Amadeus in the Asia-Pacific region has a new leader, as Albert Pozo is appointed President of the region.
The announcement comes only hours after the technology company revealed the acquisition of Netherlands-based Itesso, a provider of cloud-native property management systems.
Albert, who takes office from 3 August 2015, will direct Amadeus’ corporate strategy for Asia Pacific, focusing on distribution and new business areas such as rail, hotel, payments and venture investments.
Amadeus IT Group, Senior VP of Distribution, Holger Taubmann, said Asia Pacific has been a priority region for the company for years and Albert’s appointment will build on the strong business momentum.
“Albert is a dynamic leader, bringing to Asia Pacific a wealth of experience with global customers and from diverse geographies such as Europe, Middle East and Africa.”
Holger Taubmann, Amadeus IT Group Senior VP of Distribution
“I have every confidence that with his passion, drive and customer-focused approach he will play a critical role in further growing our position as a market leader.”
Meanwhile, Amadeus today also announced the expansion of its hotel offering with the acquisition of Netherlands-based Itesso BV, a provider of cloud-native property management systems (PMS).
With its new cloud-native Itesso Enterprise Lodging System (Itesso ELS), the company is leading the industry towards a new generation of property management solutions. Itesso also currently provides PMS technology to 1,800 properties worldwide.
This deal brings Amadeus closer to its vision of bringing together systems known today as Central Reservation Systems (CRS), Property Management Systems (PMS), Revenue Management Systems (RMS), Sales & Catering and others, into a cloud-based community model platform which is fully centered around the guest experience.
This will enable the simplicity of a tightly integrated solution which shares data from all primary hotel applications to give a single view of the guest, and full visibility and control of the business across brands, groups and properties.
Customers can subscribe to the full offering, or individual applications for specific use cases, which can plug into hotel proprietary or third party systems – all backed by award-winning customer service and an ‘easy-to-do-business-with’ mentality.
“Property management technology is a critical component of our strategy and we assessed numerous options to extend our capabilities in this area.”
Paco Perez-Lozao, Amadeus Senior VP of New Businesses
“It was critical that we found a company with the right expertise that was focused on customer success and shared our vision.
“We believe we have a great cultural fit with Itesso. Their technology stands out, and as a cloud-native PMS can be tightly integrated with our overall offering.”