Paying to be Passive - fireside chat with industry experts

News that TripStax has hit a 1M ‘passive segment’ milestone is a barometer for the pace of non-GDS bookings and the health of TMC processes. But what does this really mean for the industry?

Join industry experts TripStax’s David Chappell and Atriis’ Kai-Gordon Weiland to discuss the role of the ‘Passive PNR’ as the disaggregation of content accelerates.

The travel industry has long relied on Passive segments to enable bookings made outside of the GDS to be processed through an agency’s internal systems. Thanks to the increasing adoption of NDC, and as airlines and content providers look to distribute directly to agents and consumers, what now for the humble Passive segment?

Once a go-to solution for an agency, the Passive is rising up the agenda as both commercial pressures and the quest for operational efficiency puts a spotlight firmly on one of the hidden workhorses of the travel industry. How can agencies look to move away from a dependency on them and what are the financial implications of doing so?