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The Travel Brokers and Amadeus sign new five year distribution agreement

Sydney, Australia, 11 July 2012: Amadeus, a leading travel technology partner and transaction processor for the global travel and tourism industry and The Travel Brokers, Stella Travel Services New Zealands brokerage arm, today announces a new contract that will see Amadeus provide global distribution services across The Travel Broker network for the next five years.

The Travel Brokers have enjoyed a long term partnership with Amadeus since 2005, with the new contract extension now including services to specialist conference and incentive operator Go C & I. On signing the agreement in Sydney this week Neil Gestro, Stellas General Manager Commercial commented, Amadeus has proven to be a responsive and supportive partner to us over the past seven years. Our business has specific needs and Amadeus more than meets those requirements. Combined with the Tramada mid-office product, Amadeus provides an excellent solution for our brokers to effectively and efficiently complete both front and mid office transactions, he added. Sari Vahakoski, Managing Director, Amadeus IT Pacific said of the partnership, We have worked extremely well together and have seen Amadeus solutions successfully support The Travel Brokers unique business model. We are delighted to extend our agreement and look forward to continuing our collaborative and productive working relationship. ENDS

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From left to right - David Katz, Head of Sales and Marketing, Amadeus IT Pacific; Neil Gestro, General Manager - Commercial, Stella Travel Services; Sharon Stanley, Head of Key Accounts, Amadeus IT Pacific.

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About The Jetset Travelworld Group: The Jetset Travelworld Group is one of the leading integrated travel companies in Australia and New Zealand. The group operates a number of leading businesses in the retail, online, corporate, wholesale and inbound travel distribution market with operations in Australia, New Zealand, Asia, Fiji, the United States, South Africa and the United Kingdom. The companys brands include Travelscene American Express, Harvey World Travel, United Travel, The Travel Brokers, Go Holidays, Jetset, Travelworld, BestFlights.com.au, Qantas Holidays, Viva! Holidays and QBT. Stella Travel Services is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Jetset Travelworld Group. 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, 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 947 million billable travel transactions in 2011. Amadeus has central sites in Madrid (corporate headquarters), 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 73 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 December 31, 2011 the company reported like-

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for-like revenues of 2,712 million and EBITDA of 1,039 million. The Amadeus group employs around 10,000 people worldwide, with 123 nationalities represented at the central offices. To find out more about Amadeus please visit www.amadeus.com To visit the Amadeus Investor Relations centre please www.investors.amadeus.com Contact details Amadeus IT Pacific Satu Raunola Marketing Communications Manager Tel: +61 2 9903 3939 Email: satu.raunola@amadeus.com Stella Travel Services Neil J Gestro General Manager - Commercial Tel : +64 9 307 4758 Email: neil.gestro@stellatravel.co.nz

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