Why Your Booked Seat Might Just Vanish | NDC Travel Distribution | GBTA | Andrew Jordan
Travel And Tour World brings you an exclusive interview with Andrew Jordan, CTO from Travelport, recorded live at the GBTA Conference in Chicago. In this conversation, Andrew breaks down how his company's Travelport intelligent infrastructure is helping bring order to the growing complexity of AI driven travel retailing and NDC content. Key highlights from this interview: ✅ An introduction to Travelport's core message, positioning itself as the intelligent infrastructure supporting travel, focused on reliable transactability across both traditional and AI driven channels ✅ How Travelport API dynamic retailing is evolving beyond simple, transaction based GDS APIs into richer, more intelligent orchestration for corporate agencies and suppliers ✅ Why managing cloud and AI costs matters just as much as innovation itself, ensuring platforms remain sustainable without eroding profitability ✅ A deep dive into what is NDC and why is it confusing, exploring how NDC vs EDIFACT content inconsistency creates real challenges for corporate travel managers, even within the same route and cabin class ✅ A real world example of seat map inconsistency NDC airlines, showing how different carriers implement NDC in inconsistent ways, leading to confusing booking experiences ✅ How Travelport NDC content normalization helps smooth out these inconsistencies, made possible by their scale across multiple carriers ✅ Andrew's closing thoughts on AI trust in travel industry, encouraging cautious optimism as AI's role in travel technology continues to grow This interview offers valuable insight for corporate travel managers, technology providers, and hospitality professionals looking to understand how AI orchestration travel booking platform solutions and NDC standardization are shaping the future of travel distribution in 2026 and beyond. About Travel And Tour World: Travel And Tour World is a global travel media platform covering travel, tourism, hospitality, aviation, MICE, cruise, and luxury travel, with readership across 195 countries. [Travelport GDS, NDC travel distribution, AI in travel technology, corporate travel technology, Travelport intelligent infrastructure, Travelport NDC content normalization, what is NDC in airline distribution, NDC vs EDIFACT content inconsistency, AI orchestration travel booking platform, seat map inconsistency NDC airlines] #Travelport #NDC #GBTA #AIinTravel #CorporateTravel #TravelAndTourWorld #TravelTechnology #TravelTrends2026 #MICE #GDS #TravelDistribution #AviationTech