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Hogg Robinson Thinks It Has a Technology Edge on Its Corporate Travel Competitors

Patrick Whyte

Photo Credit: An aircraft in the sky. Hogg Robinson Group has enhanced its NDC ability. Flickr / Dirk Duckhorn

Skift Take

IATA’s New Distribution Capability appears to finally be gaining traction in corporate travel. Airlines want it to succeed as much as travel management companies, which will have access to a greater amount of content like seat upgrades and other ancillary products.

Corporate travel services company Hogg Robinson Group believes it has edged in front of the competition in the race to exploit the benefits around the airline industry’s preferred booking standard. Since the the International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced plans to give airlines greater control of how their products were distributed, the travel industry has been scrambling to take advantage. While this New Distribution Capability wasn’t an explicit attack on the global distribution systems that act as intermediaries in the world

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