Amadeus has announced that American Express Global Business Travel and Carlson Wagonlit Travel are joining its NDC-X program.
The partnership means the travel management companies, which have also been announced as partners for a similar initiative from Sabre, will help Amadeus pilot its New Distribution Capability-enabled solution.
The pilot enables the TMCs, and other partners to be announced, to test the technology and see how the workflow and processes work within the new environment.
A statement says the implementation of the NDC technology is planned for 2019.
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Earlier this week Sabre also announced American Airlines, Carlson Wagonlit Travel and Flight Centre Travel as partners for its NDC development program.
Amadeus has been working with Flight Centre Travel on NDC for some time but will announce further partners in the coming weeks.