Amadeus achieves 100,000 hotel properties milestone

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Amadeus has broken the 100,000 unique properties barrier through the implementation of Destinations of the World content.

The agreement with Destinations of the World (DOTW), a leading global wholesale travel company, sees Amadeus integrate hotel aggregator content whereby the travel agent issues pre-paid vouchers to travellers for their stay.

Access to this content gives travel agents greater breadth and depth of choice to drive revenues, improve cash flow efficiency and enhance servicing.

The Amadeus Selling Platform is the company’s point-of-sale solution for travel agents used at over 90,000 points of sale worldwide. With advanced Passenger Name Record (PNR) integration, bookers should find it easy to process DOTW sales because they will stay within their familiar GDS environment to search for and book this type of hotel content. The entire travel itinerary can be processed in the Amadeus system.

Commenting on the partnership, Keith Fernandez, DOTW Group Managing Director, said: “We’re very pleased with the opportunity to extend the reach of our hotel content to 90,000 Amadeus points of sale worldwide. Today we offer some 18,000 through Amadeus, and we are on target to grow this number five-fold by year-end. We are focused on servicing Amadeus customers with a comprehensive range of competitive products, supported by a seamlessly integrated booking process, and not least servicing the common need for prepaid services.”