Amadeus Philippines, a solutions provider for travel agencies, has tapped the country’s top colleges and universities by providing them with a wide range of e-learning modules for students to learn the intricacies of travel and tourism industry.

Within the last three months, Amadeus Philippines has forged long-term agreements with six universities and colleges including De La Salle College of Saint Benilde, Far Eastern University, Lyceum of the Philippines University, San Sebastian College, University of the Philippines, and University of San Jose Recoletos.

Amadeus will be providing all its partner schools with its wide range of e-learning courses that will be used in the training of college students on the intricacies of the travel and tourism industry.

Amadeus Philippines general manager Albert Villadolid expects the partnerships to provide a boost to the manpower needs of the travel and tourism industry.

“We expect our partnerships with some of the country’s leading schools to create a steady pool of globally certified travel professionals, trained in using the most widely deployed global distribution system in the world,” Villadolid said.

“We are continuously investing on research and development that will allow all stakeholders in the tourism industry the use of the most efficient technology available,” he added.

The Amadeus platform is the popular choice among travel agencies, airlines, hotels, cruise liners, car rental companies, and insurance firms.

Meanwhile, Enderun Colleges, the Philippine affiliate of Les Roches International School of Hotel Management in Switzerland and the Alain Ducasse Formation in France, also entered into a partnership with Amadeus Philippines for the training of its students on the use of the Amadeus Property Management System (PMS).

The Amadeus PMS is directly linked to the Amadeus Global Distribution System and includes its inter-hotel chain communication capability and email confirmation facility.

Amadeus started local operations in 1997 and is now being used by more than 2,000 travel agencies, leading domestic airlines, and hotels.