Organizations which are part of Amadeus

Amadeus' industry leadership comes with the responsibility to work with multiple
stakeholders in the interest of the travel industry at large. The travel and tourism
industry is becoming an increasingly strategic sector for the economies of most
countries.

Amadeus Industry Affairs works with public and private stakeholders and organizations
across the global travel industry to build a common agenda based on the principles of
neutrality and transparency, fair competition and respect for society around us. At an
industry level, Amadeus is represented indirectly through our membership of the
European Technology and Travel Services Association (ETTSA) and the US Travel
Technology Association (TravelTech). ETTSA and TravelTech represent the indirect
distribution industry on regulatory and industry matters in the EU and the US,
respectively.

The organizations which are part of the Amadeus GDS affects the Amadeus system in a
few ways. First, it helps to support and maintain the system. Second, it provides data
that is used by the system to help make booking processes more efficient. Finally, being
part of the Amadeus GDS gives organizations access to a global distribution network
that can reach millions of travelers around the world. This includes airlines, hotels, travel
agencies, and other types of businesses. Amadeus’ clients are travel operators (airline
companies, hotels, rail and ferry companies, etc.), travel vendors (travel agencies and
websites) and trip purchasers (companies and travelers). Amadeus’ payment system is
based on transactions. Today, it powers more than 260 websites for 100 airlines located
in every corner of the globe.

The company’s main sites are in Madrid (Corporate), Nice (Development) and Erding
(Data processing center). Regional offices are located in Miami, Buenos Aires, Bangkok
and Dubai. On a commercial level, Amadeus has 73 local commercial organizations
looking after clients in 195 countries.
 ETTSA
EU travel tech (formerly The European Technology and Travel Services
Association - ETTSA) was launched in 2009 to represent and promote the
interests of global distribution systems (GDSs) and travel distributors towards all
relevant European stakeholders from industry to policymakers.

The Travel Tech series of conferences bring together hotels, OTAs and
hospitality technology companies to learn about operational technology and
obtain actionable insights on how to leverage recent innovations to speed up
travel recovery worldwide.

 ECTAA was founded in 1961 at Bad Kreuznach (Federal Republic of Germany) by

the national associations of travel agents and tour operators of the 6 founding
Member States of the Common Market. Other national associations joined
ECTAA with the successive enlargements of the European Union.

ECTAA is recognized in Brussels by industry and decision-makers alike as the

main representation of both Travel Agents and Tour Operators and is an
esteemed consultation partner on any policy that may have an impact on Travel
Agents’ and Tour Operators’ activities

 WTTC
Since the initial discussions between industry CEOs in the late 1980s about
establishing a forum for business leaders in Travel & Tourism to the way it is
today, WTTC has had many achievements, and its role & activities grown
significantly. But its core mission remains the same - to raise awareness of the
full economic and social impact and potential of Travel & Tourism.
 The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is the United Nations agency
responsible for the promotion of responsible, sustainable and universally
accessible tourism.
As the leading international organization in the field of tourism, UNWTO
promotes tourism as a driver of economic growth, inclusive development and
environmental sustainability and offers leadership and support to the sector in
advancing knowledge and tourism policies worldwide.

 ETC The European Travel Commission is an association of National Tourism

Organizations based in Brussels. It was created in 1948 to promote Europe as a
tourist destination to long-haul markets outside of Europe, originally the US and
later Canada, Latin America and Asia-Pacific.