New VacationStudio Provides All North American Travel Agents Comprehensive Leisure Shopping, Booking Tools from Sabre Travel Net
30 March 2007 - 8:30PM
Business Wire
Sabre Travel Network, the world's largest and most rewarding
marketplace for buying and selling travel, today announced the
launch of VacationStudio powered by MySabre, a comprehensive
leisure travel site that will allow any travel professional in
North America, including agents that do not currently utilize the
Sabre GDS, to shop and book vacation packages and cruises.
VacationStudio, the latest addition to Sabre�s end-to-end leisure
collection, provides convenient access to a broad range of
commissionable leisure travel products through such solutions as
Sabre Cruises, TripTailor, Agent59 and more. �VacationStudio gives
travel professionals easy access to more of the popular tools,
suppliers and products they need to book customized vacations for
their clients, �said Dan Westbrook, vice president of travel
merchandising, Sabre Travel Network. �With VacationStudio any
agent, including home-based agents, can book commissionable
vacation packages from any of the 13 cruise lines and more than 40
tour operators, as well as create their own packages dynamically
using TripTailor. All of this can be accomplished through one
streamlined, comprehensive travel site.� Registration for
VacationStudio is free and no contract is required. Agencies that
are not currently Sabre Connected can follow an easy registration
process at www.vacationstudio.net to establish secure access to the
industry�s leading leisure travel suppliers. Current Sabre
Connected customers automatically have access to the site within
MySabre under the tab titled VacationStudio. Powered by MySabre and
available to all travel professionals in the U.S. and Canada,
VacationStudio provides agents the ability to access to shop and
book vacations using Sabre Cruises, TripTailor, Agent59, Sabre
Vacations and Sabre Travel Extras. Sabre Travel Protection is also
available to travel professionals through Vacation Studio. Sabre
Connected agents can also utilize Sabre Virtually There to send
itineraries, travel information and ticket receipts via e-mail to
their customers. While VacationStudio is available to all travel
professionals in North America, Sabre Connected agents will
continue to receive exclusive benefits from Sabre. �Our Sabre
Connected travel agents will continue to receive exclusive benefits
including leading airline and hotel content, advanced shopping and
pricing tools, intelligent notification of special promotions and
package offers right from the air booking screen, vacation
reservation merge back features and more,� said Westbrook.
�VacationStudio will enable them to further streamline their
shopping and booking process, allowing them to book more travel,
and in turn, make more money.� VacationStudio also includes special
supplier promotions, easy site navigation, sticky notes for agent
memos, an agent toolkit, and a streamlined support system. �As we
talked to travel professionals, it was clear they have two key
objectives - maximize their income and reduce the amount of time
required to book travel,� said Westbrook. �Sabre's VacationStudio
accomplishes both of those goals by providing a streamlined,
comprehensive booking tool that provides access to commissionable,
leisure travel products.� VacationStudio also provides extensive
support and training resources for leisure agents. Online training
courses are free and include self-paced training tutorials, agent
communities and a library of reference materials on topics ranging
from booking cruises to creating custom vacation packages through
VacationStudio. Additionally agents receive toll-free support for
assistance in using the booking tools. With the addition of
VacationStudio, Sabre�s end-to-end leisure collection becomes the
most comprehensive, compelling solution for any leisure-focused
travel professional by providing: The best travel product
selection, including unique opportunities to make more money
Advanced customer service tools to build lasting relationships The
most popular accounting and reporting solutions to better manage
the business Powerful marketing programs that generate qualified,
quality leads Extensive opportunities to network and expand one�s
expertise About Sabre Travel Network Sabre Travel Network, a Sabre
Holdings company, provides the most comprehensive end-to-end
solutions for corporate and leisure travel. The Sabre GDS is the
foundation for these solutions, providing a ready-built efficient
marketplace that connects travel suppliers, including hundreds of
airlines and thousands of hotels, with more than 50,000 travel
agency locations. Key brands of Sabre Travel Network include
GetThere, for corporate travel reservation technology; Jurni
Network, a consortium of leisure travel agencies providing
marketing and promotion services; Nexion, a host agency; SynXis,
for hotel reservation management, distribution and technology
services; and TRAMS, mid- and back-office solutions and marketing
services for travel agencies. Sabre Travel Network also markets
TripTailor, a travel wholesaler providing dynamic packaging for the
travel agency marketplace. 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.
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