First Metro Travel signs 3-year Travel IT Solution & Distribution full-migration deal with Amadeus Philippines
Makati City, Philippines, 01 September 2008: Amadeus a global leader in technology and distribution solutions for the travel and tourism industry today announced a three year travel IT solution and distribution full migration deal with First Metro Travel, Inc. (a member of the Metrobank Group of Companies), and one of Philippines’ leading travel management companies specializing in corporate, business, and leisure travel.
The full migration of First Metro Travel is accredited to Amadeus’ extensive experience in migrating clients from legacy applications and platforms, to newer, state-of-the-art technologies while keeping clients minimally affected in the process, allowing them to continue their complex, and diverse day-to-day operations seamlessly.
“Every partner that signs with us is guaranteed of four (4) attributes of our product and solutions offering, namely: world-class technology; true partnership; a global footprint; and proven results. We are the leading technology partner to the travel and tourism industry, and First Metro Travel’s full migration to Amadeus is testament to our partnership philosophy of building strong, long-term relationships with the world’s leading travel and tourism entities.” said Albert T. Villadolid, General Manager of Amadeus
Leigh M. Tugot, General Manager of First Metro Travel said, “We’ve studied and reviewed the offer of various IT solution providers, and determined that Amadeus offered the best technology solutions that our business needs to succeed and prosper.”
Included in the suite of travel IT solutions that First Metro Travel has integrated are the Amadeus Selling Platform, the world’s most used retailing platform for travel professionals – offering the broadest travel product content from airlines, rail, ferries, hotels, cars, and travel insurance; as well as the Amadeus Harmony solution, which integrates front, mid, and back-office processes. Complementing these travel IT solutions is world-class training provided by the
In the photo (from Left): Leigh M. Tugot, General Manager of First Metro Travel; Rowena M. Torres, Acquisitions & New Sales Manager of Amadeus Philippines; David Brett, President, Amadeus Asia-Pacific; Francisco Co, President, First Metro Travel; Lilibeth G. Victory, Director of Sales, Marketing, Solutions & Business Development of Amadeus Philippines; and Albert T. Villadolid, General Manager, Amadeus Philippines.
