Sabre Enhances Cruise Tools with Addition of Cunard Line
October 25 2005 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Sabre Travel Network, the Sabre Holdings business that connects
travel suppliers and agents through the world's leading global
distribution system (GDS), today announced that Cunard Line voyage
inventory is now available to Sabre Connected travel agents in
North America using Sabre CruiseDirector or the Sabre Cruise API.
The addition of Cunard Line, a unit of Carnival Corporation, brings
the number of cruise lines offered through Sabre's cruise shopping
and booking tools to eleven. Cunard will also be available in Sabre
Cruises, Sabre's newest browser-based tool, in the upcoming
enhanced version. Sabre's cruise tools offer travel agents quick
and easy access to cruise lines' systems for real-time, shopping
and booking, 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week. The addition of
Cunard Line gives agents the ability to increase their luxury
ocean-going offerings with the prestigious Queen Mary 2 and Queen
Elizabeth 2 liners. "Distributing Cunard through the Sabre GDS to
their agency network will provide those agents with an efficient
and simple way to gain access to booking memorable vacations aboard
our company's legendary ocean liners," said Jan Swartz, senior vice
president of customer service and sales for Cunard Line. "With the
addition of Cunard, Sabre cruise tools provide agents even more
customer service and revenue potential by providing more
participating cruise lines with varied offerings," said Chris
Kroeger, senior vice president, Sabre Travel Network, North
America. "We are committed to our continued relationship with the
Carnival Corporation as we increase the participation of Carnival
Corporation brands in our industry-leading cruise booking tools."
About Sabre Travel Network Sabre Travel Network, a Sabre Holdings
company, provides access to the world's leading global distribution
system (GDS). The Sabre GDS is a ready-built efficient marketplace
that connects suppliers, including hundreds of airlines and
thousands of hotels, with more than 50,000 travel agency locations.
Suppliers get access through one single connection; travel agents
get real time access to thousands of travel products from multiple
suppliers through one source integrated into their businesses;
consumers get access to a global supermarket of the world's
greatest travel possibilities. Key brands of Sabre Travel Network
include GetThere, the leading Web-based corporate travel
reservation technology, and Jurni Network, the unique leisure
travel agency consortium that enables members to sell more products
from preferred travel suppliers using sophisticated market
intelligence. Sabre Holdings (NYSE:TSG) connects people with the
world's greatest travel possibilities by retailing travel products
and providing distribution and technology solutions for the travel
industry. More information about Sabre Holdings is available at
http://www.sabre-holdings.com. Sabre Travel Network, SabreCruises,
Jurni Network, GetThere, Sabre Connected, Sabre CruiseDirector, and
Sabre Cruise API are trademarks and/or service marks of an
affiliate of Sabre Holdings Corporation. All other trademarks,
service marks, and trade names are the property of their respective
owners.
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