Hospitality Net

"having been directly involved in the design of this new functionality, Supranational Hotels are confident that users will benefit from the enhanced data return, ensuring optimum reliability and total accuracy of rates and availability.

Essentially, Dynamic Access allows Amadeus users to retrieve real-time rates (in the form of a rate-range) and availability status directly from our own internal reservation system, and this information is displayed on the Amadeus multi-property display. This seamless data will enable agents to 'shop' for rates on a more user-friendly screen, and better define their request by using the enhanced search criteria. All of this amounts to greater data control and an end to data inconsistencies, as well as increased user confidence, and more opportunities to generate an automated booking".

"Supranational's decision to rapidly upgrade to Dynamic Access is further evidence of their timely adoption of technology to increase efficiency and maintain a competitive edge in the hospitality sector" said Stéphane Durand, Director Travel Services Partners, Amadeus. "We are confident that bringing travel agents closer to Supranational's product offer can only benefit their business".

Supranational Hotels, headquartered in London, is one of the world's largest representation company, supplying reservations, sales, marketing and technology solutions to the hotel industry. Our properties, serving both business and leisure guests, can be found in over 500 destinations worldwide. More information about Supranational Hotels is available at: www.snrhotels.com or by contacting us on supranational@supranational.co.uk.

Amadeus is the leading global distribution system (GDS) and technology provider serving the marketing, sales and distribution needs of the world's travel and tourism industries. Its comprehensive data network and database, amongst the largest of their kind in Europe, serve 59,200 travel agency locations and more than 10,400 airline sales offices in over 200 markets worldwide.

Through the Amadeus System, travel agencies and airline offices are able to make bookings with 469 airlines, representing more than 95 per cent of the world's scheduled airline seats. The system also provides access to 58,500 hotels, 50 car rental companies serving some 24,900 locations, and other provider groups including: ferry; rail; cruise; insurance and tour operators.

e-Travel, the e-commerce business unit of Amadeus and the global leader in online travel technology, provides the powerful booking engine behind the Web pages of 2,097 travel agencies, 173 corporate sites, 18 hotel sites and 128 web sites serving 39 airlines.

Founded in 1987, and fully operational from 1992, Amadeus is headquartered in Madrid, Spain. For the year ended 31 December 2001, the company reported revenues of EUR 1,785.1M and net income of EUR 132.7M. The Amadeus data centre is in Erding (near Munich), Germany and its principal development offices are located in Sophia Antipolis (near Nice), France. The company has some 3,950 employees worldwide.