New York – United Airlines is working to begin pilot tests with multiple corporate clients of negotiated, “dynamic” fare bundles facilitated by New Distribution Capability-compliant connections to Concur Travel. Users would click a United fare in search results to see detailed descriptions…
If you build it, they will come … if you also build something else that makes more sense to them. This is the lesson learned by one startup aiming to take advantage of disruption in airline distribution. Berlin-based AirGateway, originally making a…
BCD Travel last week announced a multiyear agreement with the Lufthansa Group. As part of the deal, the travel management company secured a full-content commitment from Lufthansa and the two parties agreed to test how BCD would book the airline group’s NDC offers….
According to announcements from around the industry, next year will be a big one for NDC. As airlines push forward on plans to differentiate content and tailor offers, GDSs, TMCs and other tech intermediaries that support corporate travel programs are adapting. That’s…
As the managed travel community gets a better grasp on what NDC is and why airlines are gung-ho about it, the focus turns to enabling. For travel management companies, the linchpin for corporate travel programs, there’s much to consider. Mary Ellen George…
Lufthansa Group in January will begin paying travel agencies one euro each time their customers fly on a ticket booked through an NDC-enabled channel. In October, the airline group will make Lufthansa and Swiss lounge access available “exclusively” through NDC channels. At…
Continuing the furious pace of NDC-related announcements around the industry, Amadeus said American Airlines and BCD Travel agreed to join its NDC-X program. AA is the first North America-based carrier to commit. BCD joins U.S.-based American Express Global Business Travel and Carlson Wagonlit…
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