Amadeus, the technology provider to the travel and tourism industry, has introduced new features in its self-booking tool called e-Travel Management version 12.0.
With these add-on features, visually impaired travellers or those with reduced mobility will now be able to easily request special assistance, such as a wheelchair or a guide in advance of travel, for every necessary stage of their flight at airports.
Additionally, the self-booking tool gives business travellers more choice of hotel and air fares as well.
Other new features of the corporate self-booking tool include:
* The self-booking tool will show Premium Economy class fares within its state-of-the-art Single View display, offering employees a wider selection of fares and therefore helping travel managers balance travel cost with travel quality.
* The addition of the indicator will enable travellers to choose from some 50,000 hotels participating in the Amadeus Best Available Rate programme which guarantees access to equivalent or lower fares available from any distribution channel, including the hotel's own website. This prevents travellers from wasting time comparing fares on disparate systems.
* Travellers will be able to select a 'passenger type' where they qualify for a discounted fare.Amadeus e-Travel Management will then automatically apply the appropriate fare to the traveller when making a booking.
"Business travellers with mobility impairments - whether temporary or permanent - should not have to spend any more time than other travellers on booking special assistance. We want the corporate self-booking tool to cater to all business travellers needs while ensuring corporations reduce expenditure, without sacrificing quality," said Frank Palapies, head of Amadeus Global Commercial Operations.
