UMW Travel becomes Malaysia’s first corporation to adopt Amadeus’ award-winning travel management solution
Amadeus e-Travel Management helps UMW Group maximise travel efficiency
Shah Alam, Selangor (
With over 11,000 employees and diverse business interests that include automotive, equipment, manufacturing and engineering and Oil & Gas, AeTM will help UMW Group administer its global employee travel needs and manage its corporate travel policy in a seamless manner.
UMW’s Executive Director and also a Director of UMW Travel Sdn Bhd, Mr. Meor Mohar Azhar Bin Abd Ghani said, “Amadeus’ unrivalled AeTM solution is an indispensable tool for UMW’s comprehensive travel requirements. The unique user interface will allow our managers to find the right travel options at the right price using this integrated system. With additional functions, like traveller tracking capabilities, our travel management team will be able to improve traveller security measures and in turn improve our duty of care. Apart from good corporate practice towards our travelling executives, we are certain the automated process will also result in significant cost saving.”
“As UMW continues to grow and diversify its operations, the continued adoption of new technology plays an integral part in its global expansion,” he added.
Additional AeTM features that UMW can take advantage of include the ability to access the world’s largest and most widely used content database providing the most competitive hotel and airline rates, including competitive low-cost-carrier fares. The solution is available in over 13 languages, ensuring that UMW’s global and local needs are met.
Over 160 corporations in Asia-Pacific are currently using AeTM to find the right travel options at the right price on a single desktop display. Partners in
“We are delighted to have UMW Travel Sdn Bhd as our first AeTM partner in
“It is important for travel managers to be able to track their employees and have access to the most competitive airfare and hotel rates, while ensuring that travel costs remain within the approved budget. We are sure our award-winning solution will serve all of UMW’s corporate travel needs on a single platform,” she added.
AeTM, Amadeus' corporate travel solution, helps corporations manage their global travel programmes more efficiently and cost-effectively. Amadeus technology supports the global travel programmes of over 1,500 corporations to integrate all the elements of their programmes into one easy-to-use and easy-to-administer solution. Customers include Altría, Cemex, Daimler, Ericsson, Huntsman, Nestlé, Total and Thales, amongst others.
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Notes to the editors:
Amadeus is a 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 & Consultancy.
The company is owned by WAM Acquisition, whose shareholders are BC Partners, Cinven, Air
More information about Amadeus is available at: www.amadeus.com
Solutions for corporations
Amadeus’ 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 a range of technology solutions and components 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 next years, Amadeus will expand its unique approach to corporate travel. By providing the technology solutions that span before, during and after all travel steps, the existing online booking tool will evolve beyond trip booking to provide the Total Trip Experience for corporate travellers. The move towards mobile technology is an integral part of the vision of what the travel experience should be.
Amadeus' corporate travel solution, Amadeus eTravel Management, helps corporations manage their global travel programmes more efficiently and cost-effectively. The solution helps business travellers plan, personalise and purchase their trip while remaining compliant with the global travel policy.
Over 1,500 corporations worldwide with more than one million active users utilise Amadeus e-Travel Management to integrate all the elements of their programmes into one intuitive and easy-to-administer solution. Customers include Altría, Cemex, Daimler, Ericsson, Huntsman, Nestlé, Total and Thales.
