a new global distribution systemThe Amadeus Network (Amanet) goes live. It is used by travel agents to connect to the Amadeus system.travel agents begin to use the Amadeus system for bookingsAmadeus Cars and Amadeus HotelsTop Computer Reservation System (CRS) in Europewww.amadeus.netis launched, offering online airline availability and destination information. A special unit is established within Amadeus to research and develop additional online applications. We reach 300 million bookingsAmadeus Alta Customer Management SolutionWe win the contract to build the Star Alliances common IT platformchange our official name from Amadeus Global Travel Distribution to Amadeus IT GroupAmadeus makes history in online search with the introduction of the Amadeus Extreme Search conceptAmadeus announces the first customer for our flagship Hotel IT solution, Amadeus Hotel Platform - Dynamique Htels Management (DHM)Amadeus joins up the key players in the travel industry so that they can connect to their customers and sell to new ones, wherever they are in the world.

The Amadeus Data Centre is one of the worlds biggest data processing centres dedicated to the travel industry. It houses a future-oriented scalable technology based mainly on open systems and a service-oriented architecturehe more important a function the deeper inside the building it is positioned, making the whole centre all reliable as possiblePyramidprovides an optional declarative authorization system that can prevent aviewfrom being invoked based on anauthorization policy. Before a view is invoked, the authorization system can use the credentials in therequestalong with thecontextresource to determine if access will be allowedAmadeus is a truly worldwide company, present in almost every market. We are an established global leader offering world class solutions, managed and delivered with our first-hand local expertise in more than 200 markets.Big dataanalytics refers to the process of collecting, organizing and analyzing large sets of data to discover patterns and useful informationWe are committed to continuously investing in R&D and providing the expertise and added value that our customers' businesses needIndeed, Amadeus' R&D investment enables us to offer some of the most advanced, integrated and powerful business tools available in the market. In terms of R&D investment in the travel and tourism industry, we are ranked number one in Europe and are amongst the first in the worldAmadeus has had a long history of using Open Source software, whether it be the Linux operating system as part of our infrastructure, developer tools or as a part of our products.