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Amadeus Signs Another Hotel Giant to Its Enterprise Software Platform

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Photo Caption: Ilia Kostov (center) executive vice president and chief commercial officer, hospitality North America, at Amadeus, speaks with (left) William Darrah, vice president of sales North America at Amadeus talks at the HITEDC conference in Dallas on September 28, 2021, with William Darrah, (left) vice president of sales North America at Amadeus, and Skift's Sean O'Neill. Source: Skift. 

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Amadeus has waited for years for a global hotel company to buy into its next-gen central reservation system. A win could signal sales momentum among enterprise clients.

Amadeus on Tuesday revealed it had signed on an as-yet-unnamed hotel company to use its hospitality software platform. "We are going live in a few months with another major brand," said Ilia Kostov, executive vice president and chief commercial officer, hospitality North America, at Amadeus in an interview in Dallas. "When they go live, we hope to be able to disclose it." The deal could catapult the Madrid-based technology group beyond its core airlines business into being a leading player in the hotel sector it has long coveted. "It's a very interesting brand, which is helping us push the limits to even more merchandising and even more non-routine product capabilities than our previous partners have so far," said Kostov, who is head of North America sales for the company's hospitality business. Until now, only InterContinental Hotels Grou

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