L'alianXa Travel Network selects Amadeus as IT partner
L'alianXa Travel Network selects Amadeus as IT partner
L’alianXa Travel Network will benefit from a new relationship with Amadeus that is focused on the provision of IT solutions and services and on supporting the group's global expansion.
Madrid and Bogotá, 25 August 2005: Amadeus, a global leader in technology and distribution solutions for the travel and tourism industry, announce the signing of a 10-year partnership with L’alianXa Travel Network, Latin America's leading international travel agency consortium. This agreement spans ground-breaking projects in the field of technology, the provision of consultancy services and support for growth in local markets, amongst other aspects.
"One of the reasons we have selected Amadeus is their strength and reliability as a technology and business partner", said Alonso Monsalve, President of L'alianXa. "This agreement takes us to the forefront of this industry in terms of the IT solutions and services we will offer to our 75 travel agencies, in 230 locations across 17 countries in the region. This long-term cooperation with Amadeus will also help realise our expansion plans in the region and will enhance greatly support on the ground ".
This agreement also includes the provision of state-of-the-art services. Amadeus will be design and implement an end-to-end, customised sales platform for L'alianXa partners in the Americas. A team of experts from Amadeus and L'alianXa are also developing an e-commerce platform to tap into the business potential of the online channel.
"This mutual commitment is proof of the confidence that leading local travel agency consortia such as L'alianXa place in Amadeus as a strategic IT partner", said Ã?ngel Gallego, Executive Director, for Latin America, Amadeus. "One of the key projects will include the setting up of an integrated and customised sales platform for its regional partners. These projects will enhance the productivity of travel professionals, who will have more time to concentrate on sales and customer service".
This agreement is the first milestone of a new business model Amadeus is offering to its clients in Latin America and which will bring significant benefits to travel agencies across the board.
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About L’alianXa Travel Network
L'alianXa Travel Network is an international travel agency group with operations in major Latin American business and tourism destinations. It offers effective solutions to its partners with the best and broadest range of products and services.
L'alianXa Travel Network is the only independent consortium in the region and the only group made up of Latin American organisations for Latin American clients.
L'alianXa Travel Network is currently comprised of 75 travel agencies with 230 locations in 46 cities and 17 Latin American countries.
Contacts:
L’alianXa Travel Network
Lina Maria Mejia
Tel : + 571 616 1757
Fax : +571 610 3140
E-mail : linam@lalianxa.net
About Amadeus
Amadeus is a global leader in technology and distribution solutions for the travel and tourism industry. Its comprehensive GDS data processing centre serves over 75,000 travel agency locations and some 11,000 airline sales offices, totalling around 362,000 points of sale located in over 215 markets worldwide.
Through the Amadeus GDS, travel agencies and airline offices can make bookings on 95 per cent of the world's scheduled airline seats. The system also provides access to 56,700 hotel properties, some 42 car rental companies serving over 30,000 locations, as well as ferry, rail, cruise, tour operators and insurance companies.
Amadeus is a leading IT solutions provider to the airline industry. Over 151 airlines use Amadeus’ Altéa Sell as the sales and reservation system in their offices, to provide passengers with superior and seamless service at optimal cost.
Amadeus’ new generation Customer Management Solutions include Altéa Plan (inventory management system) and Altéa Fly (departure control system). British Airways, Qantas and Finnair are the first customers to implement this full suite of Customer Management Systems.
e-Travel, Amadeus’ e-commerce business unit, is the global leader in online travel technology and corporate travel management solutions. It services travel agencies in 90 countries, and powers the websites of over 300 corporations and more than 70 airlines and hotels.
Amadeus is headquartered in Madrid, Spain and quoted on the Madrid, Paris and Frankfurt stock exchanges. For the year ended 31 December 2004, the company reported revenues of EUR 2,056.7m and net income of EUR 208m. The Amadeus data centre is in Erding (near Munich), Germany and its principal development offices are located in Sophia Antipolis (near Nice), France. The company has 6,500 employees worldwide, representing 95 nationalities.
More information about Amadeus is available at: www.amadeus.com
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