Sabre Travel Network's Sabre Virtually There Site Cited Among Top Web Sites For Business Travelers
February 24 2004 - 9:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Sabre Travel Network's Sabre Virtually There Site Cited Among Top
Web Sites For Business Travelers Web Site Recognized for Providing
Professional Travelers Easy Access To Itinerary, Including Hotel
and Rental Car Reservations, Plus Extras SOUTHLAKE, Texas, Feb. 24
/PRNewswire/ -- Sabre Travel Network announced today that its Sabre
Virtually There personalized travel Web site placed among the top
travel Web sites for business travelers in a recent ranking by
Conde Nast Traveler. Sabre Virtually There delivers real-time
information about an individual's travel plans, flight information
and weather when the trip is booked through a Sabre Connected
travel agent, or participating travel supplier. In addition, the
Web site offers special features for road warriors including
restaurant bookings, specialty tours, attraction tickets and
destination information. "The ability to stay connected to travel
services is increasingly important as employees become more
mobile," said John Stow, president of Sabre Travel Network.
"Virtually There allows agents to provide their customers a
significant expansion of real-time information, delivered anytime,
anywhere, which is exactly what consumers are saying they need."
Virtually There is accessible through the Internet and cell phones
or other wireless devices, and itinerary information is
downloadable to a calendar program such as Microsoft Outlook. The
Web site, which is available in 13 languages, also offers passport
and visa information, a currency converter, a worldwide travel
warning section, a list of essential phone numbers for travelers
and a frequently asked questions section. "We are certainly proud
of the recognition that Virtually There has received for its value
to the business traveler,"continued Stow. "In developing the Web
site, our goal was to provide an added value for agents to provide
their customers -- in essence, a personal travel assistant they
know is there no matter where they are in the world." About Sabre
Travel Network Sabre Travel Network, a Sabre Holdings company,
provides access to the world's leading global distribution system
(GDS) enabling agents at more than 53,000 agency locations
worldwide to be travel experts. The Sabre GDS, the first system to
connect the buyers and sellers of travel, today includes more than
400 airlines, approximately 60,000 hotels, 53 car rental companies,
nine cruise lines, 36 railroads and 232 tour operators. 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 Corporation
(NYSE:TSG) is a world leader in travel commerce, 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/ DATASOURCE: Sabre
Travel Network CONTACT: Nanci Williams of Sabre Holdings
Corporation, +1-682-605-2271, or Web site:
http://www.sabre-holdings.com/
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