Amadeus ups Hong Kong presence

Mr. Timothy Russell, Director, Market Management, Amadeus Asia Ltd., said, "For the last eight years Amadeus customers have been served by a local agent. In the increasingly competitive market environment we realize that service quality will be one of the most important differentiators. After reviewing the substantial, long-term investments needed to increase our service levels we decided that establishing a wholly-owned Amadeus subsidiary would be the best way to allow us to mobilize the large amount of funds and resources necessary to fulfill our plans."

He said Amadeus hoped to grow its market share in Hong Kong behind higher service levels.

Mr. Russell said, "We appreciate the many years of good work that our local agent, TicTas Ltd., has done to build up the Amadeus presence in Hong Kong. With the end of our representation contract, we both agreed that this would be an appropriate time for Amadeus to establish its own offices in Hong Kong".

Amadeus is one of Asia's fastest growing and largest travel reservations system with a presence in 32 countries and territories in Asia Pacific, as well as almost 700 staff in the region.