Amadeus, a global technology and distribution solutions provider for the travel and tourism industry, announced that it is the first in the market place to provide e-vouchers for car rental reservations worldwide.

Amadeus has signed a global partnership with National Car Rental, which will offer travel agents the possibility of providing e-vouchers for car rental reservations booked through Amadeus and National on a worldwide basis.

Previously, the Amadeus e-voucher solution was available only on a country-by-country basis with specific car rental companies. Amadeus first launched the Cars e-Voucher solution in 2004.

Amadeus' Car e-Voucher solution simplifies and increases the ease of the car reservation process thanks to the following aspects:

• Saves time and money instead of printing or manually writing a paper voucher. E-Voucher offers a paperless solution which is equivalent to the airline e-ticket and helps the environment by using up less paper.

• Issues a reliable value document so that the customer no longer needs to bring a proof of reservation to the car rental counter, since the counter will have been notified with an e-voucher number sent by the car rental company.

  Amadeus Cars offers more than 27 car rental companies in over 35,000 locations worldwide. It provides real-time information due to connections to the car rental companies' database.

  More information about Amadeus is available at: www.amadeus.com.