China Eastern Airlines Leverages Travelportâ€™s NDC-Enabled Multi-Source Technology in Extended Partnership – Travel And Tour World

Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Travelport, a leading global technology provider facilitating bookings for countless travel suppliers across the globe, has unveiled a new extended multi-source content agreement with China Eastern Airlines. This collaboration includes access to New Distribution Capability (NDC) content. China Eastern Airlines, a prominent member of the SkyTeam Alliance, stands as one of China’s top three airlines.
Through Travelport’s advanced NDC solution, travel agencies can effortlessly search, reserve, and handle NDC-based bookings with China Eastern Airlines. The solution also supports essential post-booking services like cancellations and exchanges, ensuring a seamless experience for travel agents and their clients.
“This agreement marks an important step in our journey toward NDC adoption, allowing us to scale and encourage its use across agencies and travel retailers,” said Fu Jian, Vice President, Digital Transformation and Business Management Department of Marketing and Sales�at China Eastern Airlines. “Our commitment is to provide top-tier content and customized experiences for our customers, and Travelport’s advanced retailing technology is key to making our offerings more accessible to agencies and their clients.”
Travelport offers an advanced suite of NDC solutions designed to empower modern travel retailers. These tools enable agents and travelers to seamlessly browse and compare various offers, make well-informed decisions, and efficiently manage NDC bookings with partners such as China Eastern Airlines. Additionally, the AI-powered Content Curation Layer (CCL) and Content Optimizer integrated into Travelport+ simplify the search process, providing fast, intelligent, and personalized access to enriched NDC and traditional content for a superior booking experience.
“Our goal is to be the industry’s top multi-source content aggregator, which means NDC content in Travelport+ should be simple to access, compare, and manage,” said Damian Hickey, Global Head of Travel Partners at Travelport. “Through our partnership with China Eastern Airlines, together, we’re focused on delivering NDC content that is simple to access and ready for our agency customers to shop and compare more personalized offers to present travelers with the best options.”

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