Driving Innovation
Amadeus has announced the creation of a dedicated program to drive the industrialization of NDC and ensure its success for all travel players.
New Distribution Capability (NDC), created by IATA, is an XML-based data transmission standard that holds huge promise for the travel industry, and will enable travel companies — from airlines to travel agencies — to evolve travel distribution and merchandizing.
With this in mind the NDC-X program will bring together experts from across Amadeus’ business, and will focus on practical use cases of the standard, adopting a test and learn approach to deliver improved capabilities for the industry.
The NDC-X program is a continuation of Amadeus’ previous work towards the digitalization of the industry and the creation of commercial possibilities to build on NDC.
Gianni Pisanello, who has held a variety of leadership roles within Amadeus’ airlines business, both on the IT and the distribution side, will lead the new NDC-X program.
The new vice-president, NDC-X program, Pisanello said:
“We are at a critical moment in terms of the development of the standard, and the readiness of the industry. For NDC to truly take off, we need to create a real standard not only for the protocol itself, but also for how its implemented.”
He continued:
“We also need to ensure that it responds to travel seller requirements, and that it has the right economics to drive investment. At Amadeus, we recognize that we have a responsibility to make NDC work for all travel players, and thats what we will be doing through our NDC-X program.”
Decius Valmorbida, SVP, Travel Channels, Amadeus, commented:
“The NDC-X program is a strategic priority for Amadeus. Our aim is to create better journeys for travellers through the best use of technology, and this transversal program will work with our travel seller and airline customers to deliver just that. We are dedicating the right resources and have appointed a strong leader with a proven track-record in the industry to drive its success.”
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