CDS Groupe has expanded a successful distribution relationship with travel technology innovator Amadeus after significant European expansion. Following the acquisition of both global online booking tool, Goelett, and Corporate Rates Club (CRC), a Germanybased HBT, the French hotel software company will offer customers across all three brands access to content from both Amadeus Hotels and Amadeus Value Hotels.

Ziad Minkara, Founder and CEO, CDS Groupe, says: “The acquisition of both Goelett and CRC marked a pivotal moment for CDS Groupe as we embarked on a far-reaching European expansion. Supported by the technological prowess of Amadeus, a leading player in travel and hotel content distribution globally, we are confident our customers can provide tailored hotel opportunities to business travelers, corporations and specialist travel agencies, whatever their needs. This partnership gives CDS global coverage to meet the needs of our customers and distributors.”

Combined, Amadeus Hotels and Amadeus Value Hotels will offer CDS Groupe customers access to broad, deep content from over one million properties globally. The two solutions include content from more than 320 top global hotel chains, across abroad range of properties, including business, budget, luxury, extended stay and boutique, at the best possible prices.

Frederic Saunier, General Manager Travel Sellers France, Amadeus, adds: “CDS is a longstanding Amadeus partner in France, and we are delighted to support its international expansion. Synchronizing the content offering across CDS Groupe, Goelett and CRC will harmonize processes in a number of areas, including customer support, invoicing and commercial relationships. We look forward to continuing working closely with CDS Groupe to support its growth.”[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]About Amadeus

Amadeus makes the experience of travel better for everyone, everywhere by inspiring innovation, partnerships and responsibility to people, places and planet. Our technology powers the travel and tourism industry. Inspiring more open ways of working. More connected ways of thinking, centered around the traveler. Our open platform connects the global travel and hospitality ecosystem. From startups to big industry players and governments too. Together, redesigning the travel of tomorrow.
We are working to make travel a force for social and environmental good. A collective responsibility to protect and improve the people and places we visit, ensuring travel continues to make positive contribution to our world.
We apply innovation to meet new needs, to solve real challenges. Our truly diverse global workforce, made up of 150 nationalities, is passionate about travel and technology.
We are an IBEX 35 company, listed on the Spanish Stock Exchange under AMS.MC. We have also been recognized by the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for the last 11 years.
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A leader in France, CDS Groupe provides solutions covering the entire hotel distribution value chain: sourcing, reservations, payment processing and reporting for companies.
Since its creation in 2001, CDS Groupe has gradually built up a reputation as a leader in the European business hotel market. Its in-depth knowledge of this market and its ability to listen carefully to the specific needs and constraints of its customers have enabled it to develop technological tools, payment solutions, integrations, standards and a very high level of security.

Referencing within the Selectour network is an obvious choice, as travel agencies today play an important role in business travel, with customers making new demands in terms of technology, respect for the environment and increasingly looking for the best rates in an inflationary context.
« As France’s leader and an expert in the hotel market, we need to provide maximum support to travel agencies by offering them a wide range of hotel content to meet the needs of end customers at attractive rates. Our business model, already appreciated by many travel agencies, allows us to build a relationship of trust through a transparent business model, » says Ziad Minkara, CEO of CDS Groupe.

Selectour is the leading network of independent travel agencies in France, with more than 1,000 member agencies throughout the country and the French overseas departments.
Both in travel agencies and online, the group offers a very wide range of products, from holidays to business trips. Its negotiating power with suppliers means it can offer the best prices, completely independently.
The Cooperative organisation is characterised by the involvement of its members: all the directors are entrepreneurs, who put their expertise at the service of the group. This cooperative nature gives the network unique agility and responsiveness.

With 450 agencies and offices throughout France, Selectour Affaires is the leading French actor in business travel. Our presence in all regions means that we are the key contact for multi-site companies.
Our teams of experts are based throughout France and receive regular training so that they can deal effectively with all requests, even the most complex.

« We are delighted with this partnership, which is part of our ongoing technological growth drive. It’s a real step forward for Selectour Affaires, and this platform will help to make the customer experience of booking hotels smoother and easier, » declares Laurent Abitbol, Chairman of Selectour’s Management Board.

CDS Groupe works closely with the technological actors in the industry and the travel agency environment, i.e. SBTs and back offices, to ensure that travel agencies can automate their processes. The tripartite relationship between CDS Groupe, the back office tool and the payment solution chosen by the agency enables easy and automated accounting processing (reconciliations and allocations).

A first that lived up to all its promises, so much so that by the end of the day many participants were already anxious to know the date of the next event.
This first « Golfday du voyage d’affaires » was supported by various sponsors: American Express, Appart’City, Goelett, Hotels & Préférences, Staycity, Travel Concept Sport. The event was also supported by Culture Sport Fairways magazine.
Golfday du voyage d’affaires » was also a time of generosity. During a special event on the « hole-in-one », golfers were able to buy an extra ball, with the amount doubled by CDS Groupe in aid of the association
60 000 rebonds.

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CDS GROUPE wins the GOLD trophy of the Summit of Growth Companies in the category of BtoB services of more than 70 million euros in France.

The Growth Company Summit in a few words?

Organized by the Ficade group, the Growth Company Summit is aimed at Company CEOs and managing directors, managers of family businesses, and members of the executive committee of small and medium-sized companies and Publicly traded companies. The objective of this event is simple: to honor growth companies and reward them for their added value in accelerating the sustainable transformation of the economy. The rewarded companies have been able to combine sustainability and profitability, job creation, leadership, collaborative management and finally social, societal and environmental responsibility.

An intense morning punctuated by conferences on the theme of innovation, financing and sustainable growth, bringing together nearly 400 recognised managers and entrepreneurs. CDS Groupe, the leader of the business hotel market place on the French market, won over the jury. Raphaël Bechakjian, Director of Publications and Partnerships – Leaders League (Ficade Group) and President of the jury praised the resilience and performance of CDS Groupe in a market affected by the covid as well as the strong growth and profitability of the group.

« I am very proud to have won the 1st prize of the Growth Company Summit in the prestigious category of BtoB services of more than 70 million euros in France. This prize goes to the CDS Groupe & Goelett teams who are doing remarkable work, to our partners for their confidence, to our distributors, to our customers and to the board who support me in the strategy » declares Ziad Minkara, CEO of the CDS Groupe.

With more than 2000 registered participants and during more than 7 hours of live, this event hosted by François-Xavier Izenic aimed at gathering the professionals of the business travel sector to share their knowledge and expertise in order to consider the mutations of business travel: Digital transformation and RSE will be at the heart of the debates.

« The Grand Live du Voyage d’Affaires has become a key event in business travel, and I was delighted to organise this third edition. This type of event is an opportunity to unite the players in the same sector around round tables, » said Rebecca Xerri, Director of Digital Transformation, CDS Group.

As usual, the day began with the business hotel barometer, in partnership with EPSA, Extendam and MKG Consulting. In this inflationary context, it is essential for travel buyers and travel managers to have visibility on the average prices applied by hoteliers by region and by category.

Following the business hotel barometer, a table dedicated to domestic air transport led by Paul Chiambaretto, Director of the Pegase Chair.

« Domestic air transport is going through a real crisis, and it is crucial to shed light on the future prospects, not only for the airlines, but also for all the players in the business travel sector », says Paul Chiambaretto.

One of the highlights of the day was the conference dedicated to associations. This year, it was the members’ turn to speak and share the challenges of 2023.

The afternoon was dedicated to technology: its role in the recovery of business travel, towards a simplified and accessible digitalisation of Expense ».

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Following CDS Groupe’s acquisition of Rydoo’s travel business, the CEO of the hotel distribution operator talks about the ambitions of the association between these two renowned players. On the evening of Tuesday September 6, Rydoo travel was officially renamed Goelett.

Remind us of the strategy behind CDS’s acquisition of the Travel division of Rydoo last May…

Ziad Minkara : CDS has been providing business hotel solutions for 20 years. For 3 years, just before the crisis, thanks to our financial partners IDI and Access Capital, our ambition was to position CDS as a leader in France and a key player in Europe. Today, just as we have Booking and Expedia on the « leisure » hotel side, Sabre and Amadeus, Travelport incidentally in Europe, on the BT side we have three HBTs: HCorpo (Accor), Germany’s HRS and us.

As we are an integrated player across the entire distribution chain, from content to OBT integration, we are keen to expand through external growth. When Rydoo Travel & Expense came to us in May and said « We want Rydoo to become an Expense-only player, we’re selling the T&E part, so we looked at the opportunity very carefully.

Discussions opened up very naturally, as this acquisition was in line with our strategy of expanding in Europe, remaining « UX centered » and with a strong « business hotel » focus.

And what made CDS a « good buyer » for Rydoo T&E?

The complexity of an OBT is not so much the tech as the fact of being considered a true software publisher, with the business model that this implies, which is very viable, even very profitable in many fields. Unfortunately not in the travel sector: these models have difficulty in becoming self-sufficient and must be backed by an operator: Amex GBT, SAP, Amadeus… Rydoo T&E, for its part, will be based on the hotel business.

Stripped of its purely Expense section, what will this « second-generation » Rydoo look like?

Rydoo will become an agnostic tool, retaining all its freedom for expense. Our ambition is to become the BT marketplace in Europe, supporting our long-standing customers including Havas in France, as well as FCM and VoyagExpert, which has European ambitions. In fact, our aim is to appeal to all agencies wishing to deliver simple tools from purely digital and international players, interested in high-performance technology without heavy investment and with a simple business model, backed by a group that is strong both capital-wise and in terms of volumes.

Exactly what volumes are we talking about?

In a few figures, CDS Groupe and Rydoo travel represent a customer portfolio worth just over €500 million in hotel sales. Just over a million hotels, including 5,000 direct contracts with independents. But above all, 1 million users on the interface. We want to capitalize on the Group’s 200 employees, including 50 in R&D, to continue innovating in this market, and on our customer support to provide a quality service based on a tool that’s easy to deploy, integrate and use.

Regarding company size… It’s in an agency’s interest to deploy Rydoo for very small and medium-sized businesses, for « Egencia »-type customers, that’s the core target. In a call for tenders, Rydoo « climbs » on the SBF 250 (between the CAC 40 and the ETI, editor’s note). As for CDS, it’s more CAC 40 and we’re also « going down » on SBF. And both entities are familiar with all public procurement contracts. So we cover all market segments.

Now all you have to do is spread the word about this new association. A busy back-to-school season?

Very! We’re going on tour! We’ll be present at Univ’AirPlus the day after tomorrow (September 8, editor’s note), alongside Frmmes du Tourisme on September 13, the Marco Polo evening on the eve of the IFTM, in the IFTM Business Lounge with two joint but separate stands, we’ll be partnering the AFTM for their workshop on post-crisis consolidation, we’ll be with EPSA on their Barometer, with APECA on CSR, but also in Lyon and Toulouse. I forget. And we’re going to round off this wonderful year by being an official partner of the Lauriers du Voyage d’Affaires.

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Following CDS Groupe’s acquisition of Rydoo’s travel business, the CEO of the hotel distribution operator talks about the ambitions of the association between these two renowned players. On the evening of Tuesday September 6, Rydoo travel was officially renamed Goelett.

Remind us of the strategy behind CDS’s acquisition of the Travel division of Rydoo last May…

Ziad Minkara : CDS has been providing business hotel solutions for 20 years. For 3 years, just before the crisis, thanks to our financial partners IDI and Access Capital, our ambition was to position CDS as a leader in France and a key player in Europe. Today, just as we have Booking and Expedia on the « leisure » hotel side, Sabre and Amadeus, Travelport incidentally in Europe, on the BT side we have three HBTs: HCorpo (Accor), Germany’s HRS and us.

As we are an integrated player across the entire distribution chain, from content to OBT integration, we are keen to expand through external growth. When Rydoo Travel & Expense came to us in May and said « We want Rydoo to become an Expense-only player, we’re selling the T&E part, so we looked at the opportunity very carefully.

Discussions opened up very naturally, as this acquisition was in line with our strategy of expanding in Europe, remaining « UX centered » and with a strong « business hotel » focus.

And what made CDS a « good buyer » for Rydoo T&E?

The complexity of an OBT is not so much the tech as the fact of being considered a true software publisher, with the business model that this implies, which is very viable, even very profitable in many fields. Unfortunately not in the travel sector: these models have difficulty in becoming self-sufficient and must be backed by an operator: Amex GBT, SAP, Amadeus… Rydoo T&E, for its part, will be based on the hotel business.

Stripped of its purely Expense section, what will this « second-generation » Rydoo look like?

Rydoo will become an agnostic tool, retaining all its freedom for expense. Our ambition is to become the BT marketplace in Europe, supporting our long-standing customers including Havas in France, as well as FCM and VoyagExpert, which has European ambitions. In fact, our aim is to appeal to all agencies wishing to deliver simple tools from purely digital and international players, interested in high-performance technology without heavy investment and with a simple business model, backed by a group that is strong both capital-wise and in terms of volumes.

Exactly what volumes are we talking about?

In a few figures, CDS Groupe and Rydoo travel represent a customer portfolio worth just over €500 million in hotel sales. Just over a million hotels, including 5,000 direct contracts with independents. But above all, 1 million users on the interface. We want to capitalize on the Group’s 200 employees, including 50 in R&D, to continue innovating in this market, and on our customer support to provide a quality service based on a tool that’s easy to deploy, integrate and use.

Regarding company size… It’s in an agency’s interest to deploy Rydoo for very small and medium-sized businesses, for « Egencia »-type customers, that’s the core target. In a call for tenders, Rydoo « climbs » on the SBF 250 (between the CAC 40 and the ETI, editor’s note). As for CDS, it’s more CAC 40 and we’re also « going down » on SBF. And both entities are familiar with all public procurement contracts. So we cover all market segments.

Now all you have to do is spread the word about this new association. A busy back-to-school season?

Very! We’re going on tour! We’ll be present at Univ’AirPlus the day after tomorrow (September 8, editor’s note), alongside Frmmes du Tourisme on September 13, the Marco Polo evening on the eve of the IFTM, in the IFTM Business Lounge with two joint but separate stands, we’ll be partnering the AFTM for their workshop on post-crisis consolidation, we’ll be with EPSA on their Barometer, with APECA on CSR, but also in Lyon and Toulouse. I forget. And we’re going to round off this wonderful year by being an official partner of the Lauriers du Voyage d’Affaires.

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CDS Groupe unveils its business travel barometer in partnership with Extendam and MKG.

The barometer highlights the average selling prices practiced by hotel category in 10 major French cities.

It was conducted on the basis of more than 50,000 requests per day (i.e. 250 million rates/day) on OTAs, GDSs and with 16,000 French hotels. The prices analyzed are inclusive of VAT, excluding tourist tax and breakfast in Single and Double Rooms for single use.
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[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The entry of Patrick W. Diemer, former Managing Director of Airplus, to the CDS Group Board of Directors is of major importance because it will enable CDS to establish its growth strategy at European level.

As CDS plans its growth in Europe, the arrival of Patrick Diemer within CDS is an asset and an accelerator. After becoming the leader on the French market, the group wishes to extend its ambition to the European market in order to become a major player there. Patrick Diemer is a specialist with an excellent network and alot of experience in the sector, his exceptional knowledge is essential to the future of the group.

During his career, Patrick Diemer was the CEO of AirPlus where he led a global expansion strategy and built AirPlus into one of the leading issuers of card payments. Previously, he led Visa Germany and was SVP consumer marketing at Commerzbank. For several years, he has been active as a business angel, member of the board of directors and investor in start-ups in the travel and payment sector, such as HtoH in France, eco.mio in Germany and The Apartment Network in the UK and Germany.

In 2017, Patrick Diemer was named one of the “25 Most Influential People in Business Travel” by Business Travel News.

Currently a volunteer at VDR, the German Business Travel Association, he is leading their ‘Restarting Business Travel’ working group where he pushes companies towards a new normal in business mobility.

CDS Groupe will be able to count on his advice and his vision to accelerate its international development and meet the needs of the business hotel industry which, despite the crisis, has recorded significant growth rates. The group will thus be able to internationalize its activity and obtain strategic partnerships and therefor strengthen its service to travelers and agencies.

Patrick Diemer ‘s experience will be a major strategy in the growth of CDS Groupe at a European level, particularly in Germany, Benelux, Italy and the United Kingdom.

His great mastery and his diversed career in the business travel sector will also allow him to continue the work carried out on innovation. CDS is working for this purpose to provide solutions related to new means of payment and management tools in order to continually improve the user experience. With the arrival of Patrick Diemer in the board of directors, CDS acquires a fine knowledge of European countries and will be able to adapt to the needs of each.

« I am delighted to welcome Patrick at my side. His international vision and his knowledge of payment will undeniably contribute to strengthening our hotel & payment strategy at the European level of business travel » Ziad Minkara, CEO of CDS Groupe.

CDS Groupe aspires to change the way travel and accommodation buyers use the hospitality industry.

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