Thursday, 26 April 2007

Amadeus Unveils New Features to Help Mobile Corporate Travelers

Amadeus, a provider of technology and distribution solutions for the travel and tourism industry, has unveiled a new version of Amadeus e-Travel Management (v10.1). Specific enhancements have been developed to enable travelers and travel managers to improve real-time communication using handheld wireless devices while on the move. The new features will also help travelers to further streamline their travel booking process and improve their overall user experience.

According to the company, the use of handheld devices include:

• Approval in ‘real-time’: the approval process is made quicker and more efficient, as the travel approver is able to sanction trips from handheld devices (such as BlackBerry) while away from their desks.
• Hotel Preferences: in addition to setting default preferences on smoking/non-smoking rooms, the traveler will be able to conveniently send requests, such as for early or late check-in, direct to the hotel from a handheld wireless device; this means calls to TMC call centres can be reduced as the traveler is empowered to modify their own travel arrangements as necessary.