NDCMarketplace.com, a new subscription-based global marketplace connecting airlines and travel sellers, which enables both parties to buy and sell air products using IATA’s New Distribution Capability (NDC) standard, has officially launched.
Developed by Dubai-based travel technology firm and IATA NDC and One Order-certified IT Provider, TPConnects, the B2B online marketplace offers travel agents from around the world a new, highly efficient way to search, compare, book airline tickets, ancillaries and related services on NDC-certified low-cost and full-service airlines, from one central location.
Since travel agents will be using their own credentials and form of payment on NDCMarketplace.com, they will not lose their Global Distribution Services (GDS) incentives and can avoid GDS surcharges imposed by airlines like Emirates, Singapore Airlines, Qantas, British Airways, Lufthansa Group and Air France/KLM, while saving on GDS distribution fees for NDC content from…