky is the limit – retailing and the future of ancillaries
Posted on February 3, 2012
Posted by Marian Hens (Global Communications Manager, Amadeus IT Group) “On ancillaries, the sky really is the limit”. This was the opening salvo of the New Airline Commercial Models, Retailing and Merchandising 2012 conference, which gathered industry experts in London last week to explore new ways of distributing airfares and inventory. As we heard at the [...]
Collaborative travel: the best way to predict the future is to invent it
Posted on January 18, 2012
“The best way to predict the future is to invent it”. This quote from computer scientist Alan Kay invites companies to shape rather than await the future, and it also forms part of the motivation behind our latest research study: From chaos to collaboration.
Insights and predictions on trends affecting all players in the travel industry
Posted on January 5, 2012
For some years now, we have made our research reports available online, sharing with you our insights and predictions on trends affecting all players in the travel industry. We thought you might like to take a look back at our Amadeus Traveller Series before the next launch
Continuing to climb through turbulent conditions
Posted on December 27, 2011
Posted by David Brett (President Asia Pacific, Amadeus IT Group) When looking back on 2011, many commentators are reflecting on the crises and turbulence that the travel industry has encountered. Undoubtedly these events have impacted all of us, but in my view, that’s just a normal year in our industry. I would find it more [...]
Transformative technologies: why innovation can establish a new era in travel
Posted on December 20, 2011
Posted by Eberhard Haag (EVP, Global Operations, Amadeus IT Group) For many of us, travel is about discovering new horizons, exploring different experiences and drawing inspiration from the world around us. Yet in many ways, the onset of mass tourism and democratisation of travel have often meant more delays, an increase in lost luggage and [...]
