Vilvoorde, Belgium, 05 December 2006: Amadeus, global technology partner to the travel and tourism industry has received four silver awards in the travel category of this year’s W3 Awards, the highest number of awards ever seen in this category, and four silver awards in the ‘best of structure and navigation’ category. Judges selected Finnair.com, Qantas.com, Icelandair.com and Air Canada.com as winners, demonstrating Amadeus’ ability to work successfully with airlines to deliver creative excellence to online end users.

The W3 Awards seek to honour creative excellence on the Web and are judged by a panel of leading experts drawn from organisations such as Yahoo!, MTV and Wired. The awards are organised by the International Academy of the Visual Arts, a membership-based organisation dedicated to evolving the nature of traditional and interactive media.

On receiving the award, Tom Källström, VP e-Business Development, Finnair, said: “Finnair’s customers increasingly find the most enjoyable and comprehensive experience on Finnair.com, which now provides merchandising, booking, and servicing capabilities. I am delighted by this industry award, which also reflects the superb expertise and dedication of the Amadeus e-Travel Web Design Service teams.”

Jérôme Destors, Commercial Director, Amadeus e-Travel, commented: “These awards acknowledge the success of Amadeus’ leading technology inspired by Web 2.0 and its creative application by airlines throughout the world. These awards also recognise that outsourcing not only the e-commerce engine, but also the full user experience to Amadeus is the best way forward to reduce costs and achieve the highest quality experience online.”

Currently, over 70 of the world’s leading airlines use the Amadeus e-Travel Airline Suite to power over 250 websites in more than 80 markets. Amadeus e-Travel customers include Air Canada, Air France, BMI, Lufthansa, Finnair, Iberia, Qantas, and Singapore Airlines.