Mike Valkevich, who serves global customers in Amadeus’ corporate travel division, recently joined the prestigious PhoCusWright 2012 Class of 35, a year-long program for a select group of aspiring, future leaders in the travel, tourism and hospitality industries. This month, the Class of 35 gathered for The Young Leaders Summit held during the PhoCusWright Conference [...]
Read moreWe are now just a few days away from the beginning of the Amadeus Total Rail Customer Forum 2012, which will begin with cocktails on Monday evening before throwing open its doors on Tuesday 27th November.
Read moreAfter many months of hard work – I’m thrilled to announce that our patent-pending search solution, Amadeus Featured ResultsTM, was the runner up in the The Most Innovative Established Company category among a distinguished list of competitors at the PhoCusWright Travel Innovation Summit. I was honoured to be part of the team that presented our latest innovation [...]
Read morePosted by Holger Taubmann (SVP Distribution, Amadeus IT Group) Airlines are forecast to benefit from an 11.3% increase in ancillary revenue for 2012 worth more than $3.6 billion, according to the third annual Amadeus Worldwide Estimate of Ancillary Revenue. Research conducted by IdeaWorksCompany for the report indicates that the global revenue generated beyond flight sales [...]
Read moreOctober was a memorable month for us as we celebrated our 25th anniversary with special blog posts from long time employees and held events at Amadeus offices all around the world. We also had some great posts about open source systems, announced our partnership with EVA Airways, and released some informative infographics. Have a look [...]
Read moreSeptember 24th was an exciting day. A day of firsts for Asia Pacific. It was a day when EVA Airways and its subsidiary, UNI Airways, joined a common IT platform (the Amadeus Altéa suite) used by 64% of Star Alliance members – ensuring seamless integration and access to a wide range of enhanced customer service [...]
Read moreAccording to the dictionary, on a fly-and-drive holiday, you travel part of the way to your destination by aeroplane, and collect a hired car at the airport so that you can drive the rest of the way. Many of those coming on holidays to Spain, where part of the Amadeus Cars team is located, do [...]
Read moreAs of Monday September 24th Amadeus debuts in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index as the top scorer of our sector of 57 companies. The Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) are composed of global sustainability leaders as identified through an assessment based on economic, environmental and social criteria.
Read moreLast week, Amadeus UK held its inaugural VIP Executive Forum with the launch of Amadeus IT Consulting & Solutions at the Jumeirah Carlton Tower Hotel in London, bringing together more than 60 of the industry’s movers and shakers from the online, retail and travel management sectors alongside local and regional Amadeus experts. The new Amadeus [...]
Read moreThis coming Monday, 17th September, sees the launch – on this very blog – of a brand new white paper sponsored by Amadeus. But before the paper becomes available, we wanted to give you the chance to test your knowledge of open systems, so you can see how much you know about this important subject.
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