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December 2006

OVERVIEW

EDITORIAL

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TECHNOLOGY-TRENDS & SOLUTIONS

DISTRIBUTION

REVENUE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (RMS)

PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (PMS)

REGIONAL SPOTLIGHT

WHAT'S GOING ON AT AMADEUS?

What's going on at Amadeus

Latest news from Amadeus
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Amadeus and PAR Springer-Miller Systems to Provide Hoteliers with combined Property and Revenue Management Solution

8 Nov 2006 - Amadeus and PAR Springer-Miller Systems (PSMS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of PAR Technology Corporation (NYSE:PTC) and the leading provider of guest-centric hospitality management systems, announced today they have entered into a technology partnership. Amadeus is interfacing its best-in-class Hotel Revenue Management System (RMS) with PSMS’ SMS|Host® Hospitality Management System to provide a comprehensive system that enables hoteliers to manage and optimize revenues across all areas of the hotel property while providing guests with the best on-property experience possible.

Amadeus adds a further 9,000 hotels, taking total to 70,000

30 Oct 2006 - Amadeus has added 9,000 properties in the six months since March this year, taking the total to over 70,000 hotel properties worldwide. Corporate and leisure travellers now have an even greater choice of city, secondary city and countryside locations to enable them to select the perfect property to meet their travel needs. The new hotels are distributed to off- and online travel agencies connected to Amadeus, including Opodo and to corporate travellers via Amadeus e-Travel Management (Aergo).

Hutchison Priceline signs technology and distribution partnership with Amadeus

26 Oct 2006 - Amadeus today announced its first pan-regional agreement with an Asian online travel agency: Hutchison Priceline. Amadeus will provide Hutchison Priceline with access to its comprehensive air, hotel and Hotel Multimedia content. Amadeus will support Hutchison Priceline in its current Asian markets: Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan, and its expansion plans.

Amadeus/ACTE Study Finds Companies Can Save Up to 45% of Travel Spend Through Implementation of Global Travel Programmes

23 Oct 2006 - Global travel management programmes are helping companies to save up to 45% on their overall travel spend. This is according to new research commissioned by Amadeus, a global leader in technology and distribution solutions for the travel and tourism industry, and the Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE) on global travel programmes.

Business travellers can now book Hertz and Sixt on Amadeus e-Travel Management via direct links

16 Oct 2006 - Amadeus announced that it has developed "Amadeus e-Direct Connect for Cars" that gives corporate travellers the option to book Hertz and Sixt via a direct link from Amadeus e-Travel Management with the desired car rental company.

Amadeus launches solution for online travel search to support airline partnerships

23 Oct 2006 - Amadeus has launched Amadeus Meta Pricer; a solution which brings quality, global air content to travel search engines (meta search engines) and helps airlines to cost-efficiently maximise their distribution..

Amadeus signs over 70 leading hotel brands to Best Available Rate programme

10 Oct 2006 - Amadeus announced that 76 hotel brands have signed up to its Best Available Rate programme since it was launched in February 2006. Participating hotels guarantee to supply Amadeus with rates that are the same or lower than those available through other distribution systems, branded websites or the hotel's own call centre.

Amadeus Altéa Reservation Desktop deployment underway with LAN Airlines

2 Oct 2006 - LAN Airlines and Amadeus have announced the first phase of deployment of Altéa Reservation Desktop for airlines, with full deployment planned for 1,500 LAN points-of-sale worldwide. Altéa Reservation Desktop is the travel industry's first browser-based selling and reservation platform and represents a significant evolution for Amadeus Altéa Reservation, the industry's only community-based sales platform.

Over 300 hotels choose Amadeus Hotel Revenue Management System since January

28 sept 2006 - Amadeus has been selected by more than 300 hotels around the world for Amadeus Hotel Revenue Management System (RMS) since January. The solution gives hotel chains and individual properties the information they need to charge the right price to the right customer at the right time. Hotels implementing the solution typically see revenue increase by at least 4% to 8%.

Finnair announces successful implementation of Amadeus Ticket Changer to deliver automated ticket change and re-issue service

27 Sept 2006 - Finnair and Amadeus announce the successful deployment of Amadeus Ticket Changer (ATC) which will allow the airline to automate the ticket change and re-issue process from any location in any currency.

Amadeus completes acquisition of TravelTainment

27 Sept 2006 - Amadeus has completed the acquisition of TravelTainment, a provider of booking engine technology in the German leisure travel market. The regulatory authority in Germany, the Bundeskartellamt, approved the transaction on 19 September. TravelTainment currently operates in Germany, Austria, Poland and the UK.

Amadeus appoints new Director for its Airline Business Group

26 Sept 2006 - Amadeus today announced the appointment of Arnaud Debuchy, as the new Director for its Airline Business Group (ABG), responsible for airline account management and sales in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America (EMEA and LA).

Icelandair switches to Amadeus' Altéa Inventory and Revenue Management System by PROS, to underpin aggressive expansion strategy

25 Sept 2006 - Icelandair has successfully cut over all its inventory and revenue management activity to an integrated platform consisting of Amadeus Altéa Inventory and Amadeus Revenue Management System by PROS.

Amadeus scoops two awards in recognition of its leading role in the travel and tourism industry

21 Sept 2006 - Amadeus has won two prestigious awards including the World's Leading Internet Booking Engine Technology Provider and the World's Leading CRS/GDS System at the annual 2006 World Travel Awards ceremony, held on 20th September. It is the third year running that Amadeus e-Travel has picked up the award for the World's Leading Internet Booking Engine Technology Provider.