Accor will replace its legacy in-house platform with Amadeus's newest central reservation system over the next few years. The goal is to help reduce the hotel giant's reliance on costly online travel agencies by broadening the channels it can sell rooms on.
Very slowly, the New Distribution Capability is enabling online travel agencies to catch up with the services that airlines offer on their own websites.
Amadeus acquired another company earlier this year to expand its biometrics business. Now it's taken the same strategy to expand its payments business.