Sabre Insights is a resource for travel professionals to discover and apply the trends that move today’s travel industry. Our team curates a collection of expert views, data, research and industry outlooks from across travel and technology.
Insights Blog
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November 18, 2021
How to shop and book NDC offers in GetThere
NDC offers are now live in GetThere! The new capabilities allow corporate travel managers to offer more flexibility and choice to their travelers. After a booking is made, Travel Management Companies will be able to fulfill...
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November 1, 2021
Flight Economics
by Lydia Webb & Peter Plutecki Not only do airlines need to fulfil the demand for personalization coming from their consumers, but they need to do it faster and better than their competition, in a more...
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October 5, 2021
Why it’s time to ditch the playbook for network planning
by Pete Newell and Santiago Nauffal-Monsalve, Sabre Consulting For decades, airlines have built and developed refined robust procedures that were repeated season after season as part of their playbook for commercial planning. All of those became completely...
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September 14, 2021
The Case for Personalization
by Carole Pailhé & Ashley Burk The airline industry has been coping with high uncertainty as a result of the pandemic, and demand will remain uneven and volatile for some time. An increasing number of airlines,...
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September 8, 2021
Finnair NDC pilot is live
We’re now piloting NDC offers from Finnair! With Finnair’s extensive network covering destinations in Europe, Asia and North America, access to the carrier’s NDC content is expected to be highly relevant to travel buyers in the...
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August 18, 2021
Progress paves the way
Throughout 2021, we’ve continued to make steady progress on our NDC agenda, fueling our corporate vision to create the leading marketplace for personalized travel. NDC-enabled connections provide access to the sort of dynamic, personalized content that...
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August 2, 2021
Get started with NDC content in Sabre Red 360
When you travel beyond the standard of NDC, the possibilities are limitless. You need a complete view of the landscape. Every flight. Every Add-on. Every option. With Sabre, it’s a view you can only get with...
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July 26, 2021
Booking Southwest content in Sabre just got easier
Today marks a huge milestone for both Sabre and Southwest Airlines. As of July 26, 2021, Sabre-connected agencies and travel buyers can enjoy enhanced connectivity when booking Southwest content in the Sabre GDS! This new distribution...
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July 19, 2021
Part 2: How technology powers personalization to meet travelers’ needs
As outlined in our last post, we are operating in a highly digitalized world with rapidly evolving consumer expectations. This has only become more pronounced over the past year. Travelers demand choice and are looking for...
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July 19, 2021
Graduate Students Enhance Flight Paths with New Perspectives
Over the last six years, Sabre has engaged in research with graduate students at The University of Texas at Austin. This mutually beneficial partnership allows our team to get additional perspectives on current industry challenges, while...
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June 30, 2021
Flipping the industry trend: Southwest Airlines’ shift to indirect distribution
Southwest Airlines has been our partner for 26 years, so we’ve seen up-close how the airline has grown and transformed over the years. Kevin Crissey, VP Investor Relations for Sabre, recently sat down for a virtual...
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June 13, 2021
How agencies can drive value through technology: Part 1
While the pandemic has created unprecedented challenges for the global travel industry, it has also provided the opportunity to innovate, realign and come out stronger on the other side. In the current market, agencies are finding...
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June 11, 2021
Coming Together for Colleagues and Communities
One of the many things that makes Sabre special is our rich history of volunteerism and charitable giving. We reached a noteworthy milestone this past May, celebrating 20+ years of team members coming together to support...
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March 15, 2021
Looking beyond the crisis towards a new era of personalized travel
In an interview at ITB Berlin 2021, Sabre CEO Sean Menke outlined how he set up Sabre to enable change beyond the pandemic.
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March 3, 2021
The path toward transformation in travel
At the end of 2020, we introduced Sabre Travel AI ™–an industry-first Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven technology platform created as part of a 10-year strategic innovation partnership with Google. Throughout 2021, we will explore the integration of...
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February 8, 2021
Sabre Developer Partner Network is Live
The advancement of technology over the years has allowed the travel agency business to evolve in order to find new ways to stand out amidst competition. Here at Sabre, we pioneer innovative opportunities to break down...