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Article
August 1, 2017
Business travelers know what they want — and this app lets them search using their preferences
We call it Preference-Driven Air Shopping. This tool, which we’ve covered in other applications, was created by the Sabre Research team to deliver a consistent and repeatable experience for travelers. Rather than having to search by...
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Article
July 25, 2017
A new decision support tool for managing airline frequent flyers
Loyalty in travel is a big deal: the value of miles outstanding on airlines balance sheets sits in the hundreds of billions of dollars. And many of these miles were purchased by banks, who regularly use...
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Article
April 6, 2017
Are you certain that your airfare promotions are making money?
Precisely! The best promotions aren’t always obvious Like all businesses, airlines experience fluctuations in demand. Airlines have a predictable demand curve related to the seasonality of the business: more people fly during holidays and summer breaks....
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Article
March 28, 2017
What if your face could be your boarding pass on your next flight?
Airport kiosks could one day use facial recognition software What’s impossible to lose, easy to find and virtually unhackable? Your face, of course (with one notable exception). Your body is the one thing that you take...
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Article
March 2, 2017
Could seat-led shopping change the way travelers buy airline tickets?
The fundamentals of airfare search have remained relatively stable over time. There’s a fare-led search or a schedule-led search. As in, customers start by either searching for the lowest fare or by scheduled flights. That’s the entry...
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Article
February 21, 2017
Using the Trip Planning Cost Estimator to reduce business travel expenses
The Innovation Hub is a collection of beta projects being actively pursued by our global data, science and product teams. See more of the concepts here. Corporate travel can add up. For some businesses, travel expenses...
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Article
November 18, 2016
Iterating on the travel industry: 5 concepts poised to move from idea to execution
The Innovation Hub is Sabre’s home for freshly hatched concepts. These aren’t embryonic ideas, set to incubate until — or if — something happens. The Innovation Hub is an area to experience early-stage features and products...
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Article
June 28, 2016
Meet the Hotel Beaconator, a promising new tool for the bottom line
Understanding guest movements is often more intuition than science. Hotel managers might rely on basic visual analysis of traffic flows, or perhaps spend heavily on a vendor to come in and manage the project. Without significant...
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Article
June 9, 2016
Can machine learning and preference-driven shopping deliver true personalization in travel?
Personalization continues to be a mantra for many travel suppliers. As technology matures, traveler expectations evolve to include a greater desire for targeted search. This is especially true when sharing personal data delivers a better experience for the...
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Article
April 15, 2016
How ‘split stays’ could become the latest strategic tool in revenue management for hotels
Demand for hotel rooms is never as consistent as hoteliers might like: large conferences and special events often stress inventory to the max. Guests don’t all arrive and depart on the same day during these peak...
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Article
March 31, 2016
Travel hacker? Status chaser? New airfare search app uses cost of miles earned as search criteria
Travel inspiration is often a mixed bag. It’s not always simple and straightforward to explore potential trips without a fixed destination or specific date. Thankfully, Big Data is coming into the fold, powering new interfaces that...