Tomorrow’s travelers will expect even more convenience and functionality from their mobile devices, and corporations and travel management companies must meet those needs or risk being left behind.
Sabre Holdings Corp., Expedia Inc. and four online travel companies were warned by U.S. regulators against showing bias in displays of fare and flight information amid Sabre's data dispute with American Airlines. Such actions would violate laws against unfair and deceptive trade practices, the Transportation Department wrote Feb. 1 to Sabre; data distributors Travelport and Amadeus IT Holding; and online travel agents Expedia, Orbitz and Travelocity.com.
The companies have been tangling over how American distributes its fare and schedule information. The dispute escalated earlier this month when Sabre said it would downplay search results from American on the screens that travel agents use. A Texas judge blocked Sabre's move on Jan. 10.
For a number of months, American Airlines has taken actions in an attempt to impose a costly, unproven and unnecessary system on agencies and corporations, including withholding fare content from Sabre.
Sabre Holdings today announced that Tom Klein has been appointed to the newly created role of President of Sabre Holdings. Effective today, Klein will take on broader responsibility across the Sabre portfolio, in addition to his current duties.
Travelers young and old are increasingly using mobile devices for flight notification, check in, and seat selection, and are also willing to accept advertising with free travel applications. These findings and more were revealed in a global mobile survey of travelers, conducted by Sabre Travel Network(R), the world's leading provider of high-performance solutions for the travel industry. The survey of 800 corporate and leisure travelers from Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America and North America covered topics ranging from preferred features to fees travelers might pay for travel applications.
It also launched the industry's first travel keyword search engine on the newly acquired site. The combination of keyword travel search capabilities with a large base of passionate, first-hand traveler experiences provides consumers with a unique one-stop research and planning guide specifically designed for travel.
Launch of the Hotel Spotlight program, a new marketing and distribution initiative aimed at providing Sabre Connected travel agencies better hotel rates while helping hoteliers increase bookings through the GDS hotel availability display.
