Last year we released an infographic entitled Smarter corporate travel spending which revealed hidden savings opportunities for travel managers based upon a study we conducted with the consultancy company Hermes. This research really highlighted some of the challenges travel managers face in addition to the opportunities; reducing spend by up to 25% while keeping the [...]
Read moreFurther to our recent Blog post, we can now bring you the full details of research conducted by the consultancy company Hermes and commissioned by Amadeus. The white paper “Corporate Travel Management in Western Europe: Challenges and Opportunities” looks at current travel management practices and gives concrete recommendations to help optimise travel spend. It is [...]
Read moreThe Corporate Travel Network is our major yearly event to which we invite large corporations from all over the world, our global TMC resellers and strategic partners. This year’s edition focused on three strategic perspectives that are driving the transformation of corporate travel: Humanise. Globalise. Visualise.
Read moreCorporate travel managers have the tedious assignment of ensuring smooth business trips while looking for ways to reduce cost by an average of 25%. Fortunately for overburdened travel managers around the world – we’ve teamed up with consultancy company Hermes to conduct a research project, based on detailed activity-based costing analysis of the travel spend [...]
Read moreIt is a rare delight to announce something that will positively impact, even slightly, the work of several million people, at over 6,000 corporations in 59 countries. Those are the valued users of our corporate travel booking tool, Amadeus e-Travel Management. 18 months ago, we embarked on redesigning the user interface and equipping it with [...]
Read moreAn often-referenced phrase in technology and other industries for well over a decade has been “Innovate or Die” which conveys the critical importance of business evolution at the risk of being left behind.
Technology is a significant enabler of change in many industries and that includes corporate travel where travelers and their tools are an inseparable combination. Amadeus recognizes that continuous innovation and technology is key to corporate travel management
Read moreAmadeus’ vision is to provide next generation travel technology that encourages collaboration amongst all players within the travel industry. To realise this we are investing in technology that will allow the seamless integration of content, data and systems whether they are part of Amadeus or whether they are from third party suppliers. Over the coming [...]
Read moreI 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 [...]
Read moreI would personally like to thank everyone who joined us for an outstanding event in Monaco last week. From our trusted Travel Agency Partners, to the influential Travel Suppliers of the different industries represented, I extend a big thank you for sharing your time and insight with us. Designed exclusively for a limited number of [...]
Read moreYou might have noticed the announcement about the hotel industry that Amadeus made on January 17th: our partnership with HRS. Part of the Amadeus hotel multisource strategy to reach the elusive “long tail” in the notoriously fragmented hotel industry, HRS is the latest key brand to join the fast-growing club of new Amadeus hotel partners [...]
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