Amadeus Partners With Meetings Reg. Tool Provider

Amadeus and meetings registration technology provider Arcaneo Inc. last week announced a partnership to give meeting attendees an online link to book their own air travel. Toronto-based Arcaneo has similar partnerships with Concur Technologies for Cliqbook, and with TRX for ResX. Shared customers in the partnerships can purchase integration for their travel management technology to allow meeting attendees to book their air travel when registering for an event, according to a company release.

"Arcaneo's goal is to continue responding to customer demands by enhancing the user experience with the streamlined electronic communications between systems," said Arcaneo CEO and president Dale Beckles, in the release.

Marcos Isaac, director of corporate and distribution channels for Amadeus, said that the "direct connect" model of the meetings tool and online booking tool provides mutual customers with a smoother and faster booking process.

Arcaneo customers include Best Buy, HSBC and GlaxoSmithKline, among others.

"The integration with Amadeus E-Travel Management is a capability a number of customers have been requesting. Companies need to track meeting related spend and activities globally in order to implement a true strategic meetings management program," said Clement Ng, vice president of client services at Arcaneo.