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At the races in the West of France
Engines sputtering, a strong smell of petrol in the air, excited spectators cheering on the fastest contenders…You’d almost expect to see Dastardly and Muttley (Satanas et Diabolo) with the pedal to...
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Joining forces with Iberia to help the most disadvantaged groups worldwide
Amadeus President and CEO Luis Maroto and Iberia CEO Luis Gallego (right) Early this year we unveiled a partnership with UNICEF that will enable the travel industry to raise funds by giving their...
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Amadeus donation technology is now raising funds for UNICEF with Iberia
From left to right: Luis Maroto, President & CEO of Amadeus, Iberia chief Luis Gallego, and Leila Pakkala, Director Private Fundraising and Partnerships at UNICEF Spanish carrier Iberia has just...
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Arabian Travel Market: Dubai to become magnet for international business travel
The Arabian Travel Market (ATM), the leading international travel and tourism event in the Middle East, takes place this year in Dubai from the 5th to the 8th of May. Dubai’s presence at the ATM shows...
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[Video] Ideas that move, surprise and inspire at IFTM Top Resa
The travel industry held a rendezvous in Paris this week at the International French Travel Market ( IFTM Top Resa) trade show. Amadeus France and IFTM organised the star event within Top Resa – Le Lab...
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Finnair and Amadeus enable donations at time of booking to support UNICEF
From left to right: Pekka Vauramo, CEO of Finnair; Marja-Riitta Ketola, Executive Director of the Finnish Committee, UNICEF; and Luis Maroto, President & CEO of Amadeus. You may remember that...
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ATM Dubai 2015 highlights big plans to shape the future of travel in the Gulf...
Family travel is the theme for this year’s Arabian Travel Market (ATM) in Dubai. It makes sense considering that the region’s wealthy families are increasingly making travel a high-spend priority. Some...
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UNWTO Forum at ATM spotlights technology as means to foster travel
UNWTO Secretary-General Taleb Rifai (Left) & Amadeus’ Juan Jesus Garcia, Senior Advisor, Industry Affairs, discussed the future of travel in the Middle East at ATM Dubai. Amadeus participated in...
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Report suggests Middle East online travel market set to double in next three...
The Middle East is a growing region with potential to grow even further. Its online travel market value is projected to advance from US$18 billion to US$35 billion in the next three years, according to...
View ArticleTechnology forum in Spain focuses on needs of tomorrow’s travellers
The impact of the sharing economy on the travel industry, the future of Low Cost Carriers, the profile of tomorrow’s travellers, and hints on how to better reach them and identify their needs were a...
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A leap forward in time – Future Traveller Tribes French style
Attendees at the launch of our two new studies Future Traveller Tribes 2030: Understanding tomorrow’s traveller and Building a more rewarding journey for future traveller tribes in Paris embarked on a...
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Open innovation and the art of anticipating future technology needs
Innovation lies deep within the Amadeus DNA. From 2004 until present we’ve invested €3.8 billion in technology – that’s why we were recognized by the EU Industrial R&D Investment Scorecard as the...
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Fvw Kongress: A checkup for Europe’s largest travel market
Visitors to fvw Kongress in Essen, Germany had the opportunity to take the pulse of the travel industry in Europe. The 17th edition of the leading B2B event for the German travel sector coincided with...
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Maintaining a steady heartbeat for the travel industry
The Amadeus Data Centre in Erding, near Munich, Germany, beats like the heart of the travel sector. Operational since 1990, this state-of-the-art complex, with a staff of over 800 people, boasts...
View ArticleTravel start-ups pitch their innovations at T3 Business Forum in France
Some 30 European start-ups pulled out all the stops at the T3 Business Forum for Tourism, Transport and Technology to convince a jury that their business offering deserved to jump to the next level....
View ArticleAmadeus launches Future Traveller Tribes 2030 in the Middle East
How would Muhammed Ibn Battuta, the Berber explorer from the Middle Ages, travel in 2030? Mobile technology and insights from social networks would likely take the place of his paper maps and compass....
View ArticleCorporate self-booking tools show significant growth in Spain
Believe it or not, 16% of travellers spend 80% of a company’s travel budget. This was one of the findings shared in the 2nd Technology & Innovation Observatory for Business Travel report...
View ArticleInspiring connected travellers highlighted at Exceltur Leadership Forum
The challenges and opportunities lying ahead for the travel sector worldwide were analysed at the 8th edition of Exceltur Leadership in Tourism Forum held in Madrid. Behind Exceltur, an ‘Alliance for...
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Accessible travel discussed with UNWTO and ONCE Foundation at FITUR 2016
More than 80 million people in Europe have a disability, according to the ONCE Foundation, a Spanish organisation dedicated to ensuring the social inclusion of people with disabilities, and an...
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Amadeus expands in Middle East to support local travel sector
Amadeus Gulf has inaugurated its new office in Muscat, the capital city of Oman, securing a strategic hub to engage with the fast-growing travel and tourism sector in the Sultanate. Graham Nichols, MD,...
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Travellers Click for Change and raise over €1 million for children’s projects...
Travellers increasingly want their trips to have a more positive impact on society and the environment. This is evident in the success of the growing global partnership between Amadeus, UNICEF and...
View ArticleHow innovative technology is raising donations for UNICEF
Changing children’s lives for the better has never been easier thanks to our Click for Change initiative to raise online donations for UNICEF. By empowering travellers with the option to make donations...
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Amadeus endorses the European Tourism Manifesto to invigorate the travel...
Amadeus is the first company from the private sector to endorse the recently launched Tourism for Growth and Jobs Manifesto. The Manifesto is a joint proposal that brings together Europe’s public and...
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How to make multimodal travel in Europe happen
Smoother and quicker transportation throughout Europe via intermodal connectivity is expected to be a reality by 2017/18. Transport operators and consumers are driving this change through new...
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Halal Tourism: Catering to a fast growing traveller segment
The Halal traveller segment is set to grow by 50% in volume and 35% in value in the next five years according to our latest research paper, Halal Travel 2016. These findings and more were presented at...
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Helping Halal travellers preserve their ethos while abroad
Halal travel is spreading worldwide. Just as other traveller groups demand tailor-made services, Halal travellers too are very keen on maintaining their ethos when travelling abroad. The travel...
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Door to door travel between France and Spain discussed at OUI Innov
Investors, entrepreneurs, startups, and technology providers made their proposals to disrupt the status quo and foster innovation on both sides of the Pyrenees at the OUI Innov conference. Held in the...
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Mobile having big impact on travel planning in Middle East
With Ramadan underway, travel companies serving Muslim countries should be focusing their sales efforts on mobile. According to a study by Criteo, mobile plays a crucial role in boosting online sales...
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Halal tourism is a promising opportunity for the travel industry worldwide
The number of Halal travellers is expected to grow from 117 million in 2015 to 168 million by 2020. Eventually, Halal travellers will represent 11% of the market with an expenditure projected to grow...
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Mission possible: Making tourism accessible for all
Accessible travel has become an urgent need. In response to this, the UNWTO declared 2016 the year for promoting universal accessibility. Members of the travel sector and representatives of the United...
View ArticleInvestigating carbon reporting and climate change in travel and tourism
Travellers are more concerned than ever with the effects of climate change and they increasingly expect the travel industry to share their concerns. We’ve been working with our partners to strengthen...
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Amadeus recognised on CDP Climate Change ‘A’ List
From left to right: Víctor Viñuales (Executive Director, Ecodes), Lucas Bobes (Group Environmental Officer, Amadeus IT Group), Valvanera Ulargui Aparicio (Directora General de la Oficina Española de...
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Working towards more accessible travel for people with disabilities
Alejandro Esperón, Spain’s Director for ‘Turismo para Todos’ (Tourism for all) Imagine checking-in to a hotel and finding that there’s no access ramp for your wheelchair or you cannot use the shower...
View ArticleGazing into the future of travel distribution at FITUR
The crystal balls of the tech world were out in full force as Amadeus shed light on the future of travel distribution at the FITURTECH forum, the Spanish international travel trade show held in Madrid....
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Amadeus awarded for best business practices
The 3rd edition of the KPMG and El Confidencial best business practices awards were held last week in Madrid, and Amadeus took home the award for Best Business Practices in job creation. This follows...
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Amadeus and UNICEF aim to foster social innovation through big data
Photo: ©UNICEF/UNI112005 A highly connected world inevitably has an impact on the way diseases are spread, as demonstrated by the recent Ebola and Zika epidemics. Continuously adapting to these...
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Making European tourism smarter with technology
As the European economy turns digital, new challenges for the tourism sector are emerging. The digital traveller demands new experiences, which means new products and increased connectivity. European...
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History shakes hands with future technology at Arabian Travel Market
Amadeus presented its 30-year history of innovation and its vision for the future at Dubai’s Arabian Travel Market this week. Ernesto Sanchez Beaumont, Head of Commercial Strategy and Business...
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How gamification helps Amadeus bridge cultural gaps and promote feedback
Constructive criticism helps knowledge based companies like Amadeus grow. That’s why we encourage our employees to express their opinions in an atmosphere of trust and respect. But learning the secrets...
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Accessible travel is not mission impossible
One billion travellers have accessibility needs, with many being ignored until now. Amadeus has launched a research study, ‘Voyage of discovery. Working towards inclusive and accessible travel for...
View ArticleMiddle East travel sector eager to meet challenge of digital transformation
The Amadeus Fly by Digital Summit recently held in Dubai, UAE, featured worldwide best practices to streamline the travel experience in the Middle East and North Africa. Keynote speakers from companies...
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Technology forum focuses on innovation with glimpses of the future for travel...
Travel industry decision makers in Spain gathered for the 9th edition of the Amadeus Technology Forum held in Madrid to explore the latest innovations and trends in the travel industry. The forum...
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Sustainability and changing consumer tastes lead discussion at Arabian Travel...
The Arabian Travel Market, the travel industry’s leading global event in the Middle East, celebrated its 25th anniversary in Dubai, with over 39,000 attendees. Sustainability was the theme of the year....
View ArticleHow do Middle Eastern travelers research, compare and book their journeys?
The search for value plays a crucial role in how today’s Middle East travelers research, compare and book their journeys. We co-sponsored a study, developed by InsightOut Consultancy, which was...
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Hosteltur Forum 2018 spotlights winning models for a growing industry
Travel and tourism are clearly on the rise, but how can this growth be sustained? This was a key question at the Hosteltur Forum 2018, held under the theme, “The challenge of growth: winning business...
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