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Amadeus appoints ex-Wyndham CIO Jeff Edwards to lead rapidly expanding hotel division
Edwards brings to Amadeus extensive global experience in hotel distribution and IT systems, an exceptional network and a strong track record in building successful business organizations; New appointment underlines Amadeus’ further commitment to growing its New Businesses portfolio
Amadeus acquires airconomy to tap travel market intelligence opportunity
airconomy will develop and incubate market intelligence products to drive Amadeus’ response to growing prospects for travel market intelligence
Amadeus creates world’s first interline EMD link
Move enables launch partner airlines Finnair and EgyptAir to grow revenue by facilitating the interline sale of ancillary services; A significant percentage of bookings made through the Amadeus system are created through interline partnerships, which represent a huge commercial opportunity for the industry
Amadeus signs four-year agreement with global online player Travix for content distribution and IT services worldwide

Amadeus formalizes with the European Commission its commitment to support tourism in Europe
Amadeus joins the European Commission Low Season Tourism initiative which looks at actions to enhance the competitiveness of the tourism sector by stimulating the travel flow between European and South American countries
Amadeus unveils landmark HRS agreement
Amadeus is first to distribute HRS’ hotel content through the GDS channel, taking a major industry-level step towards efficient hotel content distribution; By Q2 2012, Amadeus subscribers worldwide will benefit from integrated access to broader content with the addition of HRS’ 250,000 hotel properties, including more than 50,000 hotel properties that were distributed exclusively through HRS up to now
Global industry study reveals how new technologies and social change will combine to transform travel by 2020
‘From Chaos to Collaboration’, a new research study commissioned by Amadeus, challenges the travel industry to overcome the uncertainty and stress of modern-day travel through the application of new technologies and innovations; Augmented reality, gamification*, intelligent passenger records, long range biometrics and the rise of the wellbeing agenda to drive change in the next decade and beyond, heralding a new era of industry and travel collaboration
Amadeus and Travelodge sign global distribution deal
UK’s fastest-growing budget hotel company now bookable through Amadeus
Amadeus launches Hotel Optimization Package for large travel agencies to boost their hotel business
Features an innovative business intelligence solution, Hotel Dynamic Saver, and integration of private and hotel aggregator content to finally enable ‘automation’ of all relevant hotel content at the point of sale
Amadeus and LOT Polish Airlines boost cooperation by signing multi-year full content agreement
With this agreement, LOT Polish Airlines’ schedules, fares, last seat availability and associated inventory available through the Amadeus system will be at least the same and under the same conditions, as that offered through the airline’s website.
Iberia implements Amadeus solution for the distribution of ancillary services
Travel agencies in Spain can now book Iberia’s advanced seat selection