Amadeus expanded its market share by 2.1 percentage points to reach 32.8 percent in the first quarter of 2009, making it the number one GDS in the region.

Published: 26 May 2009

Amadeus expanded its market share by 2.1 percentage points to reach 32.8 percent in the first quarter of 2009, making it the number one GDS in the region.

Travel bookings at Amadeus Asia Pacific contracted by four percent in 2008, but this decrease was comparatively less than the GDS market as a whole, which fell by seven percent. Amadeus Asia Pacific also processed more than 40 percent of all online bookings in the region, stated the company.

“The travel industry in Asia Pacific has proven in the past to be extremely resilient, recovering quickly through crises such as the SARS epidemic and natural disasters. We expect to see consistent demand for our IT even in these tough times, and bookings – online and through travel agencies – to pick up rapidly as the economy recovers,” said David Brett, President, Amadeus Asia Pacific.

In Thailand, Amadeus continued to grow by an additional one percent in 2008 to reach 76 percent. Despite the financial crisis and political unrest, arrivals in the country dipped by only 1 percent to hit 14.3 million in 2008.

Amadeus Asia Pacific has offices in 39 countries and territories in the region.