Microsoft as of April recorded 53 percent adoption since launching its Amadeus e-Travel Management booking tool last November in Russia,

Amadeus announced. Microsoft has 1,400 users in Russia, a notoriously difficult market in which to establish corporate travel management practices. Amadeus describes e-Travel as a "multi-GDS solution" used by more than 5,200 corporations in 59 markets. Microsoft uses the tool in 15 EMEA markets. Its adoption has topped 85 percent in Germany and 82 percent in France.