More Related Content Similar to Ponencia de Angelica Mkok de Amadeus durante #OMTtech (20) More from Platma Tourism (7) Ponencia de Angelica Mkok de Amadeus durante #OMTtech1. “Travel Further”
Travel Technology in Social
Development
Angelica Mkok
Amadeus IT Group
UNWTO Affiliate Members Seminar, Madrid
20 January, 2011
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2. Promote sustainable development
Promote sustainable development
for underprivileged segments
for underprivileged segments
through tourism, distribution and technology,
through tourism, distribution and technology,
in the markets where Amadeus is present
in the markets where Amadeus is present
Economic use of value chain surpluses
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Sustainable social development rather than charity
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3. Tapping into Amadeus’ value chain
surpluses
high value assets for the CSR
beneficiary
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4. Project Type Goal Cases: 2010
Alliances Resources & project - South Africa: National Dept
management Tourism
- Croatia: Ministry of
Education
- Spain: General Secretariat
for Tourism
- Egypt: Egyptian Technical
Colleges
- Buenos Aires, Ente de
Turismo
TECHNOLOGY SOCIAL * SMALL HOTELS
TRANSFER DEVELOPMENT AT DISTRIBUTION
GRASSROOTS Consejo Centroamericano
de Turismo
- Costa Rica, Nicaragua
South Africa National Dept
for Tourism
Andean Region: CODESPA
- Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador
PC Bank Computer donations South Africa, Ivory Coast,
Chile, Cuba
Training Professional skills in - Egypt
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travel reservation - South Africa
- Saudi Arabia
- Colombia
- Philippines
- Czech Republic
Volunteer Work Employee IT development, donation
participation in project and training
development
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5. The under-resourced hotels access the travel
agency network = points of sale
Travel buyers
Consumers/
General public
Local corporate travel
buyers
Travel agencies
Leisure travel agencies
CSR hotel beneficiaries Business travel agencies
Online travel agencies
Single-site agency
DISTRIBUTION
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BUSINESS
Provision of indirect
distribution
services
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6. A network of partners to develop projects
Technology Volunteer
Alliances PC Bank Training
transfer Work
Customers Beneficiaries Donors: Education Amadeus’
Amadeus ACOs, centres employees
Government IT providers
TAs…
bodies Government External
Government
Government bodies volunteers
Financial bodies
bodies
institutions Infrastructure
Funding
Transport & providers
International organisations
logistics
organisations
providers
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Providers
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7. Project selection criteria
Description of the project
Social and economic impact at local
level
Impact on Amadeus value chain
Involved partners
Additional resources required
Strategic value for Amadeus at
local and global level
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8. Amadeus CSR in figures
+ 90 people directly involved in the
development of CSR projects
+ 20 CSR alliances signed in 2
years of work
16 ongoing Technology
Transfer projects
51 ongoing PC Donation and
Education projects
Amadeus Tourism Observatories in 12
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countries
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Thank you!
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