Amadeus
全球旅游分销
组员：阿衣子哈、陈敏、李林钰、姚丽娟、刘佩然、李婧玮、梁涛
GDS (Global Distribution System)
Global Distribution Systems (GDSs)
are computerized, centralized services
that provide travel-related
transactions.(交易) They cover
everything from airline tickets to car
rentals to hotel rooms and so on.
International economic globalization
& Diversified demand of tourists
Airline Company & Tour Operators
Transportation Other tourism sevices
The benefits for tourists
Most
transparent
information
Most
extensive
range of
options
Lowest
purchase
cost
Strongest
bargaining
power
GDS所包含的四大系统
GDS
Amadeu
s
Calileo
/Apollo
Sabre
Worldspan
Amadeus
Amadeus简介
Amadeus global travel distribution company is a famous
information technology company which is mainly engaged
in tourism marketing and distribution .It cooperates with
the airlines, hotels, car rentals, travel agencies and
other travel service enterprises. It provides a series of
solutions to realize the virtualization of tourism . Amadeus
system users can book a variety of travel services,have
a comprehensive understanding of the global information
of tourism service and have powerful tourism information
management tools.
Luis Maroto
Headquarters:Madrid
Spain
Data Centre：Erding Germany
Development Office：Sophia Ann Tiber
Lise
Regional Offices:Miami, Bangkok,Dubai
Company profile
公
司
概
况
总部:西班牙马德里
数据中心：德国的
埃尔丁
发展办公室：法国
的索亚安蒂波丽斯
公司在全世界有3950名员工，在曼谷、布宜
诺斯艾利斯和迈阿密设有地区办事处。公司
在全球拥有国家市场营销系统。
Social
Media
Challenge GDS
(Amadeus
)
For example: 冰岛火山爆发事件volcanic eruption in iceland
During the six days ，the grounded, stranded
passengers have used Twitter to complain to
their friends and relatives and seek other way
home through social media. Airlines also use
the Twitter to send the latest information and
guide the passengers how to change their
reservation. United Airlines and British
Airways also use Twitter to solve the
customer problems.
Whether the GDS disappear along with the emergence of
the Internet or not?
Internet.
• browse news and travel
information
• facilitate
communication, share
information
• online shopping
• learning and creation
• Entertainment (games.
Music. )
GDS
• improve one-to-
many relationships with
customers
• save the cost of
product information
maintenance
• accelerating product
innovation
• modify the wrong
trade information in time
• improve the efficiency of
logistics and reduce the cost of
logistics
• reduce settlement errors
• eliminate language barriers in
international trade
Whether the GDS disappear along with the emergence of
the Internet or not?
Conclusion:
Although the mature of the Internet brings us a lot
of convenience, GDS also benefits consumers a lot due
to the mature management system and various of
distribution methods .And GDS already have a certain
market and service experience.
Therefore, in quite a long time ,GDS is still
irreplaceable. Moreover, the GDS itself is still
evolving, including the expansion of service functions
and diversification of products. Further more ,they
are contemplating in cooperation with the Internet.
The main functions of Amadeus
For travel agents: offer the hi-tech solutions to travel agents
to make them serve their costomers better
For airlines:Airlines can use the Amadeus
system in the airport ticket center and city ticket center to
sale tickets.
For hotels:Amadeus yield management solution can
be effective to estimate the housing time of clients and how
much they need to pay.
For tourists:tourists can get comprehensive tourism
infotmation through Amadeus,including the air tickets,hotel
reservation and the weather of the destination,etc.
Amadeus与航空公司预订系统的关系
•Electronic
ticketing promotes paperless trading
and save the cost of airlines.
•Help airlines realized many
functions, including boarding formalities, seating
arrangement and generating various reports and
orders
•Support for electronic procurement,
achieve maximum efficiency
Amadeus
pas
t
now
Flight ticket sales and
resernations
1, Amadeus is in alliance with
hotel, car rental companies,
Amadeus increases the
capacity control and departure
operations in aviation ;
2, provides the travel agent
a powerful search engine.
3 provide e-commerce solutions
Why do we say that Amadeus is not the
traditional reservation and distribution tools anymore?
Why do we say that Amadeus is not the
traditional reservation and distribution tools anymore?
Conclusion:
From the above changes,we can see that
Amadeus does not play the traditional role of
providing sales and reservations anymore,it is
more mature. To satisfy the diversified needs
of customers , Amadeus is developing . It
is indicated that Amadeus is not the traditional
reservation and distribution tools
E-Travel is the electronic commerce business unit of the
Amadeus , its main business activities is in the USA, Europe
and the Asia Pacific Region.
E-Travel is a global online travel technology supplier, it
offers E-commerce solutions to airlines, enterprises, travel
agents and some other online tourism companies.
The customers of E-travel cover more than 90
countries, including Airbus, Gateway, Ingersoll Rand and Air
France, Iberia and some online travel agencies such as
Opoodo.
E-travel
The influence on business travel
For companies:
By using the e-travel, companies can easily check, approve,
process, audit and pay employee expense reports online.
Managers can remotely review employee expense reports in
detail, approving or rejecting them wherever they are.
• Increase T&E (travel and entertainment) policy compliance to
as much as 90%
•Reduce the reimbursement cycle time by two-thirds
•Decrease expense transaction costs by over 78%
For employees:
Business travelers can directly arrange their travel plans and
make reservations on their own terminal. This is convenience.
And employees can save much time by easily creating and
submitting accurate, in-policy expense reports .
