Amadeus and Worldpay, a global leader in payment processing, have announced a global agreement to integrate Worldpay’s extensive payment services into the Amadeus Payment Platform. Amadeus’ travel customers will be able to offer more payment choice to their travellers, therefore enhancing the consumer experience, as they can now accept more payments in more countries and in more currencies through Worldpay’s leading range of payment solutions.

Amadeus and Thomas Cook group airlines have announce an agreement which will see the latter become the first leisure carriers to adopt the Amadeus Altéa solutions. Four of Thomas Cook group airlines based in Germany, the UK, Scandinavia and Belgium adopt Amadeus’ Altéa suite as a single platform to manage reservations, inventory and departure control. By unifying its IT systems across the group, Thomas Cook group airlines will be able to implement a customer-centric strategy offering a single consolidated customer touch point with comprehensive real-time information.

Amadeus IT Group has announced it has promoted Diane Bouzebiba to the role of director of distribution strategic initiatives, effective from February 1st near year. In her new role, Bouzebiba will be based at Amadeus’ global headquarters in Madrid. Amadeus’ Distribution business plays a vital role in enabling the company to identify and deliver innovative products and services that promote long-term, sustainable profitability for the travel and tourism industry.

Vistara has announced a partnership with Amadeus, a leading technology partner for the global travel industry, to implement the Amadeus Altéa Suite of technology solutions. Reflecting Vistara’s belief that technology is pivotal to providing a seamless, personalised service, Amadeus technology will power Vistara’s travel reservations, inventory management, airport departure control systems, as well as revenue accounting and revenue management.

Germanwings and Amadeus have announce that all of the airline’s published fares and ancillary services will be available to Amadeus subscribers on September 23rd. The Lufthansa subsidiary previously sold a limited range of its fares via Amadeus’ travel agency partners, using full e-ticketing.

Amadeus and Japan Airlines have announced an agreement has been reached for the tech giant to provide the airline with its full Altéa Suite of IT solutions. The agreement, which sees JAL become the latest oneworld airline to adopt Amadeus’ Altéa, will allow the airline to replace its existing passenger service system, which was originally activated back in 1969.