Newsletter
December 2006
December 2006
EDITORIAL
TECHNOLOGY-TRENDS & SOLUTIONS
DISTRIBUTION
- Simplifying the global market for hotels: interview with Pierre Matuchet, Amadeus
- WORLDHOTELS: Driving better relationships with travel agencies via the BAR program
- Commission Management: Strengthening the bond between hotels and travel agents
REVENUE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (RMS)
- RMS: The future in your hands
- Royal Plaza on Scotts, Singapore: Harnessing five-star intelligence makes a big difference on the bottom line
- Demystifying RMS: The inside story
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (PMS)
WHAT'S GOING ON AT AMADEUS?

Amadeus figures at a glance
- Employees dedicated to hospitality: 410
- Distribution customers: 70,327 hotel properties
- BAR program customers: 76 chains enrolled representing over 17,000 properties
- RMS customers: nearly 1000 properties in 35 countries
- PMS: over 1700 properties in 70 countries
Figures on the Amadeus organisation, locations, providers available, and our revenue & bookings.
Amadeus organisation & worldwide presence
| Number of markets |
217 |
| Employees |
7,161 |
Amadeus calculates its worldwide presence based on the list of territories published by the International Organization for Standardization.
Locations
| Travel agency locations (figure for end of August) |
81,614 |
| Airlines sales office locations |
26,104 |
| Car rental locations |
35,708 |
Providers available
| Airlines storing flight schedules in Amadeus |
777 |
| Airlines bookable |
482 |
| Amadeus Altéa Reservation airlines |
149 |
| Car rental companies |
43 |
| Hotel properties |
70,328 |
| Cruise lines |
17 |
Over 70 of the world's leading airlines use the Amadeus e-Travel Airline Suite to power over 250 websites in more than 80 markets
Revenue and bookings
|
Bookings |
Growth |
Revenues
|
Growth | |
| 1999 |
372 |
5.1 |
1,356.1 |
14.5 |
|
2000 |
394 |
6.0 |
1,563.6 |
15.3 |
|
2001 |
386 |
(2.0) |
1,785.1 |
14.2 |
|
2002 |
396 |
2.4 |
1,856.3 |
4 |
|
2003 |
422 |
6.6 |
1,929.0 |
3.9 |
|
2004 |
454 |
7.6 |
2,056.7 |
6.6 |
|
2005 |
473 |
4.2 |
2,418.3 |
17.6 |
