Amadeus reported a 2.2 percent revenue increase for 2008

, to €2.9 billion (US$4 billion) and a 2.1 percent annual decline in total travel bookings. Travel agency air bookings, however, increased 0.6 percent, which led to "a 1.7 percentage point gain in market share." Amadeus claimed to retain the highest global share for agency air bookings via GDSs, at 35.6 percent. Global hotel bookings in the Amadeus GDS rose 4.4 percent year over year.