Amadeus partners with NBTA to offer corporate travel management accreditation for Asia Pacific

Singapore (Asia Pacific), 12 June 2009:  Amadeus, a leading global technology partner to the travel and tourism industry, today announced that it has partnered with the National Business Travel Association (NBTA) - a global network that connects more than 15,000 travel managers and providers around the world. The partnership will provide travel management professionals in Hong Kong and Singapore with unique career enhancement opportunities.

Lisa Akeroyd, Regional Director for Corporate Solutions at Amadeus Asia Pacific, said, “NBTA plays an important role in offering accreditation and training for travel managers and providers. Amadeus is committed to supporting the ongoing education and professional growth of the travel industry in Asia. We want the local industry to have access to the same opportunities as their counterparts in other regions.

“Through this partnership with NBTA, Amadeus will offer Corporate Travel Managers free training to ensure they keep up to date with the latest trends, tools, and knowledge that will help them perform their job at a higher level of efficacy,” said Akeroyd.

Kevin Maguire, CCTE, GLP, President and CEO of NBTA added, “We are delighted to have the support of Amadeus to provide travel managers in Hong Kong and Singapore with opportunities to complete the industry’s only Fundamentals of Business Travel Management course and to earn the professional title “CTE.” In addition to the Corporate Travel Expert designation, participants will gain valuable skill sets to advance their careers and add value to their organisations.”

Amadeus and NBTA are inviting travel managers in Hong Kong and Singapore to attend one-day workshops on 14 July (Singapore) and 16 July (Hong Kong).

“Together with NBTA, Amadeus looks forward to providing courses to travel managers in the region and educating the industry on best corporate travel management practices,” said Akeroyd.

For more information on the upcoming workshops, please contact Rita Ganes at Rita.Ganes@amadeus.com or visit www.nbta.org/amadeusCTE

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Notes to the editors:

About National Business Travel Association

The National Business Travel Association (NBTA) is the world’s premier business travel and corporate meetings organization. NBTA and its regional affiliates – NBTA Asia Pacific, the Brazilian Business Travel Association (ABGEV), NBTA Canada, NBTA Mexico, and NBTA USA – serve a network of more than 15,000 business travel professionals around the globe with industry-leading events, networking, education & professional development, research, news & information, and advocacy. NBTA members, numbering more than 4,000 in 30 nations, are corporate and government travel and meetings managers, as well as travel service providers. They collectively manage and direct more than US$200 billion of global business travel and meetings expenditures annually on behalf of more than 10 million business travelers within their organizations. For more information, visit www.nbta.org.

About Amadeus

Amadeus is the chosen technology partner for providers, sellers, and buyers of travel. The company provides distribution, IT and point-of-sale solutions to help its customers adapt, grow and succeed in the fast changing travel industry. Customer groups include travel providers (airlines, hotels, car rental companies, railway companies, ferry lines, cruise lines, insurance companies and tour operators), travel sellers (travel agencies) and travel buyers (corporations and travellers). Solutions are grouped in four solution categories – Distribution & Content, Sales & e-Commerce, Business Management and Services & Consulting.

Amadeus has central sites in Madrid (corporate headquarters & marketing), Nice (development) and Erding (Operations – data processing centre) and regional offices in Miami, Buenos Aires and Bangkok. At market level, Amadeus maintains customer operations through 69 local Amadeus Commercial Organisations covering 217 markets.

The company is majority owned by WAM Acquisition, whose shareholders are BC Partners, Cinven, Air France, Iberia and Lufthansa. Amadeus employs over 8,570 employees worldwide, representing 105 nationalities.

More information about Amadeus is available at: http://www.amadeus.com

Contact details:

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