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Amadeus Activities & Entertainment Amadeus Activities & Entertainment What products can I sell through Amadeus Activities & Entertainment? Event tickets: including tickets for musicals, sport events and concerts as well as unique dinner+event packages. Tours & Activities: including all types of excursions, sport activities, sightseeing and entries for amusement parks and museums. Transfers & Services: including trip-enhancing airport transfers, parking and lounge passes. In addition, travel guides to over 400 cities worldwide are available. The product offering varies according to destination. Only those categories with bookable products for any given location will be displayed. Some tips for selling Activities & Entertainment products > Avoid wasting time. Booking destination activities or events before the trip frees up time at the destination so you enjoy more. > Book in advance and jump the queue! Popular attractions often have long queues, but pre-booking will ensure a fast-tracked entry. > Avoid the disappoinment of sold-out events. Book before arrival to guarantee your spot at an activity or event. > Save money. Booking in advance means you get the best seats at the best prices - and you never pay more than locally- available prices. > Avoid local miscommunication. Booking in advance means you don’t have the hassles of organizing activities or events on the spot in a foreign language. > Trusted suppliers and products. The products and services offered are always from dependable local providers - especially important with more adventurous activities. What are the business benefits of Amadeus Activities & Entertainment? Increase your commission revenues. Cross-sell a unique range of attractive destination products and services to drive your earnings directly from your Amadeus Selling Platform. Make your job easier. Don’t waste time contacting countless at -destination providers. The clever Amadeus Activities & Entertainment platform gives you a single access point to worldwide destination activities - book it all in just a few clicks! Enhance your client loyalty. Offer your clients a wealth of unique destination products. Your clients will appreciate your local expertise - and get the most out of their holidays. Less hassle. The Amadeus Activities & Entertainment platform is integrated seamlessly to your IT systems to ensure automatic, error-free commissions. You’ll never again need to follow up on a sale! Peace of mind. You and your clients can rest assured that the products and services offered by Amadeus Activities & Entertainment are always from reputable and trusted local providers. Find your competitive edge. With fierce online and offline competition, you need to be different. Offer your clients a complete travel experience. Amadeus Activities & Entertainment What is Amadeus Activities & Entertainment? Amadeus Activities & Entertainment is a sophisticated platform offering thousands of destination activities in more than 400 global destinations, directly from your Amadeus Selling Platform. Quick Card

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Amadeus Activities & Entertainment Amadeus Activities & Entertainment

What products can I sell through Amadeus Activities & Entertainment?

Event tickets: including tickets for musicals, sport events and

concerts as well as unique dinner+event packages.

Tours & Activities: including all types of excursions, sport

activities, sightseeing and entries for amusement parks and

museums.

Transfers & Services: including trip-enhancing airport transfers,

parking and lounge passes.

In addition, travel guides to over 400 cities worldwide are

available.

The product offering varies according to destination. Only those

categories with bookable products for any given location will be

displayed.

Some tips for selling Activities & Entertainment products

> Avoid wasting time. Booking destination activities or events

before the trip frees up time at the destination so you enjoy

more.

> Book in advance and jump the queue! Popular attractions often

have long queues, but pre-booking will ensure a fast-tracked

entry.

> Avoid the disappoinment of sold-out events. Book before arrival

to guarantee your spot at an activity or event.

> Save money. Booking in advance means you get the best seats

at the best prices - and you never pay more than locally-

available prices.

> Avoid local miscommunication. Booking in advance means you

don’t have the hassles of organizing activities or events on the

spot in a foreign language.

> Trusted suppliers and products. The products and services

offered are always from dependable local providers - especially

important with more adventurous activities.

What are the business benefits of Amadeus Activities & Entertainment?

Increase your commission revenues. Cross-sell a unique range

of attractive destination products and services to drive your

earnings directly from your Amadeus Selling Platform.

Make your job easier. Don’t waste time contacting countless

at -destination providers. The clever Amadeus Activities &

Entertainment platform gives you a single access point to

worldwide destination activities - book it all in just a few clicks!

Enhance your client loyalty. Offer your clients a wealth of unique

destination products. Your clients will appreciate your local

expertise - and get the most out of their holidays.

Less hassle. The Amadeus Activities & Entertainment platform

is integrated seamlessly to your IT systems to ensure automatic,

error-free commissions. You’ll never again need to follow up on

a sale!

Peace of mind. You and your clients can rest assured that

the products and services offered by Amadeus Activities &

Entertainment are always from reputable and trusted local

providers.

Find your competitive edge. With fierce online and offline

competition, you need to be different. Offer your clients a

complete travel experience.

Amadeus Activities & Entertainment

What is Amadeus Activities & Entertainment?

Amadeus Activities & Entertainment is a sophisticated platform offering thousands of destination activities in more than 400 global destinations, directly from your Amadeus Selling Platform.

Quick Card

Amadeus Activities & Entertainment Amadeus Activities & Entertainment Amadeus Activities & Entertainment

This Quick Card covers accessing and using the Amadeus Activities & Entertainment platform.

Access Access Activities & Entertainment (A&E) via the

Amadeus Selling Platform’s tab-icon:

PNR data is automatically transferred to A&E so you are shown

products for the relevant destinations and date range. To change

between destinations or dates click on:

If you want to browse for content

in a city that is not in the PNR

click on “Add New City”.

No PNR open: You can book

products in Activities &

Entertainment even if you don’t

have a PNR open. You are then

taken to the “Explore a new

location” screen when you click on the smart tab:

Navigation Navigate in A&E by clicking on the required link/category on

each page.

To get back to the city home page click on

“Home-icon” in the top left frame corner:

Destination guides On the bottom of the city home page you find access to static

travel guides which you can print and give to your customer.

Finding products

There are three ways to look for products:

1. Top selling products (A) are shown on the first page with direct

access to the booking.

2. Use “Browse by Category” (B) to find the full range of products

in each category. Only categories in which there are products

at the destination are shown.

3. Use “Basic Search” (C) to look for certain types of activities or

locations, such as Statue of Liberty.

To get more information about a product click on

For booking a product click on

Shopping & booking Shopping, booking and paying is easy and straightforward with

A&E thanks to the shopping basket functionality and choice of

payment methods.

1. Search for products/services and place desired ones these into

the shopping basket using the ‘add to basket’ icon.

2. Review shopping cart’s content

and summary pages:

Shopping cart content view

Provides detailed overview of

selected products/services.

Shopping cart summary view

Summarizes all selected

products/services.

3. Purchase desired products/services:

Shopping cart order form

Finalizes product/service purchase and

gives choice of two ways of paying: net

rate with agency credit card, or retail price.

To complete purchase and select payment

method:

i) Fill in required fields of information.

ii) Select either net rate payment or retail price.

iii) Click ‘Proceed’.

4. Review confirmation page and print voucher:

Confirmation page

Confirms a successful purchase

and provides a URL link to

access required voucher.

Important! Printing voucher

The vouchers are your client’s

proof of purchase and must be brought to the venue. Detailed

instructions are printed on the voucher.

Note: A&E bookings in a PNR

Bookings made through A&E

are integrated as a miscellaneous segment in the PNR. The price

integrated in the PNR is the retail price.

Site tools At the bottom of the left hand navigation menu you will find a

set of site tools for Activities & Entertainment:

Sends a link to A&E to your customer.

Bookings made through the link are

commissioned to you.

Places a link to A&E on your agency web site

or in your e-mail signature. Bookings made

through the link are commissioned to you.

See all bookings made by you or your customers. Access booking

details and print new vouchers if needed.

(B) (A)

(C)