“Adding Profit and Adding Value – How?”

Free seminar for business travel agents, 16th July, hosted by Amadeus and Accor Hotels

London, 4 July 2003:Amadeus and Accor Hotels are hosting a free seminar for business travel agents on Wednesday 16th July at the Novotel London City South. The morning event will feature presentations from travel industry executives as well as an open panel discussion on industry issues. Business travel agents attending the industry seminar will discuss ways to increase profits, while at the same time adding value in order to ensure long-term business success.

Seminar Programme
09:45 Registration
10:00-10:20 Adding value through strategic use of technology – Arnaud Debuchy, MD Amadeus UK
10:20-10:40 Adding profit by looking beyond the clouds – Chris Crowley, director of corporate sales UK/Ireland Accor
10:40-11:00 A guest business travel agent
11:00- 12.00 Open panel Discussion

Venue: Novotel London City South

Entry is strictly by invitation only and space is limited. To reserve a place, please send your name and company name via email to [email protected] or telephone Linda Down on 0870 990 7802

Notes to editors

Amadeus Global Travel Distribution (MAD: AMS)

Amadeus is the leading global distribution system (GDS) and technology provider, serving the marketing, sales and distribution needs of the world’s travel and tourism industries.

Its comprehensive GDS data processing centre serves 63,940 travel agency locations and more than 9,900 airline sales offices, which together total more than 272,980 points of sale located in over 200 markets worldwide.

Through the Amadeus GDS, travel agencies and airline offices are able to make bookings with 466 airlines, representing more than 95 per cent of the world’s scheduled airline seats. The system also provides access to 62,520 hotels, 47 car rental companies serving some 24,760 locations, and other provider groups including: ferry; rail; cruise; insurance and tour operators.

Amadeus is a leading application service provider (ASP) to the airline industry.

134 airlines use the Amadeus Sales System in their offices to provide passengers with superior and seamless service at optimal cost.

Amadeus’s new generation of Passenger Service Systems, which include all IT systems associated with inventory management and departure control, will be implemented by British Airways, Qantas and Finnair.

e-Travel, Amadeus’s e-commerce business unit, is global leader in online travel technology and corporate travel management solutions. It powers the Web pages of 887 travel agencies, 255 corporate sites, 18 hotel sites and 139 web sites serving 50 airlines.

Amadeus is headquartered in Madrid, Spain and quoted on the Madrid, Paris and Frankfurt stock exchanges. For the year ended 31 December 2002, the company reported revenues of EUR 1856m and net income of EUR 148.6m. The Amadeus data centre is in Erding (near Munich), Germany and its principal development offices are located in Sophia Antipolis (near Nice), France. The company has some 5,200 employees worldwide.

More information about Amadeus is available at: www.amadeus.com or www.amadeusuk.com

For further information please contact:

Amadeus UK
Rob Golledge
T: 0870 990 7851
F: 0870 990 9299
E: [email protected]
W: www.amadeusuk.com

Amadeus Press
Bridget Agnew / Anya Velzeboer
Financial Dynamics
T: 020 7269 7219/7174
F: 020 7831 8438
E: [email protected]