DOHA: Car rental services are going high-tech with the e-voucher reservations introduced by Amadeus, a leading technology provider to the travel and tourism industry.
With the launch, Amadeus becomes the first to offer 100 percent e-vouchers to the car rental industry.
Amadeus Cars e-voucher is an electronic means of payment for car rentals. Just as the e-ticket has transformed the airline industry, the e-voucher saves car rental companies money as they no longer need to print and distribute pre-printed forms to travel agents.
Wafiq Al Wahidi, Amadeus Qatar general manager, said with the complete withdrawal of paper vouchers, Amadeus takes the lead as the technology partner for the car rental industry. "Travellers, travel agents and car rental providers in Qatar will definitely find Amadeus Cars e-voucher to be an easy, hassle-free and reliable option," Wahidi said.
The e-voucher is available in Qatar for all major rental companies, including Alamo, Avis, Europcar, Hertz, National and Sixt."
In October 1996, Amadeus was the first and only company to offer a global paper voucher solution for car rentals. Ten years later, Amadeus pioneered the launch of the e-voucher and following the path initiated by the airline industry. Today, Amadeus takes the next step forward and moves to greener, more efficient processes for travel agencies with the full withdrawal of the traditional paper vouchers.
With Amadeus Cars e-vouchers, some 99,000 travel agencies and 34,000 airline sales offices using the Amadeus system worldwide can benefit from a faster, more efficient and reliable booking process for car rental, bringing savings in terms of time and money. Amadeus Cars e-Voucher also permits a higher level of flexibility for travel agencies to accommodate last minute and same day bookings.
Amadeus Cars offers 24 global car rental companies in 36,000 rental locations in more than 250 destinations. With Amadeus Cars, car rental providers can sell their content from a single point in real-time to both online and offline travel agencies.
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