SUBCONTINENT Mated Ticketing Solutions for the Partners Have Been the Integral Part in to Be a Significant Value-Add in the Indian Travel Agent Community
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EVENTS USHERING IN THE AUTOMATION ERA THE LAUNCH OF AUTOMATED TICKET PRINTING madeus and Air Sahara re- productivity enhancement and time commitment to continuously innovate cently announced at a press saving for the travel agent. Addressing new ways for offering increased value to A conference the inking of a the press conference Mr. Uttam Kumar the travel agent community.” unique partnership to deliver Auto- Bose, CEO, Air Sahara said, “Travel “I can foresee, automated ticketing SUBCONTINENT mated Ticketing Solutions for the partners have been the integral part in to be a significant value-add in the Indian travel agent community. A key our airlines turnaround. We continuously direction of enabling travel agents to in- deliverable in this partnership will be the work towards ensuring that our travel crease productivity by focusing on their installation of the Amadeus Automated partners grow with us.” He further core competencies and thereby offer greater Ticket Printers at the travel agency added, “In today’s competitive scenario, value to the end traveller.” Added locations, which will be delivered free of technology plays a vital in defining Mr. Bhatia. cost to travel agents across the country in the edge and today’s announcement The automated ticket printing also a phased manner. with Amadeus is another step in that facilitates the generation of MIS reports Designed to offer invincible value to direction.” for the airline including Airline Sales the travel agents, the Amadeus Auto- Elaborating on the Amadeus-Sahara Reports which lists the entire gamut of mated Ticket Printer is a Windows based partnership, Mr. Ankur Bhatia, Manag- sales information for a particular application that interfaces with the ing Director, Amadeus Indian subcon- period. Agency Sales Reports which list Amadeus system and automates the tinent said, “We share a long and suc- all airline sales made by a specific user printing of tickets. This enables the travel cessful association with Air Sahara which and statistical charts which display the agent to edit the ticket, save it in a local marks our joint quest for designing and information in a reader friendly dia- database and preview it before printing. delivering unique travel solutions for grammatic format. Easy access to this Elimination of manual intervention in the travel agents. Our partnership with critical sales data allows the airline to the ticketing process results in Air Sahara today adds a new dimension better control planning cycles and build minimisation of errors coupled with to this relationship and reiterates a joint efficiencies. • Amadeus rocks Kathmandu • Cosmic Air signs agreement with Amadeus • Amadeus and Gulf Air Workshop 18 19 SUBCONTINENT SUBCONTINENT AMADEUS ROCKS KATHMANDU he year 1996 saw the comm- content. With Nepalese food, dance Hyatt for the Annual Awards encement of Amadeus oper- and music filling the day it was a feast ceremony. With the poolside as the T ations in Nepal through its to the eyes as it was for the belly. The backdrop, the cream and gold thematic offices in Kathmandu. Since then, dance floor at all times was full of party with glittering lights illuminating Amadeus has come a long way in people each in an attempt to showcase the gardens, flowing music, capturing a major portion of the their talents off their official premises. sumptuous spread of food and drinks market share. The Amadeus principle Interspersed between lucky draws the all added to the flavour of the slick being: the only way to truly understand Amadeus team made sure that each awards night. a culture of a country is to be a part of one carried back with them memories Mr. Karun Budhraja, Senior it holds true of this market too. The of this unforgettable picnic. Manager Corporate & Marketing Amadeus picnic hosted for travel agents Reliability and connectivity are the Communications handed over award in Nepal too was aimed to bring two pillars on which the success of plaques to the top ten agents for their together the entire industry in a relaxed our technology rests. Indicative of this allegiance to their preferred CRS and environment to meet and interact is the 80% market share that Amadeus for their outstanding productivity on amidst hours and hours of non-stop fun. commands in this region. In keeping the Amadeus system. The Park Village resort nestled in with the Amadeus tradition, the With an audience of around 300 the outskirts of Kathmandu had over evening saw another impressive people for the evening as well, both 300 professionals from various travel gathering this time of travel agency the events have left the Nepal market agency outfits enjoy to their hearts owners and directors at the plush Hotel rocking for sometime to come. 20 21 SUBCONTINENT COSMIC AIR SIGNS EXCLUSIVE PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT WITH AMADEUS The first domestic carrier in Nepal signs agreement for distribution madeus India, recently telecommunication costs.” announced the signing of an Elaborating on the agreement, Ms. Aexclusive agreement with Shrestha, said, “For Cosmic Air it is Cosmic Air Cosmic Air, Nepal’s premier domestic extremely important to assure an opti- carrier. The agreement, which is signed mal distribution level worldwide. We Cosmic Air commenced operations in 1998 with two helicopters. The under the “Amadeus Participating are pleased to participate in a global organisation has grown to include four PROVIDERS Carrier Agreement”, would allow distribution system as comprehensive Dornier and two SAAB aircraft. To- Cosmic Air to make available and sell as Amadeus. With this new alliance we day, Cosmic Air flies from its base in Kathmandu to Pokhara, Jomsom, its inventory to the desktops of over will be able to promote more traffic Biratnagar, Bharatpur, Bhadrapur, 60,000 travel agencies in around 200 within Nepal and this would also help Bhairahawa, Nepalgunj, Tumlingtar, countries. us to sell our seats the world over Simava and Dhanghadi on a daily The contract was signed between without having to set up our own schedule basis. It also flies to almost any local destination on charter basis Mr. Ankur Bhatia, Managing Director infrastructure.” on the MI helicopters. In a short Amadeus Indian subcontinent and Ms. With its country offices headquartered span of 5 years, Cosmic Air has Madhavi Shrestha, Executive Director, in Kathmandu, 180 travel agents across grown rapidly due to its proactive Cosmic Air. Speaking on the occasion Nepal are connected to the Amadeus management, market foresight, trained and capable staff and the vast expe- Mr. Bhatia said, “This participation Central System. Amadeus has a fully rience of its founders in the travel would enable Cosmic Air’s informa- functional office with a dedicated team to industry of Nepal. Cosmic Air looks tion, scheduled, fares and itineraries to assist the travel agents with a wide range forward to the future with confidence and enthusiasm in exploring new ter- be accessible and bookable at more than of travel solutions. Amadeus is the ritories and expanding its services 200,000 agency terminals worldwide. To leading Global Distribution System in even further. More information on be able to access and book Cosmic Air Nepal with a market share of more Cosmic Air is available on: electronically will save them time and than 70%. www.cosmicair.com • Amadeus: More low fare carriers available AMADEUS AND GULF AIR WORKSHOP - BANGLADESH • Amadeus to supply Finnair with new generation IT Systems madeus and Gulf Air hosted soon. Speaking in the occasion Mr. • Amadeus and Gulf Air Workshop a joint workshop on Reser Mansur said, “I am glad that Amadeus A vation System for the Gulf is coming forward with good programs • Amadeus installs printers for automated ticketing Air Top Ten agents in Dhaka to en- and workshops with full enthusiasm and • GGAIRS2 Page Updated hance Gulf Air booking in Amadeus in making the agent, Airline, GDS tri-pad April 2003. The workshop was orna- work so well.” He added,” These initia- • GGAIRACINDIA Page Updated mented with Gulf Air staff Mr. Manzur tives encourages agents as well as the Jalil- Reservation / Ticketing Control- airlines to work for better performance.” • Amadeus trains Virgin Atlantic Staff ler, Mr. Jasim Uddin- Supervisor Reser- Day-by-day airlines are getting more alert • Amadeus & Air Sahara Exclusive tie-up vation & Ticketing, Mr. Jamal A. Zaeed- about GDSs costing and wastage bills. Manager Marketing & Sales and top eight Gulf Air is now assured that Amadeus • Air Seychelles now supports Negotiated Space Amadeus agents of Gulf Air. Mr. Gulf Air quoted the interactive seat map will help Gulf Air to reduce wastage bill Mustafa Kemal Country Manager for to be ‘the Best seat map’ he has ever if agents are using their Amadeus sys- • Amadeus new airlines on Record Return Amadeus in Dhaka inaugurated the seen in any Airline reservation system tem. Mr. Kemal thanked the Gulf Air workshop. Few of the Amadeus prod- or GDSs. In the discussion on UC and the agents for attending the work- • New airlines of Nego Space ucts amused the Airline and flights Gulf Air assured that this facility shop and giving us their valuable time • Amadeus Joint Promotions Mr. Zaeed Manager Marketing and Sales would be closed for other GDSs very in a daily busy schedule. 22 23.