SOUTHLAKE, Texas, Jan. 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Sabre Corporation
(NASDAQ: SABR), the leading technology provider to the global
travel industry, today announced agreements with Bedsonline,
TravelBound and the Expedia® Affiliate Network (EAN) to make
their content available in the new Sabre Content Services for
Lodging, a solution that will integrate multiple sources of content
to increase efficiencies and improve customer satisfaction.
Answering the industry demand for additional types of rate and
inventory options, these agreements will establish a critical mass
of new opportunities for GDS consumers and buyers. Bedsonline
brings a portfolio of more than 170,000 properties in 120
countries, while TravelBound reaches customers in 190 countries and
offers unique experiences from more than 50,000 hotels. EAN will
provide access to more than 350,000 properties worldwide and offer
more than 650,000 exclusive deals on accommodations.
"Having aggregator content integrated with traditional GDS hotel
content makes travel agents and corporate booking tool providers
more efficient, effective and confident in the increased depth and
breadth of lodging offerings they are able to bring to their
travelers," said Traci Mercer,
senior vice president of lodging, ground, and sea for Sabre Travel
Network. "These agreements are key to helping us better serve
customers in all regions around the globe."
Launching later this year, the first market release of Sabre
Content Services for Lodging will deliver over 900,000 property
options from both the Sabre GDS and non-GDS sources such as
aggregators, redistributors and agency-sourced hotel content. The
new lodging solution will allow a more seamless shopping experience
that will display the new content at the room and rate level,
side-by-side, for more efficient comparison.
"We're dedicated to driving business for travel agencies by
offering them the widest range of the best hotels under exclusive
terms and conditions, and partnering with Sabre furthers that
commitment," said Amanda Spencer
Hill, regional manager, North
America at Bedsonline. "By simplifying the customer
experience, travel agents are able to better accommodate travelers
and increase overall bookings, bettering their short- and long-term
business goals."
"Behind the TravelBound interface is a booking platform that
handles peaks of up to 1.5 billion searches per day, and we are
pleased to further strengthen our global reach with this
agreement," said James Phillips,
president at TravelBound. "By joining Sabre in innovating the GDS
channel, we feel we´ll be better placed in serving the overall
market."
"Travel agents and travel management companies want to provide
their customers with the best choice and flexibility," said
Christian Gerron, vice president,
North America, EAN brand.
"Integrating our competitive rates and availabilities at more than
350,000 properties and 25,000+ destinations worldwide to Sabre's
Content Services for Lodging solution will provide tremendous value
to Sabre partners by accessing our more than 650,000 deals."
The new lodging solution will include the capabilities of Sabre
APIs and will be incorporated into Sabre Red Workspace, GetThere
and TripCase. The solution will not only drive more efficiency and
revenue with increased lodging choice, but will also extend tools
and enable improved optimization capabilities to better manage
chain, property, and rate-level preferred content.
About Bedsonline
Bedsonline is the leading global
provider of accommodation and travel ancillary products that
exclusively caters to travel agencies. It distributes through its
online platform accommodation, excursions, tickets and transfers to
more than 32,000 travel agencies in 30 countries. The company
stands out for its extensive portfolio - over 170,000 hotels in 200
destinations, 21,000 transfer routes in 140 countries, and 12,000
activities in 120 countries - to offer a personalized local
service through an intuitive and easy-to-use online booking tool.
In this way, Bedsonline guarantees high availability and
competitive prices to the great satisfaction of its clients.
Bedsonline is part of Hotelbeds Group, the business-to-business
provider of services to the travel industry globally. The Group is
headquartered in Palma de Mallorca,
Spain, and has 8,300 employees
working across 210 offices globally.
About TravelBound
Selling exclusively to travel
agents, TravelBound is a leading supplier of fully independent
travel (FIT) to destinations around the world. Its unsurpassed
inventory includes 50,000-plus hotels, apartments and villas, as
well as sightseeing tours, attractions and activities, and hundreds
of transfer options. A brand of GTA, TravelBound benefits from a
worldwide network of offices staffed with expert product
negotiators and coordination teams, ensuring agents receive
competitive pricing and superior service. This strength of
organization has resulted in TravelBound's reputation as one of the
most respected tour operators in North
America.
TravelBound is part of Hotelbeds Group, the business-to-business
provider of services to the travel industry globally. The Group is
headquartered in Palma de Mallorca,
Spain, and has 8,300 employees
working across 210 offices globally.
About EAN
Expedia® Affiliate Network (EAN) is a
global B2B partnership brand within the Expedia group that powers
the hotel business of leading airlines, top consumer brands, travel
agencies and hundreds of other partners through its API and
template solutions.
About Sabre
Sabre Corporation is the leading
technology provider to the global travel industry. Sabre's
software, data, mobile and distribution solutions are used by
hundreds of airlines and thousands of hotel properties to manage
critical operations, including passenger and guest reservations,
revenue management, flight, network and crew management. Sabre also
operates a leading global travel marketplace, which processes more
than US$120 billion of global travel
spend annually by connecting travel buyers and suppliers.
Headquartered in Southlake, Texas,
USA, Sabre serves customers in more than 160 countries around the
world.
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