Travelport and Emirates have reached a commercial agreement that will allow Travelport-connected travel agencies to avoid the airline’s surcharge on bookings via GDS.
Further, the companies have inked a new long-term agreement to enable the distribution of Emirates’ NDC content via Travelport’s platform, Travelport+, and an extension to its longstanding IT agreement.
Travelport, Emirates reach agreements on un-surcharged content, NDC distribution and IT service extension
As of July 1, Travelport’s global network of travel agency partners have automatically been upgraded to a dedicated channel that provides access to un-surcharged content. These agencies will also continue to benefit from a graphically-rich experience when searching for and booking Emirates-branded fares, as well as greater access to its ancillary offers, thanks to a long-term extension of the airline’s existing agreement to use Travelport’s Rich Content and Branding merchandising tool.
As part of the deal, Travelport-connected agencies will be able to gain simplified access to Emirates’ NDC content and services via Travelport Smartpoint and the company’s enhanced RESTful / JSON APIs once the agencies sign new NDC-specific agreements with both companies.
Travelport and Emirates said in a joint statement that they continue to progress the NDC technical solution for travel retailers worldwide and are now in the process of developing enhanced features and functionality that will gradually be rolled out upon completion.
Travelport will also continue to provide Emirates with its pricing, shopping and ticket rebooking technology as part of the agreement, to support the airline in the delivery of advanced shopping and rebooking options within its own internal sales channels, including its NDC channel and website.
Travelport and Emirates have reached a commercial agreement that will allow Travelport-connected travel agencies to avoid the airline’s surcharge on bookings via GDS.
Further, the companies have inked a new long-term agreement to enable the distribution of Emirates’ NDC content via Travelport’s platform, Travelport+, and an extension to its longstanding IT agreement.
As of July 1, Travelport’s global network of travel agency partners have automatically been upgraded to a dedicated channel that provides access to un-surcharged content. These agencies will also continue to benefit from a graphically-rich experience when searching for and booking Emirates-branded fares, as well as greater access to its ancillary offers, thanks to a long-term extension of the airline’s existing agreement to use Travelport’s Rich Content and Branding merchandising tool.
As part of the deal, Travelport-connected agencies will be able to gain simplified access to Emirates’ NDC content and services via Travelport Smartpoint and the company’s enhanced RESTful / JSON APIs once the agencies sign new NDC-specific agreements with both companies.
Travelport and Emirates said in a joint statement that they continue to progress the NDC technical solution for travel retailers worldwide and are now in the process of developing enhanced features and functionality that will gradually be rolled out upon completion.
Travelport will also continue to provide Emirates with its pricing, shopping and ticket rebooking technology as part of the agreement, to support the airline in the delivery of advanced shopping and rebooking options within its own internal sales channels, including its NDC channel and website.