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March 30, 2020
Offer Management – Optimizing Airline Ancillary Bundles Based on Customer Preferences Part 2 of 3: Recommendation and offer engines
This article is the second of a three-part series on optimizing airline ancillary bundles based on customer preferences. Part one discussed data collection and customer segmentation methods. In this section, we will cover recommendation and offer...
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March 13, 2020
Offer Management – Optimizing Airline Ancillary Bundles Based on Customer Preferences Part 1 of 3: Data collection and customer segmentation
Offer management is the process of selling the right bundle – airfare and air ancillaries – to the right customer at the right price at the right time. It is an extension of the well-established revenue...
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January 16, 2020
How Sabre is using AI/ML to change the technology of travel – Part 2
At Sabre, as we evaluate new opportunities for leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) algorithms, we realize that a fundamental challenge that needs to be addressed is how to scale this specialized knowledge across...
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January 16, 2020
How Sabre is using AI/ML to change the technology of travel – Part 1
After the deregulation of the airline industry in 1979, Sabre has played a pivotal role in enabling all aspects of a consumer’s travel by leveraging our core competencies in operations research, computer science and advanced data...
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July 31, 2019
Top 5 Hot NDC Topics at STX
Sabre recently wrapped up its flagship customer event, Sabre Technology Exchange (STX) in Las Vegas. Over 1,500 travel industry and technology leaders from around the world gathered for three days to learn about Sabre’s strategy, solutions...
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June 27, 2019
Top 5 things we learned at STX on Day 3
We held our last day of STX in Las Vegas and our team continued to focus on partnering with attendees to help them “beat the odds” in the travel industry throughout. Here are some of the...
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June 25, 2019
Top 5 things we learned at STX on Day 1
Viva Las Vegas! STX 2019 kicked off at one of the world’s most famous destinations for gambling, but attendees didn’t need any luck to experience the best in travel technology and thought leadership. Here are some...
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September 13, 2018
Embracing technology and demographic changes
Part 4 of the series “Diversification: The Art of Creating Unique Value” Diversification – the art of creating unique value. A new era for an established agency In part 2 and 3 of our OTA diversification series, we...
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May 7, 2018
Informed by decision science, Sabre NDC initiatives fuel competitive differentiation
The NDC standard was created by IATA to help airlines differentiate their product offerings, so consumers are served the same brand experience in indirect channels as they would be if they went direct to the airline’s...
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May 3, 2018
Rise in rail
Rail transportation is all the rage in Europe. The global rail market is expected to reach €185B by 2021, growing at an average of 2.6% annually according to UNIFE’s World Rail Market Study. Travel agents across...
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April 25, 2018
Loyalty, personalization and competition, in the words of a former Harley-Davidson executive
Being the last speaker of the day at a conference—the only thing between everyone and their evening plans—can be a tough place to be. Will your presentation send everyone off on a high note or possibly...
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February 20, 2018
Content is king
I’m sure we’ve all heard the saying “content is king” before, but content can mean different things depending on who you are talking to. Here at Sabre, we believe that lodging “content” encompasses properties, rates, inventory,...