9 Copyright 2005 Amadeus Global Travel Distribution /9ĥ 1 - Introduction Amadeus Pro Printer is a mandatory component for customers that use Amadeus Central Ticketing on Amadeus platforms and require host data to be driven to or received from a remote device or application such as a printer, a back-office software or a virtual device. The main role Amadeus Pro Printer is to print Tickets and Documents: Tickets (Air, Rails, etc ) can be printed on ATB and OPTAT printers. Documents (Invoices, Itineraries, Vouchers, Hardcopies) can be printed on generic/broadcast printers. Amadeus Pro Printer may be associated with Amadeus Vista and other Front Office disk based products (Tempo and Concerto). Pro Printer may also be used as a stand alone product for following reason: API clients: for the A.I.R transmission and integration in client back office applications STP: to handle Satellite Ticket Printers in offices of Travel Agencies Customers. Copyright 2004 Amadeus Global Travel Distribution /9Ħ 2 - Design overview and main functions The left side boxes are the input components which allow Pro Printer to receive data from external applications that may be located either on Amadeus Central System (via the front ends) or on other Provider s hosts (e.g. The right side boxes are the output components which allow Pro Printer to send data to connected devices (e.g.
In case of Tickets and documents generated by Amadeus Central System, they are sent as printing messages form the Central Ticketing application and then transmitted to Pro Printer via a DDIP server (Document Distribution over IP).
The Pro Printer software gives the print message to the document printer. After print out a response message is send back to Central system. Note that in case of ATB2 or OPTAT 2 ways, stock control is handled by Pro Printer before sending the print message. Pro Printer is most commonly used with the Amadeus Pro front office products but may be installed as a stand alone product, for example in a Travel Agency back office to receive AIRs or in the offices of a Client of a Travel Agency to offer an STP standard solution. Topline financial metrics for the business are both up by double-digits - revenue increased 14.5% to €3,912.7 million with EBITDA up 12.2% to €1,465.4 million.įor more information, click here for a video interview with Luis Maroto and an infographic and for links to the press release, presentation and 2015 Management Review.ATB1, ATB2, OPTAT 1 or 2 ways, broadcast printers.Ĭopyright 2004 Amadeus Global Travel Distribution /9ħ 3 - Product Features and Benefits Main Features To achieve it s essential function: printing of all Tickets and Documents delivered by Amadeus Central Systems, Amadeus Pro Printer features are: Support of all printer types commonly used to print Tickets and other documents, i.e. Smaller deals completed during the year were an €8.2 million deal for Dutch leisure travel tech business Pyton and €13 million on North American airport specialist AirIT. Itesso, a cloud-based property management system, cost it €32.7 million.
The biggest spend was €63.3 million cash on Hotel Systems Pro, a US-based sales, catering and maintenance software provider. Other Amadeus IT plays are mentioned - its hospitality IT unit is very much focused on developing its next generation GRS (guest reservation system) with InterContinental Hotels, "uniting systems known today as Central Reservation Systems (CRS), Property Management Systems (PMS), Revenue Management Systems (RMS), Sales & Catering and others, into a cloud-based platform which is fully centered around the guest experience".ĬEO Luis Maroto told analysts on the call that IHG will start using certain elements of the platform in 2017.Įlsewhere, the 2015 Management Review reveals how much Amadeus spent on the various businesses it acquired during the year, the biggest two feeding into its hospitality IT ambitions. At the start of this year it completed the €766.5 million acquisition of Navitaire, which will add some 490 million to the passengers boarded number in 2016.
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