SOUTHLAKE, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–March 20, 2006–Sabre Travel
Network has signed a ‘multi-year’ full content agreement with KLM
Royal Dutch Airlines (KLM). The deal will give Sabre Connected agents
in Europe full access to the airline’s entire range of published fares
and inventory, with no distribution surcharge. It is in addition to
KLM’s existing and ongoing global participation in the Sabre GDS.
All the fares KLM makes generally available through any GDS are
available globally in Sabre. This deal builds on that relationship –
ensuring that additional fares and availability offered through the
airline’s direct reservation outlets and its website, klm.com, will
now be available to Sabre Travel Network’s European travel agency
customers, too.
The agreement also covers Sabre Holdings’ online travel agency
businesses in Europe. These include Travelocity’s UK and German
websites, lastminute.com and the leading Scandinavian website,
Resfeber. Travelers using these sites, and European business travelers
using the GetThere online corporate travel booking tool, will have
access not only to all published KLM fares and inventory, but also to
the airline’s full range of web-fares and content.
Bart Vos, KLM’s vice-president of e-commerce and distribution,
said, “Because of its presence in every available channel of travel
sales and distribution, we view Sabre not just as a GDS operator, but
as a key business partner who can add value to our product
distribution globally and, very specifically, right here in Europe.”
Richard Adams, Sabre Travel Network’s senior vice president in
EMEA, said, “We are delighted to sign this agreement with KLM,
securing enhanced content for our travel agency customers. It also
demonstrates how we bring additional distribution value to our airline
partners through ownership of companies like Travelocity and
lastminute.com. Because Sabre has a multi-channel distribution
strategy we provide the most efficient, comprehensive, global and
real-time electronic supermarket for the buying and selling of
travel.”
About Sabre Travel Network
Sabre Travel Network, a Sabre Holdings company, provides access to
the world’s leading global distribution system (GDS). The Sabre GDS is
a ready-built efficient marketplace that connects suppliers, including
hundreds of airlines and thousands of hotels, with more than 50,000
travel agency locations. Suppliers get access through one single
connection; travel agents get real time access to thousands of travel
products from multiple suppliers through one source integrated into
their businesses; consumers get access to a global supermarket of the
world’s greatest travel possibilities.
Key brands of Sabre Travel Network include GetThere, the leading
Web-based corporate travel reservation technology, and Jurni Network,
the unique leisure travel agency consortium in the United States that
enables members to sell more products from preferred travel suppliers
using sophisticated market intelligence.
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.
CONTACT: Sabre Travel Network, Southlake
Media Contact
Kathryn Hayden, 682-605-2252
kathryn.hayden@sabre-holdings.com
SOURCE: Sabre Travel Network