Expedia Group adopts Amadeus NDC technology

Amadeus has teamed up with Expedia Group to deploy New Distribution Capability (NDC) technology for the global online travel agency.

Having worked with Expedia Group for nearly two decades, this multi-year agreement reinforces Amadeus’ commitment to accelerate the industry evolution towards modern, enhanced retailing, and to help the travel ecosystem to deliver value that supports both industry growth and an improved traveller experience.

NDC allows airlines to easily build, and tailor offers using the latest merchandising techniques, and to efficiently present and distribute them in a way that enriches and enhances the shopping experience for travel sellers such as Expedia Group and its customers.

Expedia’s vice president, global connectivity & partner solutions Chris Hodges commented: “Renewing our partnership with Amadeus and integrating its aggregated NDC content to our connectivity portfolio marks a significant step forward in our collaboration. This move further emphasises our commitment to offering travellers the widest range of choices and personalised experiences, in line with the industry’s ongoing embrace of NDC technology.”

“Amadeus is determined to enable all stakeholders to make the most of the potential that NDC can deliver, and bringing one of our largest online travel agency partners onboard is a great illustration of this. Building on our relationships with both airlines and travel sellers, we are in a strong position to foster cross-industry collaboration on NDC to the benefit of travellers everywhere,” said Sam Abdou, executive vice president global sales airline IT, distribution and global online travel agencies, Amadeus.