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May 1Fri
  1. PhocusWire All News

    PhocusWire's travel tech news briefs: Kayak, Roomex, Fareportal and more

    This week's travel tech news briefs cover multiple partnerships and product launches: Klook partners with Korail for real-time rail booking in South Korea; Spotnana integrates with Air Canada via NDC, enabling Flight Pass credits; Wizz Air teams with Hopper for disruption assistance; Roomex launches Best Rates Display comparison tool; 12Go launches ChatGPT app; Kayak introduces Ask AI; Fareportal launches Enterprise Solutions; Duffel launches Duffel Cars; WEX partners with Extend for virtual cards in Concur Invoice.

Apr 24Fri
  1. PhocusWire All News

    PhocusWire's travel tech news briefs: Virgin Atlantic, GetYourGuide, ATPCO and more...

    This week's travel tech news includes: Virgin Atlantic and Rome2Rio launch ChatGPT apps; Civitatis appoints CFO; Travelport extends partnership with Webjet through 2029; Adalte partners with Repayd for payments; Talma partners with Spotnana; Journey names head of AI and data; Navan hires senior director; Guesty launches AI tools; GetYourGuide adds supplier tools; ATPCO Routehappy integrations expand; Air Europa introduces GDS surcharge and expands NDC; Eviivo launches smart lock module; Profitroom expands UK team; Braze introduces AI marketing agents.

Apr 22Wed
  1. Travelport Flights API Release Notes

    Travelport Flights API Release Notes: New Split Ticketing Identifier and More

    Travelport released updates to its Flights API for 2026, covering both GDS and NDC content. Key features include a unique identifier for split ticketing in AirPrice responses (appending _PC), support for requesting mixed cabins per leg, new Premium Flex Search (flexible dates and PCCs), and NDC bundled offers and disruption handling. These updates aim to enhance booking flexibility and operational efficiency.

Apr 17Fri
  1. PhocusWire All News

    PhocusWire's travel tech news briefs: Omio, Mews, Spotnana and more...

    This week's travel tech briefs cover: Amex GBT enhances Egencia with AI and Concur Expense integration; Mews launches business intelligence tool; Spotnana integrates with Premier Inn; Atriis appoints sales director; Curator Hotels partners with EHVA; Klarna partners with Aven Hospitality; FreedomPay and Agilysys expand partnership; BYRDLI launches Utah Unfolded; Omio launches ChatGPT app; HBX Group launches Agent Radar; RMS integrates GoCardless; Immfly and Volotea test LEO connectivity; ARC, Navan, and others join NDC FastTrack.

Apr 8Wed
  1. Travelport Flights API Release Notes

    Travelport Flights API Update: NDC Bundled Offers and Flex Search Enhancements

    Travelport has released updates to its Flights API, including NDC enhancements such as Air Canada Flight Pass payment, bundled ancillary offers, and disruption handling flows. For GDS, new features include Premium Flex Search with multi-PCC and flexible date search, and mixed cabin requests per leg. These updates aim to improve search and booking flexibility, directly impacting travel agencies and corporate travel management.

Mar 25Wed
  1. Travelport Flights API Release Notes

    Travelport Flights API Updates: New NDC and GDS Features

    Travelport has released Flights API updates covering NDC and GDS content. New features include support for Air Canada NDC flight passes, NDC bundled offers, NDC disruption handling, and GDS fare quote per passenger/segment, premium flex search, among others. These updates aim to enhance booking flexibility and operational efficiency.

Mar 17Tue
  1. PhocusWire All News

    MCP vs. NDC and other challenges facing airline distribution

    At the Airline Distribution 2026 conference hosted by UATP, experts discussed AI's impact on the NDC standard. American Airlines and United Airlines have direct sales of 55% and 70%, respectively. Some predict AI could eliminate the need for standards, and new products like MCP could replace NDC. Look-to-book ratios have worsened due to AI, requiring a rethink of commercial constructs.

Mar 12Thu
  1. Travelport Flights API Release Notes

    Travelport Flights API Release Notes Update

    Travelport released updates to its Flights API, including NDC enhancements (such as Air Canada Flight Pass, bundled offers, disruption handling), GDS features (such as requesting penalties, flex search, mixed cabins), and exchange improvements.

Mar 9Mon
Feb 22Sun
  1. Travelport Flights API Release Notes

    Travelport Flights API Release Notes: New NDC Features

    Travelport Flights API release notes cover multiple updates, including NDC bundled offers, NDC disruption handling, Air Canada Flight Pass support, and Premium Flex Search for GDS. These enhancements aim to improve search, booking, and change management capabilities, providing developers and travel agents with more flexible tools.

Feb 19Thu
  1. Travelport Flights API Release Notes

    Travelport Flights API Updates: Exempt Tax Exchanges, Brand Search, and More

    Travelport's February 2026 Flights API release notes detail enhancements across GDS and NDC content. Key updates include support for exchanges on itineraries with exempt taxes (GDS), brand-based exchange search, expanded Premium Flex Search capabilities, NDC bundled offers and Air Canada Flight Pass, and loyalty cross-accrual. These changes aim to improve search flexibility, streamline exchange workflows, and bolster NDC support for travel sellers.

Feb 15Sun
  1. Travelport Flights API Release Notes

    Travelport Flights API Releases New Features

    Travelport Flights API has released several updates, including support for Air Canada NDC flight passes, NDC bundled offers, NDC disruption handling, and GDS features like Premium Flex Search (flexible dates and PCCs), search by brand, and fare quote per passenger/segment. These updates aim to enhance flexibility and efficiency in search and booking.

Feb 5Thu
Feb 4Wed
Jan 15Thu
  1. Travelport Flights API Release Notes

    Travelport Flights API Update: Loyalty Cross-Accrual and NDC Features

    Travelport released release notes for major versions 25.11.x of its TripServices Flights APIs, covering several customer-facing updates. AirReservation 26.11.78 adds loyalty program cross-accrual, returning frequent traveler cross-accrual on partner airlines via supplier and shareWithSupplier objects in Reservation Retrieve and Workbench Retrieve responses. Other updates include standard NDC flight disruption handling flows, NDC bundled offers, Air Canada flight pass as form of payment, and GDS exchange search by brand.

Jan 7Wed
  1. Amadeus Newsroom

    Lufthansa Group and Amadeus Partner on Retail Transformation

    Lufthansa Group selected Amadeus as a key technology provider, with nine group airlines planning to adopt Amadeus Nevio's AI-native modular solutions for personalized retailing, Order, and Delivery Management. The approach aims to enable a single Order view and improved servicing throughout the journey. Lufthansa Group is expected to become the first airline group to adopt Amadeus Delivery Management, which includes capabilities such as a digital Journey Pass and fulfilment tracking.

Dec 18Thu
  1. Amadeus Newsroom

    Amadeus Launches Machine-Learning Filter to Cut Unproductive NDC Search Traffic

    Amadeus has made available Advanced Airline Profile within the Amadeus Travel Platform, a machine-learning-powered filtering solution that removes irrelevant requests from travel sellers before polling airline systems. As NDC search volumes grow, airline systems are increasingly overwhelmed, leading some carriers to scale back NDC ambitions or impose look-to-book limits on travel agencies. Early results show unproductive traffic reduced by up to more than 70%, depending on the airline profile, without compromising offer quality. Deployment is underway across all Amadeus NDC airlines and is expected to be fully finalized by Q1 2026.

Dec 16Tue
  1. Amadeus Newsroom

    TUI Airline to Be Launch Customer for Amadeus' Navitaire Stratos

    Navitaire, an Amadeus company, announced that TUI Airline, one of Europe's leading leisure airline groups, will be a launch customer for Navitaire Stratos, its next-generation retailing portfolio built for low-cost and hybrid airlines. Stratos covers product, offer, cart, order and traveler management, is aligned with IATA Offer and Order standards, and is built on a flexible, cloud-native technology stack with an open architecture and AI capabilities. New functionality includes a modern shopping cart that lets travelers search offers, save selections and return later to complete orders with up-to-date pricing, plus personalized recommendations and access to third-party services such as car…

Dec 2Tue
  1. Amadeus Newsroom

    TAP Air Portugal and Amadeus Expand NDC Distribution Agreement

    TAP Air Portugal and Amadeus signed an expanded agreement to make TAP's NDC content available through the Amadeus Travel Platform. Travel sellers and corporations globally will be able to access TAP's enhanced range of fares, bundles, and dynamic offers. The agreement builds on a longstanding partnership and aims to drive industry transformation and operational efficiency.

Nov 25Tue
  1. SAP Concur Blog

    SAP Concur Reviews 2025 Business Travel Trends: Price Volatility, AI Adoption and NDC Complexity

    Based on interviews with five corporate travel leaders, SAP Concur summarizes 2025 business travel trends and challenges. Economic and regulatory uncertainty led to unpredictable flight and lodging prices in some markets and tighter budgets; organizations used automation and AI to improve spending visibility, with Michigan State University identifying about 500 hotel nights eligible for tax reimbursement using booking and reporting tools. Communication and relationship-building were seen as essential, including collaboration with HR, finance, suppliers and TMCs. Sustainability, virtual payment cards and NDC remained priorities, with virtual cards facing rising costs and digital wallet incom…

Nov 20Thu
  1. Amadeus Newsroom

    UOB Travel Appoints Amadeus to Modernize Its Tech Stack

    UOB Travel, the travel management company subsidiary of Singapore-based United Overseas Bank (UOB), has selected Amadeus as its digital transformation partner to develop an updated end-to-end travel system. UOB Travel will implement digital retailing, automation, productivity and back-office solutions, and gain access to modern distribution channels including NDC for broader travel content. UOB Travel's services span managed business travel, bespoke itineraries and cruises for its cardmembers and banking customers.

Nov 13Thu
  1. Almosafer Corporate News

    Almosafer and Amadeus Deepen Partnership on AI, Payments and NDC

    Saudi travel company Almosafer and Amadeus announced an expanded partnership at the TOURISE Summit in Riyadh, focusing on AI and data analytics for hyper-personalized offers, enriched content distribution, machine-learning-driven hotel curation via Amadeus Value Hotels, AI-enabled airport services, and virtual card payments through Amadeus Outpayce. The partners will also scale NDC retailing, with Almosafer aiming to create a flagship regional use case supporting Saudi Vision 2030.

Oct 9Thu
  1. Perk Press Releases

    Perk extends Amadeus distribution agreement to include NDC content

    Perk (formerly TravelPerk) and Amadeus have extended their distribution agreement to include NDC content, bringing Perk's NDC connectivity to 25 airlines. New connections include Qatar Airways, Singapore Airlines, Air Canada, Scandinavian Airlines and LOT Polish Airlines. Perk will continue sourcing a wide range of other content from Amadeus, including air, hotel, mobility and transfer services, plus automation and servicing solutions. Perk says it has more than 10,000 customers globally, including Wise and Red Bull.

  2. Amadeus Newsroom

    Amadeus and TravelPerk extend collaboration to include NDC content

    Amadeus and business travel and spend management platform TravelPerk have extended their distribution agreement to include NDC content. TravelPerk will continue sourcing a wide range of content from Amadeus, including air, hotel, mobility and transfer services, plus automation and servicing solutions, giving its customers broader, richer content and greater choice. TravelPerk says its NDC capabilities now extend to 25 airlines and that it has more than 10,000 customers globally.

Sep 16Tue
  1. Amadeus Newsroom

    Amadeus and Lufthansa test EU Digital Identity Wallet

    Amadeus and Lufthansa, both partners in the EU Digital Identity Wallet Consortium Large Scale pilot project, successfully tested the EUDI Wallet this summer for online check-in and in-person airport scenarios including check-in, bag-drop and boarding. Available to citizens in 2026 and provided by Member States, the EUDI Wallet securely stores identity documents such as passports and national ID cards, payment methods and biometric profiles. Amadeus has enhanced its Travel Ready solution to provide infrastructure enabling third-party wallets to operate with the travel industry, and plans to test digital travel credential use cases such as airport security and border control later in 2025.

  2. Amadeus Newsroom

    Malaysia's CIT selects Amadeus to modernize its tech stack

    Kuala Lumpur-based Malaysian business travel management company Corporate Information Travel (CIT) selected Amadeus as its digital transformation partner and will migrate its business to the Amadeus Travel Platform for more comprehensive air content and modern capabilities. Founded in 1985 and recently marking its 40th anniversary, CIT offers instant airline reservations, ticketing and corporate ticketing facilities with fares from more than 130 airlines worldwide. CIT said it aims to build a future-proof, scalable system so consultants spend less time on repetitive tasks, and to launch a modern client-oriented website including NDC content.

Sep 15Mon
  1. SAP Concur Blog

    SAP Concur upgrades travel and expense platform capabilities

    SAP Concur released the eBook Leading the Charge, Leading the Change in Travel Management, outlining modernization of its travel platform. Concur Travel improved car rental, hotel, air and rail content, with air connectivity ensuring full content access including GDS, NDC, EDIFACT and aggregators. AI and machine learning identify booking patterns and spot potential fraud and policy violations; the Joule AI assistant personalizes flight recommendations; Request Assistant uses generative AI for trip cost estimates; and ExpenseIt analyzes hotel folios. New virtual card payments for hotels add spending controls and visibility.

Aug 21Thu
  1. SAP Concur Blog

    SAP Concur 2025 Forecast Review: Inflation, AI and TMC Consolidation

    SAP Concur reviews its four early-2025 predictions for business travel, finance and AI. Slowing inflation made T&E budgets go further, with average transaction amounts flat or slightly down; 89% of travelers, 93% of travel managers and 90% of CFOs expect no budget cuts. AI adoption accelerated, with 57% of finance departments saying general finance tasks are highly automated and 88% of travelers comfortable using AI for some elements. TMC consolidation continued with the Amex GBT-CWT merger; NDC adoption grew slowly amid content fragmentation.

Aug 7Thu
  1. Amadeus Newsroom

    Riyadh Air Signs Global Distribution Agreement with Amadeus

    Riyadh Air, the new national carrier of Saudi Arabia, signed a global distribution agreement with Amadeus. By joining the Amadeus Travel Platform, Riyadh Air will connect to travel agencies and sellers in more than 190 countries, making its offers accessible to travelers worldwide, supporting its growth plans and contributing to Saudi Vision 2030. The agreement also includes Amadeus distributing Riyadh Air's future NDC content, allowing the airline to deliver more dynamic, personalized offers and take greater control of its indirect sales strategy. Backed by the Public Investment Fund and unveiled by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in 2023, Riyadh Air is expected to contribute over USD 20…

Jul 21Mon
  1. Amadeus Newsroom

    Amadeus Cytric collaborates with Globespan to issue first Air Canada NDC booking

    Amadeus Cytric and travel management company Globespan announced an alliance under which Globespan becomes a reseller of Amadeus Cytric, offering the online travel management tool to customers across Canada and the US. Globespan became the first TMC to issue a live NDC booking from Air Canada on an online booking tool via Amadeus in the Canadian market, bringing Air Canada NDC content to corporate travelers. Globespan now has full access to Cytric Easy functionalities, including Microsoft Teams integration.

Jun 16Mon
  1. Amadeus Newsroom

    Arrive Agencies Expands Strategic Agreement with Amadeus

    Scandinavian travel seller network Arrive Agencies extended its long-standing cooperation with Amadeus. The renewed agreement covers NDC-sourced air content, payments, data analytics, and hospitality booking solutions. Arrive Agencies will use tools including Amadeus Productivity Tracker, Outpayce B2B Wallet, and Amadeus Value Hotels. In September 2024, Arrive Agencies became a reseller of Amadeus Cytric Easy.

Jun 3Tue
  1. SAP Concur Blog

    SAP Concur: Scaling Corporate Travel and Expense Solutions While Meeting Employee Needs

    A SAP Concur blog post says 53% of travel and expense decision-makers report major business consequences from the inability to scale and adapt T&E solutions, and 78% want a single platform for both travel and expense. It advises companies to scrutinize processes and systems, prepare for new-market regulations and data-security risks, improve spend visibility, and build a global model with region-by-region deployment. It also stresses listening to employees, especially Millennials and Gen Z, on policy transparency, social value, simplified technology, and NDC, citing views from Unisys and NYU.

Jan 14Tue
  1. SAP Concur Blog

    Finance Leaders: Business Travel + Expense Management Trends

    SAP Concur experts predict 2025 business travel and expense management trends: organizations will expect more from every travel dollar, AI will handle more work, TMCs will continue consolidating, content fragmentation will slow, and NDC benefits will emerge. CFO priorities include growth, AI adoption, ESG integration, cybersecurity, and talent management. Surveys show 76% of travelers enjoy travel and 67% see it as career-critical.

Nov 19Tue
  1. SAP Concur Blog

    SAP Concur Executives Predict 2025 Travel & Expense Trends

    SAP Concur published a blog on November 19, 2024, with executives predicting 2025 travel and expense trends. Predictions include: slowing inflation will increase travel opportunities; early caution will bolster greater trust in generative AI; finance leaders will collaborate across the C-suite to implement emerging technology; TMC consolidation will continue, while airlines and travelers reap the benefits of NDC. The article cites the 2024 SAP Concur Global Business Travel Survey, which found 95% of business travelers would consider using AI-powered automation to support their tasks.

Jul 8Mon
  1. SAP Concur Blog

    SAP Concur partners with Amadeus to add NDC content to new Concur Travel

    SAP Concur announced it has added Amadeus' NDC content to the existing NDC content base in the new Concur Travel, making Amadeus' 27 globally NDC-activated carriers available to corporate customers. SAP Concur says business travelers will get a richer booking and flight management experience, while travel managers gain access to new offers including continuous pricing and more retail and merchandising options.

Mar 29Fri
  1. SAP Concur Blog

    The Trends Shaping a Business Travel Power Shift

    SAP Concur President Charlie Sultan writes that rising business travel demand, increasing costs, and NDC adoption are shifting power from TMCs and customers to suppliers. Citing GBTA, 59% of travel managers expect more business trips in 2024, and 67% expect higher travel spend.

Mar 20Wed
  1. SAP News Concur Search

    SAP Concur Unveils Generative AI Travel and Expense Features at Fusion 2024

    SAP announced product and partnership milestones at SAP Concur Fusion 2024 in Las Vegas. SAP Concur, with more than 92 million end users, debuted generative AI capabilities: Concur Request provides intelligent cost estimates, ExpenseIt supports web receipt uploads with automatic expense creation and generative AI hotel folio itemization, and Concur Support adds natural-language search. Concur Travel adds direct hotel and rail integrations (American Express GBT, BCD, CWT RoomIt, FCTG, HRS), UK rail content, Microsoft Teams integration, and emissions viewing and sorting via Thrust Carbon. The new Concur Expense experience partners with Mastercard for automated expense creation.

Mar 14Thu
  1. SAP Concur Blog

    2024 SAP Concur Innovation Award Winners Announced

    SAP Concur announced seven 2024 Innovation Award winners showcasing travel and expense automation. Bechtel piloted Concur Select Access powered by Travelfusion to display NDC content alongside GDS fares, reducing out-of-channel direct bookings and improving Duty of Care reporting. Uber used Concur APIs and automation to save more than 5,000 employee hours, automate resolution of over 70% of expense-related help desk tickets, and drive corporate card adoption above 90%. KUKA made hotel and entertainment expense creation seven times faster. Stellantis unified T&E processes across 30 countries, with 98% of employees covered by Concur Expense, estimating savings of more than EUR1 million. PETRO…

Mar 12Tue
  1. SAP Concur Blog

    SAP Concur Delivers Enriched Travel and Expense Experiences at Fusion 2024

    SAP Concur announced product and partnership developments at Fusion 2024. Concur Travel adds in-app emissions data (Thrust Carbon integration), enhanced hotel and rail content (direct integrations with American Express GBT, BCD, CWT RoomIt, FCTG, HRS and UK rail content), Microsoft Teams integration and Concur Request integration. TripIt Pro adds risk alerts covering weather, political unrest, labor action, communication outages and select airline alerts. The new Concur Expense experience partners with Mastercard for automated expense creation, and a new Data Delivery Service provides direct access to expense data for analytics tools. SAP also debuted generative AI features including Concur…