DENVER and SOUTHLAKE, Texas, July
19, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The growing priority of employers
being able to monitor world events and account for the safety and
location of their employees who are traveling will now be easier
and more effective with the roll-out of SafePoint, a new mobile
duty of care solution that travel technology leader Sabre
Corporation (NASDAQ: SABR) unveiled today at the GBTA Convention
2016.
SafePoint automatically monitors all of the corporation's trips.
For travelers using TripCase, SafePoint will monitor a traveler's
entire itinerary, not just PNR segments. This includes out of
program bookings and other trip components. TripCase allows the
traveler to check-in with their corporation and provide GPS
location while also having easy access to their emergency
assistance hotline. For travel managers, risk management teams and
security advisors an intuitive dashboard allows them to view events
impacting their travelers in a consumer grade user experience
across desktop, tablet and mobile devices.
Sabre has selected iJET International, the leader in travel risk
management, as the exclusive provider of travel and security
intelligence to SafePoint. In the event of an incident or disrupted
travel, iJET's best-in-class travel intelligence will feed into
SafePoint which will automatically notify impacted travelers via
the TripCase mobile app, SMS, email and push notifications.
"Corporations today are challenged with providing a duty of care
solution for their traveling employees in the time of a crisis, and
many business travelers are unaware of their company's available
resources if something should happen while traveling," said
Clinton Anderson, senior vice
president - corporate strategy and traveler experience for Sabre.
"We know that travelers are more likely to stay connected in times
of crisis with an app that helps them across the trip life cycle
including travel risk management. With SafePoint, travelers
don't need to download another app as alerts, check-in and
emergency assistance are integrated into TripCase."
"Sabre's SafePoint solution not only puts the most critical
travel intelligence into the palms of the traveler's hands, but
takes the additional step of providing automated, proactive trip
monitoring," said Theresa Thomas,
senior vice president Powered by iJET. "In the current environment
of evolving global events, knowing that you have an additional set
of eyes looking out for your travelers' well-being can go a long
way to helping to ensure your travelers' safety and security."
The safety tracking capabilities of SafePoint are integrated in
TripCase as a single solution to access and manage all trip-based
data, and travelers don't need to download a separate app out of
corporate policy.
Sabre plans to make SafePoint available to customers worldwide
later this year. This announcement continues to build on Sabre's
vision for an integrated and mobile-friendly solution for corporate
travelers.
About Sabre Corporation
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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uncertainties include, among others, the timing and results of the
development of the platform described in this release, dependency
on transaction volumes in the global travel industry, particularly
air travel transaction volumes, the financial and business effects
of acquisitions, including integration of these acquisitions,
adverse global and regional economic and political conditions,
including, but not limited to, economic conditions in countries or
regions with traditionally high levels of exports to China or that have commodities-based
economies, risks arising from global operations, exposure to
pricing pressure in the Travel Network business, the implementation
and effects of new agreements, dependence on maintaining and
renewing contracts with customers and other counterparties,
dependence on relationships with travel buyers, changes affecting
travel supplier customers, travel suppliers' usage of alternative
distribution models, and competition in the travel distribution
market and solutions markets. More information about potential
risks and uncertainties that could affect Sabre's business and
results of operations is included in the "Risk Factors" and
"Forward-Looking Statements" sections in Sabre's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2015, in "Risk Factors" in Sabre's Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended March 31,
2016, and in subsequent public statements or reports filed
with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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MEDIA CONTACT
Daniel Duarte
Sabre, Public Relations
Daniel.Duarte@sabre.com
+1 (214) 236-9473
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