Amadeus and Evolvi Partnership Provides Corporations with a One-Stop-Shop for UK Rail Bookings
London, 5 February, 2009: Amadeus, a leading provider of technology to the travel and tourism industry, today announced the integration of the Evolvi online booking engine into Amadeus e-Travel Management (AeTM). Through this new partnership, UK rail content will be made available to the UK corporate travel market, enabling corporations to book air, hotel, car and rail services without logging into multiple Online Booking Tools (OBTs).
This improved integrated method of booking rail through AeTM provides a single log-on facility for multi-modal content that combines the display and booking of rail, car, hotel and air travel. This will greatly assist Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC) licensed TMCs in the management of their corporate accounts’ rail programmes using Evolvi’s variable suite of ticket fulfilment options, embracing on-site ticket printing and National Ticket on Departure (TOD). Furthermore, trip dates will be made visible for the purpose of call centres and reporting information, helping increase the level of customer service and streamlining the booking process.
Jon Reeve, Trade Relations Director, Evolvi, said: ‘We believe that Amadeus’ rail customers will benefit greatly from this partnership. From inception, Evolvi was designed with business travel buyers in mind and it has developed into a leading booking tool for the corporate rail sector, offering end users convenient access to the UK rail product within a travel policy compliant purchasing environment.”
The new functionality for UK rail will be immediately visible with no waiting period. With the integration of Evolvi, rail booking information will be passed into AeTM, allowing the user a consolidated view of the entire trip. This information includes the trip reservation number, departure and destination details, total trip price and the rail network provider.
Una Bennett, Director of Marketing, Amadeus UK & Ireland, said: ‘In a market where efficiencies are key to controlling costs and growing business, we are confident that by integrating Evolvi into our corporate travel management solution we can help our corporate customers streamline their travel booking processes. Evolvi has established a strong growth pattern, testament to the solution’s efficacy, and we look forward to working with them to deliver the benefits of integration to our customers. This latest enhancement to Amadeus e-Travel Management perfectly complements Amadeus’ own investment in the development of new rail booking solutions for our travel agency partners.”
