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Amadeus chosen by travel agents as preferred Global Distribution System for hotel booking platform at ATM 2012

Dubai-UAE: 05 May, 2012 - Amadeus, a leading travel technology partner and transaction processor for the global travel and tourism industry, has emerged as the technology provider of choice for the hotel booking platform in the MENA region, according to a poll conducted among travel professionals at Arabian Travel Market, the region's leading travel and tourism trade show.

The selection came following a session entitled 'How to fully utilise the GDS' during which the various global distributors presented their respective solutions to the audience.

Nasser Batha, Regional Director Markets, Middle East and North Africa, Amadeus, delivered a presentation on Amadeus Content Store, an innovative solution to provide travel agencies in the MENA region with cohesive access to over 150,000 hotel properties worldwide sourced from region's leading hotel aggregators at very attractive rates.

Integrated in Amadeus Selling Platform, the solution's single screen access allows agents to save a large portion of their time otherwise spent searching multiple websites and systems for best options and prices. The adoption of the solution by agents helps travel agency partners achieve increased hotel bookings that in turn translate into higher sales for the agency.

Amadeus is the technology provider of choice for the travel industry and is currently present in the MENA region through 17 local Amadeus Commercial Organisations (ACOs) servicing 21 countries.

For more information on Amadeus Content Store, please visit the microsite: www.amadeus.com/contentstore

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About Amadeus
Amadeus is a leading transaction processor and provider of advanced technology solutions for the global travel and tourism industry.

Customer groups include travel providers (e.g. airlines, hotels, rail, ferries, etc.), travel sellers (travel agencies and websites), and travel buyers (corporations and individual travellers).

The group operates a transaction-based business model and processed more than 947 million billable travel transactions in 2011.

Amadeus has central sites in Madrid (corporate headquarters), Nice (development) and Erding (operations - data processing centre) and regional offices in Miami, Buenos Aires, Bangkok and Dubai. At a market level, Amadeus maintains customer operations through 73 local Amadeus Commercial Organisations covering 195 countries.

Amadeus is listed on the Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao and Valencia stock exchanges and trades under the symbol "AMS.MC". For the year ended December 31 2011, the company reported like-for-like revenues of €2,707 million and EBITDA of €1,039 million. The Amadeus group employs around 10,000 people worldwide, with 123 nationalities represented at the central offices.

To find out more about Amadeus please go to www.amadeus.com

To visit the Amadeus Investor Relations centre please go to www.investors.amadeus.com

For further information please contact:
APCO Worldwide
Tara Basrur
Tel: +971 4 3613596
Mob: +971 50 4692774
e-mail: tbasrur@apcoworldwide.com

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