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Amadeus IT Group, S.A. (/ ˌ æ m ə ˈ d eɪ ə s aɪ ˈ t iː /) is a major Spanish multinational technology company that provides software for the global travel and tourism industry. It is the world's leading provider of travel technology that focus on developing software for airlines, hotels, travel agencies, and other travel-related businesses.
Amadeus Global Travel Distribution was launched in 1992. In 1990, Delta, Northwest Airlines , and Trans World Airlines formed Worldspan , and in 1993, another consortium (including British Airways, KLM, and United Airlines , among others) formed the competing company Galileo GDS based on Apollo.
Amadeus also provides New Generation departure control systems to airlines. [1] Amadeus IT Group is a transaction processor for the global travel and tourism industry. The company is structured around two key related areas—its global distribution system and its "IT Solutions" business area. Amadeus is a member of IATA, OTA and SITA.
Today, the GDS are run by independent companies with airlines and travel agencies being major subscribers. As of February 2009, there are only a few major GDS providers in the market: Amadeus, Travelport (which operates the Apollo, Worldspan and Galileo systems), Sabre, InteliSys Aviation (which owns ameliaRES PSS) and Shares.
Navitaire is a subsidiary of Amadeus that provides technology services to the airline and rail industries. [1] [2] Its headquarters are in Minneapolis with offices in London, Manila, Salt Lake City, and Sydney. [3] It has data centers in Minneapolis, Salt Lake City, and Sydney. [4] David Evans has held the role of global managing director since ...
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GDS holds no inventory; the inventory is held on the vendor's reservation system itself. A GDS system will have a real-time link to the vendor's database. For example, when a travel agency requests a reservation on the service of a particular airline company, the GDS system routes the request to the appropriate airline's computer reservations ...
Worldspan is a provider of travel technology and content and a part of the Travelport GDS business. It offers worldwide electronic distribution of travel information, Internet products and connectivity, and e-commerce capabilities for travel agencies, travel service providers and corporations.