Amadeus is a
computer reservation system (or
global distribution system, since it sells tickets for multiple airlines) owned by the
Amadeus IT Group with headquarters in
Madrid,
Spain. The central database is located at
Erding,
Germany. The major development centres are located in
Sophia Antipolis (
France),
Bangalore (
India),
London (
UK), and
Boston (
United States). In addition to airlines, the CRS is also used to book
train travel,
cruise
A cruise is any travel on a cruise ship.
Cruise or Cruises may also refer to:
Tourism
* Booze cruise
* Music cruise
* River cruise
Aeronautics and aircraft
* Cruise (aeronautics), a distinct stage of an aircraft's flight
* Aviasouz Cruise, a R ...
s,
car
A car or automobile is a motor vehicle with wheels. Most definitions of ''cars'' say that they run primarily on roads, seat one to eight people, have four wheels, and mainly transport people instead of goods.
The year 1886 is regarded as ...
rental,
ferry
A ferry is a ship, watercraft or amphibious vehicle used to carry passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A passenger ferry with many stops, such as in Venice, Italy, is sometimes called a water bus or water taxi ...
reservations, and
hotel rooms. Amadeus also provides New Generation
departure control systems to airlines. 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
The International Air Transport Association (IATA ) is a trade association of the world's airlines founded in 1945. IATA has been described as a cartel since, in addition to setting technical standards for airlines, IATA also organized tariff ...
,
OTA OTA or ota may stand for:
Art, entertainment, and media
* ''Off the Air'', an Adult Swim television series
* Otakon, an annual anime convention in Baltimore, Maryland
Electronics, science, and technology
* Ochratoxin A (also termed OTA), a mycoto ...
and
SITA. Its
IATA airline designator code is 1A.
Other major reservation systems
*
AirCore
*
Galileo
Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642) was an Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a polymath. Commonly referred to as Galileo, his name was pronounced (, ). He was ...
*iFlyRes
*
Navitaire (also owned by Amadeus)
*
Sabre
*
TravelSky
*
Worldspan
See also
*
Amadeus IT Group
*
Code sharing
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*
Passenger Name Record
References
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External links
Amadeus.com, Corporate WebsiteAmadeus.net, meta-search site to search for cheap flightsCheckMyTrip
public site for viewing reservations made through Amadeus computer reservations system.
Amadeus Hospitality Website
Computer reservation systems