2. Company Profile:
-As a travel tycoon Amadeus provides the technology, which keeps the
travel sector moving - from initial search to making a booking, from pricing
to ticketing, from managing reservations to managing check-in and
departure processes.
-Serving with the world’s best Known technology providers such as Qantas,
Finnair, Iberia, AMEX, Carlson Wagonlit, TUI, Siemens, IBM, and Lufthansa.
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4. Founder Profile
Amadeus was originally created as a neutral global distribution
system (GDS) by Air France, Iberia, Lufthansa and Scandinavian
Airlines system in 1987 in order to connect provider’s content with
travel agencies and consumers in real time. The creation of
Amadeus intended to offer an European alternative to Sabre
(computer System) an American GDS (global distribution system). It
is a worldwide computerized reservation network that would use a
single point of access to connect with travel agencies and
consumers to provide real time search, pricing, booking, ticketing,
and other processing solutions.
5. Founder Profile
Jose Antonio Tazon Garcia:
-Joined the company in
1987
-Served as the President
and Chief Executive Officer
at Amadeus IT from
October 1990 to November
2008. Currently is part of
the Board of Directors
since 2008, and is a
Chairman since 2009
-A telecommunications
engineer
-Studied at Universidad
Politecnica de Madrid
8. Main Products
Amadeus provides travel technology solutions to
help travel professionals (travel agencies, hotels,
airlines, airports, car rental companies, railways,
ground handlers…) serve their customers better.
9. Customer Profile
-Amadeus joins up the key players in the travel industry so that they can
connect to their customers and sell to new ones, wherever they are in the
world.
Airlines, Airports, Car rental companies, cruise lines, Ferry operators,
Ground handlers, Hotels, Insurance Companies, Railways, Tour Operators,
Travel media companies.
12. International Presence
195 countries served by Amadeus and its 70 local Amadeus Commercial
Organizations (ACOs).
14,251 employees work in the Amadeus group worldwide, representing 118
nationalities worldwide.
Amadeus has more than 700 employees in North America; 10,000
employees work for the Amadeus global organizations. Our people are highly
skilled, have broad cultural experience and Language skills. Our workforce is
made up of 123 nationalities.
