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Connecting the global travel ecosystem: the role of Nexwave

March 26, 2025
Last updated: March 31, 2025
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Bernhard Steffens
Bernhard Steffens
Head of Amadeus Nexwave, Amadeus
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We have a clear mission here at Amadeus: working to connect the travel ecosystem and building the end-to-end journeys travelers have come to expect. Nexwave, our business incubator and accelerator, plays an important role within that ambition, identifying winning opportunities and taking them from idea to scale.


In this way, we are able to add our own contributions to the constellation of stars which makes up the travel technology sector. Two good examples are Amadeus Discover and Amadeus Travel Ready which have graduated into the wider Amadeus business. From here, we hope they will grow in a range of markets, enhancing travel experiences and generating revenue through personalized services and operational efficiencies.

How does Nexwave work?

Before we take a closer look at both solutions, a few words on the work of Nexwave and its role within Amadeus. Our incubator is designed to power long-term growth, offering a pathway for innovative and promising businesses to be scaled and integrated into other business units.


This process takes a customized incubation approach. We start with a promising idea, assessing its foundations with a rigorous assessment of relevant proof points, before moving on to examine a strategy and potential pilots. The final stages involve a business design, with a marketable product and sales pipeline, before pre-scaling sees the finalization of the business and plans put in place for growth.


We have now completed all these stages with our two new solutions, Amadeus Discover and Amadeus Travel Ready. Both were fully developed within Nexwave, with our own research and development resources, and are now ready to grow further to improve the traveler experience.

Amadeus Discover

The first, Amadeus Discover, is a business-to-business platform which aggregates and distributes over 200,000 bookable experiences to travel sellers, allowing them to better serve travelers. For example, if a traveler enjoys diving, they will be able to book their whole trip with travel sellers, including flights, hotel and now activities.


Amadeus Discover gathers a wide array of experiences from around the world, from museum tours to restaurants and sports activities, allowing travel sellers to become distribution channels for personalized options at destination. This allows travel sellers to generate revenue, while offering better customer service and driving loyalty.


For travelers, Amadeus Discover opens access to personalized activities, fitted to their needs and taste, as part of an end-to-end travel experience.

Amadeus Travel Ready

In turn, Amadeus Travel Ready digitalizes traveler identification and document verification across the journey, streamlining access control and removing unnecessary manual verifications and associated queues.


For example, before going to the airport, a traveler will be able to upload all their travel documents to be verified before boarding, winning back some time to enjoy the airport experience. This solution significantly reduces the time spent in queues by digitally verifying travel documents and allowing people to enjoy a seamless experience once there.


To date, 25 million documents have been verified by Amadeus Travel Ready, with 20 airlines currently using the technology.

Innovation across the ecosystem

We are serious about innovation at Amadeus, working on transformative solutions that enhance traveler experiences globally. Amadeus Discover and Amadeus Travel Ready are just the latest in a series of successes in this area.


We remain dedicated to fostering innovation to provide better travel for everyone, everywhere, and Nexwave is always ready to develop the next solution for the future of travel. 

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