Shibu T. George

Business Solutions Manager ( e-Commerce) , Amadeus IT Group SA

Responsible for the Amadeus e-Commerce, Leisure & Mobile Solutions product portfolio for the Middle East & North Africa Region, George has more than ten years of travel & tourism e-Commerce experience in the region and has got a good knowledge of the local markets. Previously he has worked as the Amadeus e-Commerce Engineer for Middle East & Africa region.

Over the past 12 years George has gained extensive technological and strategic experience in many solution areas of travel and tourism including, Internet Booking Engines, Corporate Booking Engines, pure Leisure Solutions , Mobile Technologies for Corporations and Travellers, e-Marketing etc. He also represented Amadeus in many e-Commerce related conferences including IOETIs 2nd Arab International e-Tourism & e-Marketing Conference in Elgona, Egypt & The Secrets of E- Marketing arts Seminar, Beirut, Lebanon.

George has an Engineering degree in Electronics and Communications from Mangalore University,India. He is based in Amadeus IT Group SA, MENA Regional office in Dubai.

About Amadeus
Amadeus is a leading transaction processor and provider of advanced technology solutions for the global travel and tourism industry.

Customer groups include travel providers (e.g airlines, hotels, rail, car rental, ferries, etc.), travel sellers (travel agencies and
websites), and travel buyers (corporations and individual travellers).

The group operates a transaction-based business model and processed more than 670 million billable travel transactions in 2009.

Amadeus has central sites in Madrid (corporate headquarters and marketing), Nice (development) and Erding (Operations – data processing centre) and regional offices in Miami, Buenos Aires, Bangkok and Dubai. At a market level, Amadeus maintains customer operations through 72 local Amadeus Commercial Organisations covering 195 countries.

Amadeus is listed on the Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao and Valencia stock exchanges and trades under the symbol “AMS.MC”. For the year ended 31 December 2009, the company reported revenues of EUR 2,461 million and EBITDA of EUR 894 million. The Amadeus group employs over 9,300 employees worldwide, with 123 nationalities represented at the central offices.To find out more about Amadeus please visit www.amadeus.com

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Travel & Tourism e-Commerce in Middle East & North Africa, by Shibu T. George, Amadeus A Real guideline for Travel Agencies & Tour Operators with the procedures & solution areas that will help them to start and get established in online business.