Amadeus proceeded in its first pan-regional agreement with an Asian online travel agency Hutchison Priceline. Amadeus will provide Hutchison Priceline with access to its…
Amadeus proceeded in its first pan-regional agreement with an Asian online travel agency Hutchison Priceline. Amadeus will provide Hutchison Priceline with access to its air, hotel and Hotel Multimedia content. Amadeus will support Hutchison Priceline in its current Asian markets: Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan, and its expansion plans.
Hutchison Priceline plans to use the Amadeus Master Pricer suite to access flight content. Hutchison Priceline is operated by Hutchison-Priceline (Travel) Ltd, which is owned by US-based Priceline.com Inc, and the Hong Kong-based multinational conglomerate, Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. “We were very pleased by the technology offered by Amadeus,” says Tony Ma, Chief Executive Officer, Hutchison-Priceline, “and we are confident that this technology will allow us to offer our customers a better shopping experience and faster access to the best fares and rates, as we continue to build and expand our business across the Asian region.”
PhocusWright expects the Asian online travel market place to grow by 30% a year to USD25.6 billion by 2007. “Amadeus is committed to providing the best technology for online travel agents and consumers and our strategy in the online travel agency sector is to develop our success in the European market, where we have over 60% of the market, to the fast-growing Asian markets,” says Gillian Gibson, Vice President, Multinational Customer Group, Amadeus, “Clearly this partnership with one of the best names in online travel takes that commitment forward significantly.”
Vicky is the co-founder of TravelDailyNews Media Network where she is the Editor-in Chief. She is also responsible for the daily operation and the financial policy. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Tourism Business Administration from the Technical University of Athens and a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Wales. She has many years of both academic and industrial experience within the travel industry. She has written/edited numerous articles in various tourism magazines.
