My Elevator Pitch: Michael Short
My Elevator Pitch is a series of blog posts that asks the Amadeus UK Management Team “What Makes Amadeus Different”? Today’s post comes from Michael Short, Director of Customer Experience UK & IE....
View ArticleGet Yourself Connected
According to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, a 5 tier pyramid of what motivates our human needs, our most basic requirement is for physical survival, with a need to reach self-fulfilment and personal...
View ArticleMeet Tiffany…she has a passion for fashion
Successful businesses are usually those that aren’t afraid to take risks and stand out for doing something different. A sense of passion is a common characteristic for companies like this too, a...
View ArticleFree Download: 2015 European Business Travel and Expense Analysis Report
What’s keeping CFOs awake at night? According to a recent Deloitte survey of UK Chief Financial Officers, a big focus is on cost reduction and how to achieve it. With Travel and Expense often cited as...
View ArticleDistribution Matters
I had the privilege of addressing the audience at the GTMC’s domestic conference in London at the beginning of November. Over the summer, there has been a lot of debate around the value of indirect...
View ArticleHow Amadeus creates relationships that last
I am both lucky and proud to be part of a great team at Amadeus UK. We have real experts in their fields and people with a real passion and drive to do the right thing for our customer partners. We...
View ArticleThere’s only runway to keep coffee frothy
I can still remember the first time I ever set foot in an airport almost 40 years on. It was 1976. Elton John and Kiki Dee were trying not to go breaking each other’s hearts. Elsewhere the country was...
View ArticleTo meta or not to meta, that is the question?
Is it enough these days to just push your product via a meta search site? Some say yes and let’s face it, the analytics we have access to show they definitely get traffic to your site. And with a 1%...
View ArticleGreetings from Champa – My first 30 days
Please allow me to introduce myself as the Managing Director for Amadeus UK & Ireland taking over from Diane Bouzebiba. As some of you know, I am new to Amadeus, but I am not new to travel. I...
View ArticleStudy indicates large portion of UK travellers open to taking their first cruise
The growth of the cruise market over the last decade presents a golden opportunity for travel sellers and cruise providers, and our latest study supports this notion with a survey indicating that 52%...
View ArticleWhat disguise does your superhero wear?
Surely everyone wants to be a superhero. I’ve always dreamed of being Superman, or Spiderman, or Daredevil, or even just being able to perform some of those great jumps that Keanu Reeves “does” in The...
View ArticleAmadeus UK appoints Champa Magesh to Managing Director for Amadeus UK & Ireland
Amadeus are delighted to announce that it has hired Champa Magesh as Managing Director for UK and Ireland, effective 01 June 2015. Champa will be based at Amadeus UK’s head office at Gatwick Airport,...
View ArticleJoin Amadeus for an ITT Masterclass: Shaping the Future of Connected Travel...
Smartphone adoption among air travellers is now at a very high 76% and mobile commerce is increasingly becoming a part of consumer habits, setting the scene for an explosion of mobile travel sales by...
View ArticleHow mobile is changing the face of travel
Posted By Diane Bouzebiba, managing director of Amadeus UK and Ireland The arrival of the internet delivered what was arguably the biggest revolution in travel since low-cost air travel. And now, with...
View ArticleIntelligent Airports of the Future
Posted by Volker Lorenz (General Manager, Amadeus Ireland) In the golden era of travel, getting there used to be half the fun. But for many, today’s travel experience can be more akin to endurance than...
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