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Airline ancillary revenue projected to reach $36.1 billion worldwide in 2012
IdeaWorksCompany, the foremost consultancy in the area of airline ancillary revenue and Amadeus, a leading travel technology partner for the global travel industry, announce the results of The Amadeus Worldwide Estimate of Ancillary Revenue, which projects that airline ancillary revenue will reach $36.1 billion worldwide in 2012.
Virgin Holidays teams up with Amadeus
Amadeus and Virgin Holidays have signed a broad ranging technology partnership that will utilise the latest advances in fares and shopping technology. The new agreement will see Virgin Holidays migrate its online and call centre reservations to Amadeus, as well as the introduction of new fares and shopping solutions that are designed to boost sales conversions by offering the best fare ‘findability and bookability’ thereby improving the overall customer experience.
Breaking Travel News interview: Diane Bouzebiba, managing director, Amadeus UK & Ireland
Leading travel technology company Amadeus, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this month, recently launched Amadeus IT Consulting and Solutions. Breaking Travel News sits down with Diane Bouzebiba following her recent appointment as managing director of Amadeus UK & Ireland to discuss the future of global distribution systems, multi-channel strategies, the arrival of ‘Generation Y’ and much more.
Amadeus launches new User Interface
Amadeus has launched its new User Interface and has also presented its mobile booking application. The online corporate travel booking tool, Amadeus e-Travel Management, used by over 6,000 corporations in 59 markets, helps corporations reduce costs and gain total control of every aspect of the corporate travel process.
airberlin adopts Amadeus Ancillary Services
airberlin has adopted Amadeus Ancillary Services to distribute its ancillary offering to travel agencies, as well as through its website and other channels, including call centres and ticket offices. The solution now enables Amadeus travel agents in Germany, Austria and Switzerland to sell additional luggage, preferred seats and meals using Electronic Miscellaneous Document and helping them provide a more customised service to travellers.
Amadeus and Qantas extend content deal
Amadeus and Qantas, the flag carrier of Australia, have announce the extension of a long-term, full content agreement that guarantees the tech giant’s users worldwide access to the carrier’s full range of fares, inventory and schedules. Travel professionals using the Amadeus system will continue to have access to the airline’s domestic and international schedules, fares, and last seat availability through the Amadeus system under the same conditions as those offered through the airline’s website qantas.com and other distribution channels.
New faces at tech giant Amadeus as Sinclair-Barnes takes over marketing brief
Amadeus IT Group has announced the appointment of Rob Sinclair-Barnes as UK & Ireland director of marketing. He will be based at Amadeus’ UK head office in Crawley.
Amadeus Offers to speed up booking process
Amadeus has introduced a tool which automates the processing and presentation of multiple itinerary proposals to clients. The product, called Amadeus Offers, is available to agents in North America.
BA signs up for Amadeus’ Passenger Revenue Accounting
Amadeus has announced British Airways has become the first airline to sign for its new Passenger Revenue Accounting solution. BA will benefit from Amadeus’ user-friendly, web-based system, which employs state-of-the-art technology in order to transform revenue accounting from a labour-intensive task to a fast, flexible strategic function.
Amadeus opens new data centre
Amadeus, a leading travel technology partner and transaction processor for the global travel and tourism industry, today announces the opening of a new ‘energy annexe’ on the site of its existing global data processing centre in Erding near Munich in Germany.
Jet Airways inks deal with Amadeus
Jet Airways will implement the Amadeus Ticket Changer solution, allowing travel agencies in India to change and modify flight bookings. Amadeus Ticket Changer is designed to automatically manage the necessary calculations to reissue a ticket, and to store the results in the correct ticketing formats.
Lotus Tours partners with Amadeus
Lotus Tours, a leading Hong Kong travel service provider and ticketing wholesaler, has signed entered into a ten-year partnership with Amadeus. The partnership will provide Lotus a competitive advantage in Hong Kong, with Amadeus providing customised, end-to-end IT solutions and consultancy services which will enable Lotus and its affiliated companies to streamline their work flows and automate manual tasks for improved efficiencies.