Amadeus has enlisted the help of Flight Centre Travel Group to assist with the design and implementation of a new NDC-enabled platform for travel agencies.
The two companies will collaborate during the development phase of the new Amadeus Selling Platform Connect platform being earmarked for travel sellers using the IATA-created distribution standard.
Agencies will be able to shop, book and pay for flights, as well as purchase ancillary products and make modifications to reservations.
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Amadeus is also in the process of working with "several airlines" to help define the platform further.
The NDC development partnership with Flight Centre coincides with Amadeus putting its existing Selling Platform Connect platform in the company's network of agencies in EMEA and some Asian markets, including Singapore, India and Hong Kong.
Sabre secured a deal earlier this month with Flight Centre to install its Sabre Red platform in the company's retail outlets in Australia and New Zealand.
Rajiv Rajian, executive vice president of business travel at Amadeus, says: "As we progress on our NDC-X program, we’re also evolving our entire travel platform to bring together all relevant content from any source (GDS, NDC, airline proprietary APIs, and aggregators) to be distributed via any channel or device.
"The first evolution of our platform is underway and will give travel sellers, like Flight Centre, access to more content, and will give airlines the flexibility to distribute their products and offers however they choose."