Amadeus seals long-term tie-up with Lotus Tours
Amadeus has sealed a new long-term tie-up with Hong Kong-based travel company, Lotus Tours.
The new 10-year partnership will see the travel technology company provide Lotus with customised IT solutions and consultancy services. These will include a guided booking platform, which will eliminate the need for travel consultants to memorise flight booking commands, and a new checking system that aims to boost booking quality and allow travel consultants to issue point-to-point market and GDS fare tickets.
Additionally, a corporate self-booking website will also be built, allowing corporate customers to manage their own travel arrangements, create new profiles and view past data. Transaction history will also be kept in Amadeus’ newly-developed mid-back office solution – Amadeus Travel Office Manager.
“The travel agency business has become more challenging than ever in recent years with stiff competition from direct suppliers as well as online channels. Lotus will aggressively open up new business opportunities such as cruise and new retail business models to adapt to these challenges. Introducing smarter technology solutions from Amadeus will enable us to prepare for change, streamline our workflow and automate our processes, which will be imperative to increasing productivity, expanding our business volume and market reach, and achieving our future goals,” said Patrick Kong, Deputy Chairman & CEO of Lotus Tours.