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Amadeus spotlights accessible and sustainable business travel with GBTA Foundation alliance

June 10, 2025
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Ashley Orbell-Durrant
Corporate Communications, Amadeus
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Initiative designed to ensure smooth business travel for all

Amadeus joined the GBTA Foundation as a new corporate partner, directly contributing to its industry-wide People and Planet programs. On the Planet side, Amadeus joined the GBTA Sustainability Initiative as a Silver partner, to accelerate climate action in business travel. On the People side, Amadeus becomes the first founding ally for the GBTA Accessibility Initiative, dedicated to ensuring seamless business travel for all.


GBTA Foundation is the non-profit, purpose-driven arm of the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), the premier business travel and meetings trade organization. It works collaboratively with industry partners, governments, experts, and other like-minded, non-profit organizations to drive positive change.



“The GBTA Foundation is dedicated to empowering a resilient future for individuals and teams who connect the world through business travel, and it is a pleasure to grow our relationship with Amadeus. Collaborating with organizations at the center of the travel ecosystem will accelerate our mission to transform business travel into a powerful force for a sustainable and accessible future.”

Delphine Millot Managing Director, GBTA Foundation

Addressing travelers with accessibility challenges has been identified as a key priority for the business travel industry. Amadeus seeks to be a catalyst for accessible travel across the industry by offering technology designed to be accessible to all, from travelers to industry professionals with disabilities or specific needs, as well as promoting accessible travel in collaboration with other industry players. The opportunity to share insights based on best practices through the GBTA Foundation partnership reflects this ambition.



In its first phase, the GBTA Foundation’s Accessible Travel for All initiative is driven by three interconnected workstreams that aim to make business travel more inclusive and equitable. These include creating educational resources to raise awareness, fostering industry collaboration to share best practices, and ensuring global engagement through regionally relevant, multilingual resources.


“This decision exemplifies Amadeus’ commitment to supporting accessibility and decarbonization in business travel. Our position in the travel ecosystem has allowed us to contribute to GBTA Foundation's Accessibility Toolkit designed to help travel managers make business travel smoother for all, while our longer‑term ambition is to ensure accessibility by design in all our solutions.”

Emmanuelle Casado Sustainability Solutions, Senior Manager, Amadeus

As part of the Planet initiative, Amadeus brings its expertise to bear in a number of working groups, primarily focused on helping organizations integrate practices which reduce business travel emissions. Amadeus also helps partners recognize and select suppliers committed to sustainability progress, while steering the launch of a new GBTA-moderated Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) knowledge exchange forum.

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