After many months of exhaustive research – I’m happy to announce that our comprehensive European Rail report is now available for download. Showcasing the facts, figures, and trends that will define the future of European passenger rail – the report focuses on the period 2011-2020, which will see the industry impacted by an unprecedented combination [...]
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This year is off to a prolific start in terms of our travel industry studies. Already, we’ve published three game changing papers – have a look at them all below in case you missed them previously. The big FOUR travel effects 1 2 3 Clearing the Cloud; Best of Open Systems and Cloud [...]
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The business travel landscape is constantly changing, and we know that corporate travel managers and Travel Management consultants need to do everything they can to listen better to their clients’ evolving needs and expectations. Accordingly, we’ve commissioned this report to help us, and our customers, succeed in travel by getting closer to the people who [...]
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During 2012 we featured a number of insightful infographics providing an easy to understand look into the future trends of travel technology. Have a look at each one below: From chaos to collaboration – insight into the future of travel To kick off 2012 we conducted a landmark industry study examining the technologies essential for [...]
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 moreThat’s my mission and it’s based upon a belief that ancillary revenue benefits consumers and the airlines that fly them. Since the Amadeus Worldwide Estimate of Ancillary Revenue was first issued in 2010, the numbers posted in regions all over the world have demonstrated convincing increases. I remember the folly of a prediction made by [...]
Read morePosted by Stuart Brocklehurst (Group Communications Director, Amadeus IT Group) Open systems in computing and informatics refers to a class of systems which are built using Open Source Software (OSS) standards and that offer a good level of portability and independence from the hardware platforms on which they operate. They also have particular characteristics including1: [...]
Read moreFall is in the air as October gets underway – unless of course you’re lucky enough to be in the tropics. September was another lively month for Amadeus with the release of our landmark thought leadership report on open source systems by the renowned Professor Jim Norton – entitled Open for business. We also had [...]
Read moreThe terminology of cloud computing is littered with confusing acronyms. Here’s a simple breakdown of the four stages in cloud provision. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) – At this stage basic virtual machines, virtualised storage and network access are made available to users. Those users are responsible for providing and loading their own operating systems, [...]
Read moreAs challenges go it’s up there with the hardest: take 22 pages and 12,000 words from Amadeus’ latest thought leadership report and transform them into a simple, stand-alone creative concept that will drive engagement of the report’s findings, without at any time compromising the integrity – or indeed the credibility – of any of those said [...]
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