CHICAGO, Amadeus, a leading travel technology partner and transaction processor for the global travel and tourism industry, today announced that Darrin Deck has joined the company as Vice President, Sales and Account Management, for its North America operations. In his new role, Deck will focus on leading and managing client relationships to deliver on the needs of Amadeus' corporate travel companies and online travel agencies in the U.S. and Canada.

Aligned with Amadeus' customer-centric approach, Deck will provide leadership in sales, marketing and delivery of products and services by leveraging Amadeus' IT capabilities and distribution services and solutions.

An industry veteran with more than 25 years in the travel and technology field, Deck brings extensive experience in corporate travel management, leisure travel fulfillment, automation, and processing. He reports directly to Vic Pynn, Executive Vice President, Americas, and is based out of Amadeus' Chicago office.

"Darrin brings extensive operational and relationship skills that will greatly support Amadeus' focus on building preferred IT partnerships. This will enable us to help our customers successfully drive their business through impactful technology solutions," said Pynn.

Pynn added that Deck especially brings extensive experience and expertise in data management, an area of growing interest in the travel sector and a focus for Amadeus in helping customers achieve their business objectives.

Deck held several positions at TRX since 2002, including Vice President and General Manager of Transaction Processing, with a scope that spanned all transaction processing and product services in the U.S., Europe, and India. In his most recent position at TRX as Vice President of Product Operations, Deck was responsible for all operations across all product lines, including transaction processing, on-line booking and data management businesses. Deck also served as Senior Director of Global Operations. During his tenure at TRX, Deck led the creation of TRX's Global Task Management System, the launch of TRX's India location and the redevelopment of the CORREX Processing Platform.

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Notes to the editors:

Amadeus is the leading transaction processor and provider of advanced technology solutions for the global travel and tourism industry. Customer groups include travel providers (e.g airlines, hotels, rail, car rental, ferries, etc.), travel sellers (travel agencies and websites), and travel buyers (corporations and individual travelers).

The group operates a transaction-based business model and processed more than 670 million billable travel transactions in 2009.

Amadeus has central sites in Madrid (corporate headquarters and marketing), Nice (development) and Erding (Operations -- data processing center) and regional offices in Miami, Buenos Aires, Bangkok and Dubai. At a market level, Amadeus maintains customer operations through 72 local Amadeus Commercial Organizations covering 195 countries.

Amadeus is listed on the Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao and Valencia stock exchanges and trades under the symbol "AMS.MC". For the year ended 31 December 2009, the company reported revenues of EUR 2,461 million and EBITDA of EUR 894 million. The Amadeus group employs over 9,300 employees worldwide, with 123 nationalities represented at the central offices.

To find out more about Amadeus please visit www.amadeus.com. To visit the Amadeus Investor Relations center please visit www.investors.amadeus.com

Debbie Iannaci

Director, Public Relations

Amadeus North America

Tel: 305-499-6448

Cell: 305-498-6005

E-mail: diannaci@amadeus.com

Christian Munson

Account Supervisor

CRT/tanaka for Amadeus North America

Tel: 804-675-8151

Cell: 804-212-4949

E-mail: cmunson@crt-tanaka.com