Sabre Enhances Sabre Vacations Agent Tool with Travel Impressions Tour Inventory
09 August 2005 - 10:00PM
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 Travel Impressions
packaged vacation inventory is now available to U.S. agents through
Sabre Vacations, Sabre's Web-based vacation package booking engine.
Sabre Vacations is a private-label version of Trisept Solutions'
VAX VacationAccess. The addition of Travel Impressions brings the
number of tour operators offered through Sabre Vacations to
eighteen. The addition of Travel Impressions, one of the largest
tour operators in the country, to the Sabre Vacations offering
provides travel agents with leisure vacation packages to over 150
destinations and over 1,100 resorts and hotels worldwide. This
expanded inventory allows agents to be more creative and
comprehensive in the travel packages they offer their clientele.
"As our product line has grown and expanded, we sought a new
Web-based platform to reach greater numbers of travel agents," said
Larry Lynch, vice president of eCommerce for Travel Impressions.
"Through Sabre Vacations, we will be able to increase our exposure
to travel agents and offer valuable services, such as detailed
property descriptions with graphics and e-mail alerts on promotions
to their customers." "Serving our customers' needs is always our
first priority," said Chris Kroeger, senior vice president, Sabre
Travel Network, North America. "These improvements to Sabre
Vacations will enable agents to more efficiently meet their
customers' needs, while enhancing revenue potential." Sabre
Holdings research indicates that the leisure travel segment
continues to grow, with leisure spend increasing from $127B in the
U.S. and Canada in 2002 to over $150B in 2006. ASTA studies show
that tour packages continue to increase as a part of the agency
mix, representing an estimated 30 percent of offline leisure agency
sales in 2003, compared to 15 percent in 1996 - with 66 percent of
agencies expecting package sales to continue to grow. About Sabre
Travel Network Sabre Travel Network provides access to the world's
leading global distribution system (GDS) enabling agents at more
than 50,000 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, 32 car rental companies, nine cruise lines, 35 railroads
and 220 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
Sabre Travel Network, Sabre Vacations, Jurni Network, GetThere and
Sabre Connected 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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