TRAVEL commerce platform Travelport has completed the onboarding of the first group of travel agencies to receive access to NDC content.
The move follows implementation of the company’s NDC roadmap last year, with its booking solution now able to cater to clients of various sizes such as American Express Global Business Travel, DNATA, Gray Dawes Group, Global Travel Management, Meon Valley Travel, Premier Holidays, TAG, Travel Counsellors and Travel & Transport Statesman.
“We work at the heart of the travel industry and our agency customers rely on us to provide them with choice through access to the broadest range of travel content,” said Travelport Senior Vice President Global Agency Sales Nick Dagg.
“NDC is no exception and we’ve taken great care in managing the roll out of our NDC booking capability through Smartpoint to our agency customers,” he added.
Travelport recently shared insights from the first phase of its NDC implementation, highlighting agent familiarity, workflow integration, a considered roadmap, the demand for NDC content and broad industry collaboration as key points.
The tech company has revealed it will follow up with further Smartpoint enhancements along with an API NDC connection channel through Travelport’s Trip Service API in a few months’ time.
Source: traveldaily