May 2021 104 Sharaf Travel Services, a leading retail travel agency based in Dubai, and Amadeus have set a new milestone to drive forward New Distribution Capability (NDC). Together with Sharaf Travels, Amadeus has successfully issued a Singapore airlines ticket on March 4 with NDC content via Amadeus Travel Platform. Sharaf Travel has thus laid the foundation to deliver modern retailing, with new, richer and more innovative content and advanced servicing for its travellers. NDC is an integral part of the Amadeus Travel Platform which brings together travel content from multiple sources (EDIFACT, NDC and other APIs), allowing travel agencies to easily search and compare offers on one screen. Through Amadeus’ NDC-enabled solutions, travel agencies like Sharaf Travel are able to shop, order and pay for airline travel offers via NDC in their usual booking environment. Additionally, Sharaf Travel has access to the main servicing capabilities that an agency requir
Sharaf Travel, Amadeus partner to drive NDC forward in the UAE
DUBAI, 2 hours, 10 minutes ago Sharaf Travel Services, a leading retail travel agency based in Dubai, and Amadeus have set a new milestone to drive forward New Distribution Capability (NDC). Together with Sharaf Travels, Amadeus has successfully issued a Singapore airlines ticket on March 4 with NDC content via Amadeus Travel Platform. Sharaf Travel has thus laid the foundation to deliver modern retailing, with new, richer and more innovative content and advanced servicing for its travellers. NDC is an integral part of the Amadeus Travel Platform which brings together travel content from multiple sources (EDIFACT, NDC and other APIs), allowing travel agencies to easily search and compare offers on one screen. Through Amadeus’ NDC-enabled solutions, travel agencies like Sharaf Travel are able to shop, order and pay for airline travel offers via NDC in their usual booking environment. Additionally,
May 17th 2021, 16:41
Speakers at Arabian Travel Market have called on governments and the private sector to work together to support recovery across the Middle East.
Ghada Shalaby, Egypt’s vice-minister of tourism and antiquities, told delegates that cooperation between ministries during the pandemic in her country offered a formula for others to follow to reopen tourism.
Speaking in a session run by the Global Travel & Tourism Resilience Council, Shalaby said the ministries of tourism and health continued to cooperate as the country targeted between six and seven million visitors in 2021.
Scott Hume, senior vice-president of operations for Global Rescue, added: “There needs to be significant industry and international governmental collaboration to solve information gathering and distribution efforts across the globe to get travel started.
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Khimji’s House of Travel has extended its partnership with Amadeus
Khimji’s House of Travel, one of the leading travel companies in Oman, has extended its partnership with Amadeus to build momentum around its digital transformation and the development of integrated travel services. Since 2012, Amadeus has worked with the agency to strengthen its position in Oman’s travel and tourism market as well as helping it expand across the region.
In addition to a growing team of travel experts, the agency’s recent diversification strategy can be seen with the introduction of cutting-edge travel solutions for travellers and travel partners. These new developments include the corporate platform khimjicorptravel.com, the platform for local travel agents khimjiconnect.com, and the global B2B hotel and leisure platform tripsnstay.com.