Hospitality Expos - Amadeus Hotel News

Edwards, formerly Chief Information Officer and EVP Distribution of Wyndham Worldwide, joins Amadeus with a clear brief to quickly expand its burgeoning hotel division; which incorporates both distribution and IT services.

Amadeus is first to distribute HRS’s hotel content through the GDS channel, taking a major industry-level step towards efficient hotel content distribution

'From Chaos to Collaboration' research study, commissioned by Amadeus finds augmented reality, gamification, intelligent passenger records, biometrics to drive change in the next decade, heralding a new era of travel collaboration

Features an innovative business intelligence solution, Hotel Dynamic Saver, and integration of private and hotel aggregator content to finally enable ‘automation’ of all relevant hotel content at the point of sale

Over 60% of delegates confirmed that the new era of travel known as Online Travel 3.0 is indeed taking place, with the end-consumer driving innovation.

Greater integration between business and IT priorities vital to speed hotel growth in the next three years

In the Middle East, $4 trillion USD has been announced in travel and tourism projects, $86 billion USD is earmarked for airport development and $7 billion USD is being invested in hotel projects - The number of tourists to the Middle East is projected to double to 136 million by 2020 - Dubai International Airport ranked 11th in passenger traffic in 2010

Cross-Sell Your Way to Profit, developed by an independent research firm, finds third-party services are to deliver an improved passenger experience and greater revenues for airlines, hotels, cruise and rail providers

Pioneering growth and profitability trends in the travel sector

Commissioned by Amadeus, ‘Hotels 2020: Beyond Segmentation’ reveals the spectrum of choices and preferences of future guests and what this means for hotels in an era of extreme personalization and global change