Nine months ago, Amadeus HR in Madrid partnered with a local charity to create a food donation program in the community, with the objective of helping families in need. On the first week of every month, employees bring non-perishable food to donate, which is then collected by our partner charity, Cáritas, and distributed through its [...]
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January marks the three-year anniversary of the devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Haiti that severely damaged and permanently changed millions of lives on the island. Countless Haitians lost their homes, loved ones and valuables while the effects of the disaster also touched their relatives, friends and so many others around the world. The impact of [...]
Read moreI’d like to share with you our latest CSR initiative, which will provide computers for educational projects in Jordan. Amadeusvolunteers gathered after office hours in the Madrid headquarters to install new software, review and clean each component and then package the computers for their journey from Madrid to Amman. The computers will arrive ready to [...]
Read moreAmadeus’ team spirit and dedication to the local community was evident last weekend when almost 150 employees from our Amadeus Asia Pacific regional office in Bangkok had a very early start on Sunday 18th November to take part in the Standard Chartered Bangkok Marathon. Employees chose a full marathon, half marathon, 10km or a 4.5km [...]
Read moreThe world of travel is constantly on the move, and having been with Amadeus since the very beginning, I can truly say that in 1987, we could only dream of the opportunities currently unfolding. I took over as President of Amadeus S.A.S last July at an extremely exciting time for us with new customers in [...]
Read moreWe’d like to wish everyone a happy World Tourism Day (WTD) 2012 – which is being held under the theme Tourism & Sustainable Energy: Powering Sustainable Development. World Tourism Day is held annually on 27 September and it was conceived to foster awareness about the importance of tourism and its social, cultural, political and economic [...]
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 moreThe potential scope of corporate social responsibility (CSR) action is immense, and for this reason it is fundamental to establish a clear strategy, priorities, and analysis of our strengths in order to maximise the positive outcomes of our CSR actions. Reaching excellence in CSR requires listening to employees, shareholders, customers, and partners, and responding to [...]
Read moreSince we operate in 195 countries, we believe it is very important to share best practices and take advantage of synergies and economies of scale for specific corporate social responsibility (CSR) projects. In 2011 we carried out 165 projects in 45 countries. The graph below illustrates the number of projects per category. Through our social [...]
Read moreIf you’ve been keeping up with this blog, then you know the steps we’ve taken to be an environmentally and socially responsibly company. But you may not know about the things we’re doing to help our customers be more environmentally friendly. We’ve developed technologies to help airlines and other industry players reduce emissions through optimum [...]
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