We are committed to helping customers operate more efficiently, drive revenue and offer personalized traveler experiences with next-generation technology solutions. Positioned at the center of the business of travel, our platform connects people with experiences that matter in their lives.
Learn how an unexpected meeting started it all. We power mobile apps, airport check-in kiosks, online travel sites, airline and hotel reservation networks, travel agent terminals, aircraft and crew scheduling systems, and scores of other solutions. Every day millions of consumers and employees interact with our technology , enabling business travelers to close the deal, delivering cargo shipments to stores and factories, and giving excited travelers the honeymoons and family vacations of a lifetime — all while making the journey easier, faster, safer and more personal.
And we are not standing still. We are hard at work innovating the next wave of technology in the travel sector, whether it be voice recognition, data analytics, artificial intelligence or any of the other solutions we are developing for the marketplace.
Travel simply cannot happen without Sabre technology, and our people will continue to transform the industry by delivering innovative ways to plan, purchase and enjoy the perfect travel experience. An innovative technology company that leads the travel industry by helping our customers succeed. Sabre operates the Sabre travel reservations network, originally developed by American Airlines, which links travel agents to airline booking systems.
It also operates the website Travelocity. The first passenger reservations system offered by Sabre , installed in , marked a dramatic leap forward for the airline industry, automating one of its key business areas. And not only did we help invent electronic commerce for the travel industry, we hold claim to progressive solutions that defined — and continue to modernize — the travel and transportation marketplace.
Smith, president of American Airlines, and R. Their conversation about the travel industry sparked the idea for a data processing system that could create and manage airline seat reservations and instantly make that data available electronically to any agent at any location.
Six years later, their ideas became reality. The revolutionary system was the first real-time business application, enabling American Airlines to replace the handwritten passenger reservations system of the s with the automated reservations system for the future. The state-of-the-art mainframe system processed 84, telephone calls per day.
The Sabre system is installed in a travel agency for the first time, triggering the wave of travel automation. By the end of the year, locations had received the system. By , the Sabre system could store one million fares. Low-fare search capability, Bargain Finder sm pricing, is introduced in the Sabre system, automatically providing the lowest fare — a service unmatched in the industry. Sabre Airline Solutions also invents the virtual and continuous nesting concepts for revenue management.
Sabre launches in the United Kingdom, paving the way for global expansion. Sabre Airline Solutions begins providing software, consulting and systems management solutions to airlines in areas such as revenue accounting, yield management and crew scheduling. The Sabre system expands to store 36 million fares, which can be combined to create more than 1 billion fare options.
Sabre completes an IPO for 18 percent of its stock. Sabre spins off from AMR. The purchase gives travel suppliers, travel agents and travelers in the South Pacific region greater access to Sabre technology. Sabre Airline Solutions introduces technology to expedite the airline check-in process and reduce long lines at airports through the use of curbside check-in, roving agents and self-serve kiosks.
The Sabre air pricing application is migrated to a new platform taking airfare pricing, schedules and availability from a proprietary mainframe system to an open system. Sabre makes Travelocity a wholly owned subsidiary. Travelocity introduces TotalTrip , which offers new packaging capabilities. Travelocity acquires World Choice Travel, a hotel room consolidation and distribution business. Sabre acquires SynXis Corp.
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