Kartikeya TripathiBased in Bangkok, he is responsible for distribution of hotels in the region via the Amadeus Global Distribution System (GDS), focussed on creating direct partnership programmes with hotel providers to enable them to get maximum exposure and volume through the GDS channel. With Amadeus since December 2003, Kartikeya was initially involved in market management for the APAC region, working closely with customers in Australia, Japan, Philippines and India. From there, he moved on to become a head of sales for Amadeus corporate solutions in APAC, dealing directly with corporate end-customers on building IT solutions to facilitate and automate travel management processes.