Travelport, Emirates Seal Partnership Deal On Booking
TRAVELPORT, a worldwide travel retail that provides distribution, technology, payment solutions for the travel and tourism industry, and award- winning international airlines, Emirates, have announced that they have reached a commercial agreement, which will allow Travelport connected travel agencies to avoid the airline’s surcharge on bookings via Global Distribution Systems ( GDS).
The agreement, which took effect from July 1, 2021, will ensure that Travelport’s global network of travel agency partners are automatically 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 and booking Emirates branded fares, as well as greater access to its ancillary offers, courtesy of a longterm extension of the airline’s existing agreement to use Travelport’s rich content and branding merchandising tool.
Both brands also announced a new long- term agreement to enable the distribution of Emirates NDC content via Travelport’s nextgeneration platform, Travelport+, and an extension to its longstanding IT agreement.
Chief Commercial Officer at Emirates, Adnan Kazim, said: “We are pleased to have reached key agreements with Travelport as this will take our decades long partnership to the next level. Also with the recent launch of Travelport+, these new deals will further cement Emirates as the airline of choice for travellers that want highly personalised offers and access to the world’s best destinations.”
Kazim further said: “As part of the deal, Travelport- connected agencies will be able to gain simplified access to Emirates’ New Distribution Capability ( NDC), content and services via Travelport Smartpoint and the company’s enhanced RESTFUL / JSON API once the agencies sign new NDC specific agreements with both companies. Travelport and Emirates 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, when complete, be gradually rolled out.”