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Amadeus Cars, first to achieve 100% e-Voucher
Avis Europe is delighted to have implemented Amadeus Cars e-Voucher globally. This functionality is a great benefit for travel agents as it provides them with the ability to make reservations without having to produce vouchers at the rental counter.
Elaine Cottrell, Distribution Systems Manager, Avis Europe
Amadeus has become the first in the car rental industry to achieve 100% e-Voucher for car rental reservations worldwide.
The Amadeus Cars e-Voucher is an electronic means of payment for car rentals. Following the initiative of the airline industry, the e-Voucher for cars eliminates the need to print and distribute pre-printed forms to travel agents. This inevitably results in the crucial cost savings all organisations are driving towards in today’s market. As well as this, it is a step forward towards greener, more efficient processes for travel agencies with the full withdrawal of the traditional paper vouchers.
Travellers also benefit from cost savings and increased traveller efficiency as they no longer need to show paperwork as proof of reservation or payment when attending at the car rental counter.
This complete withdrawal of paper vouchers puts Amadeus in the lead as technological partner for the car rental industry.
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Veteran technology executive recognised for leadership that has transformed Amadeus' capabilities in serving its global travel customers
Eberhard Haag, Executive Vice President of Global Operations and General Manager of Data Processing, has been selected by Computerworld Magazine as a Premier 100 IT Leader for 2009.
I am honoured to accept this recognition from Computerworld and be part of such an impressive group of IT professionals. However, it is my team at the Amadeus data processing centre that truly deserves the award, which was achieved only through their hard work and dedication, day in and day out.
Eberhard Haag, Executive Vice President of Global Operations and General Manager of Data Processing
The leading source of technology news and information for IT influencers worldwide, Computerworld annually honours 100 executives from around the world who have led their organisations through mentoring, motivation, innovation and effective management.
This year there were over 1,000 nominees, all of whom were measured against Computerworld’s IT Leadership Index. The index is a set is a set of pre-determined characteristics used to describe executives who guide the effective use of IT in their organisations. Candidates were also asked about a range of topics from their backgrounds to their special accomplishments and leadership style.
Eberhard Haag is the head of global operations and data processing worldwide. He leads a global operations team of 780 people, overseeing the heart of Amadeus: its’ global Data Centre in Erding, Germany. Haag spearheaded Amadeus’ eight-year transition from a legacy Transaction Processing Facility mainframe environment to a more effective open systems, service orientated architecture. His leadership has enabled Amadeus to diversify its business and offer more advanced customer-centric travel applications that meet current needs whilst anticipating future ones.
The Data Centre team stay on the cutting edge of IT and they are currently focused on key technologies such as implementation of open source software and virtualisation of storage and servers with the objective of building the massive grid for Amadeus’ “transaction factory”.
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Joint American Express and Amadeus webcast on CFO priorities for travel management, 26th February 2009
CFO Priorities for travel management Webcast
In February, Amadeus took place in a webcast entitled CFO Priorities for Travel Management. Vic Pynn, Senior Vice President of the Multinational Customer Group, Amadeus North America, and Herve Sedky, Vice President and General Manager of Global Advisory Services and Corporate Meetings Solutions, American Express Travel were key speakers at the event. They explored critical issues for the efficient procurement and management of travel in 2009. Key findings and trends explored in detail include:
- Making the right cost cuts: How are companies adjusting their travel programmes and policy to the current economic climate?
- New travel technologies for travel savings
- The need for hard data
- The integration of T&E with corporate IT platforms
- Travel & Finance: bridging the relationship gap
The webcast provided invaluable advice to financial teams on how to manage travel costs to ensure maximum impact to the bottom line with minimum impact to business performance and customer satisfaction.
“Beyond the Storm: Opportunity and Risk in a New Era of Finance” - CFO Outlook 2009, The Hilton, Amsterdam, 4th-5th March
Featuring enhanced networking opportunities and increased interactivity, CFO Outlook 2009 examined the global financial crisis in terms of how it transformed your expectations, strategies, and ultimately your role. Designed to foster impartial discussion among industry peers across Europe, the conference provided insights from CFO Europe's award-winning editorial team alongside expert opinion from a panel of industry leaders
As part of our continued efforts to raise awareness among financial executives of the benefits that travel management technology can bring to the company bottom line, Amadeus was delighted to sponsor this CFO Outlook event.
A recent joint white paper between Amadeus and CFO Europe Research Services examined CFOs' priorities for corporate travel management against a backdrop of technological advances in travel tools, economic uncertainty and environmental concerns. Cost control and beyond: The CFO's agenda for corporate travel, based on the results of an online survey of more than 120 senior finance executives in Europe, Asia and the US, explored issues such as the CFO’s travel agenda, a single view of travel across the business and how to impress the CFO. CFO Europe Research Services also filmed an interview Gillian Gibson, Group Vice President of Amadeus, highlighting the main findings of the research.