Amadeus first-half revenue exceeds EUR 1.3 billion

Amadeus’ total revenues grew by 12.7 percent to EUR 1,381.6m as the company shared its business results for the six months ending 30 June 2006.
Total bookings grew by 5.5 percent to 263.9m. Online bookings, from all providers, grew by 22.7 percent and now represent 13.9 percent of the total. The company stated that it retains its leadership position in travel agency air reservations with 30.5 percent of the worldwide market share, up 1.3 percentage points year-on-year.
So far this year, Amadeus has added 4,000 new hotels to its system, taking the total number of hotels bookable in Amadeus to over 61,000. In air content, its recent agreements include ones with US Airways, Copa Airlines, KLM, Maxjet, Paramount Airways and Vueling.
02/08/06 Eye For Travel

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