Regent Offers Special Agent Incentives for Sabre Bookings Through
March 2007
SOUTHLAKE, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jan. 8, 2007–Sabre Travel
Network, the world’s largest and most rewarding marketplace for buying
and selling travel, and Regent Seven Seas Cruises, the world’s largest
luxury cruise line, today announced a new three-year agreement for
participation in the Sabre global distribution system (GDS). The
addition of Regent Seven Seas Cruises increases the number of cruise
lines in the Sabre GDS to 13 and dramatically enhances Regent’s online
booking resources for travel agents.
To celebrate this new agreement, Regent Seven Seas has unveiled a
special $25 per booking gift card incentive for all new bookings –
seven nights or longer – made through the Sabre GDS now through March
31, 2007.(a)
Through the agreement, Regent Seven Seas Cruise products are now
available for subscribers of the Sabre (GDS), including more than 900
travel agencies already activated through Regent’s reservations
system. (Agencies not already on the list may be added upon request
through Regent’s reservations center at 1-800-285-1835.) The recently
launched robust Sabre Cruises, Sabre Cruise Director and the Sabre
Cruises WebServices API offer instant access to Regent Seven Seas’
booking system, including the most up-to-date availability, rate
comparison and brochure information.
“This new agreement enhances the terrific breadth of quality
cruise products that can be accessed and sold through Sabre, giving
travel agents more opportunities to serve their customers and maximize
profits,” said Dan Westbrook, vice president of travel merchandising,
Sabre Travel Network. “At the same time, Regent will now benefit from
opportunities for additional high-quality revenue that result from
increased awareness and visibility among the community of professional
Sabre subscribers.”
“We are pleased to work with Sabre Travel Network to provide these
enhanced tools to travel agents,” said Randall B. Soy, CTC, Regent
Seven Seas Vice President – Channel Sales. “The agreement with Sabre
provides convenient access and the best possible choices of our
products to travel agents for their Regent booking needs.”
This agreement comes one month after Sabre announced the launch of
Sabre Cruises, a new cruise shopping and booking tool with increased
and improved functionality, as the latest enhancement to its
end-to-end leisure collection. With the new Sabre Cruises, travel
agents have access to a browser-based tool accompanied by expanded
functionality that allows travel agents to shop, create and completely
service a booking.
Travel agents are a significant resource to travelers when booking
cruises. In 2005, more than 90 percent of people who cruised said they
used a travel agent to make their choice, and 80-90 percent of cruise
lines sales in 2005 came through the travel agency channel.
Travel agents worldwide voted Regent Seven Seas the “World’s
Leading Luxury Cruise Line” as part of the 2006 World Travel Awards
and readers of Travel Weekly have named the company “Best Luxury
Cruise Line” for three consecutive years. Its industry-leading online
booking engine, Partner Access, has garnered praise in the industry
for its ease of use and functionality.
(a) Reservations must be for new bookings only, booked and
deposited via Sabre Cruises or Sabre Cruise Director to be
eligible. The offer is available to agents in the U.S. and Canada
only.
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.
About Regent Seven Seas Cruises
Regent Seven Seas Cruises(R) (RSSC) is part of Carlson
Companies, a global leader in the hotel, restaurant, business and
leisure travel, and marketing industries. The Regent brand encompasses
luxury hotels, resorts, residences and cruises throughout the world,
offering discerning travelers The Regent Experience(SM) with unique
and personalized luxury. Regent Seven Seas (formerly Radisson Seven
Seas) operates a fleet of medium-sized luxury cruise ships that visit
over 300 ports on all seven continents, including Antarctica. RSSC is
consistently rated among the world’s top three cruise lines by readers
of luxury travel magazines. Travel professionals worldwide voted RSSC
the “World’s Best Luxury Cruise Line” for the third consecutive year
as part of the 2006 Travel Weekly Awards and readers of Conde Nast
Traveler magazine voted RSSC “World’s Best Large-Ship Cruise Line” in
2006.
For further information, contact Regent Seven Seas Cruises, 1000
Corporate Drive, Suite 500, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 33334. For
brochures, call toll-free 866-284-4079; for reservation information
call toll-free 800-285-1835; or visit: www.TheRegentExperience.com.
CONTACT: Sabre Travel Network
Rebecca Hauger, 682-605-4098
rebecca.hauger@sabre-holdings.com
or
MMG Mardiks
Emma Pankenier, 212-219-7560, ext. 6764
epankenier@mmgmardiks.com
SOURCE: Sabre Travel Network