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October 20, 2017
Time well spent: Promoting frictionless travel in North America
Time spent in transit is one of the biggest challenges for North American business travelers. From the hours on a plane or train to the time lost during a layover, to the frustration of changing a...
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August 31, 2017
Sabre piloting an AI-powered chatbot focused on service and support
Innovation at Sabre is an iterative process that is informed by customer feedback. A current example of Sabre’s collaborative approach to developing new solutions comes from the Sabre Studios team. Studios is developing a white label,...
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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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June 27, 2017
New research: How ready are consumers for emerging technology?
Back in 1909 – almost 100 years before the launch of the first iPhone – Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla envisioned that one day we would all have personal wireless devices that would enable us to send...
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January 24, 2017
Satellites, sensors, storms: ‘connected intelligence’ improves travel
Space has a new weather satellite This week, NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) released the first images from its new weather satellite, GEOS-16. With more than 4,000 man-made satellites in orbit, one more might seem...
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January 20, 2017
2017 is the year to try digital realities
With many new technologies, a few words are sufficient to explain the change: more pixels, wireless charging, faster Internet. But digital realities (virtual, augmented, and merged reality) are inherently about immersion and sensory engagement. These visceral...
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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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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
May 3, 2016
Do you know the four criteria of true traveler-facing innovations?
When it comes to technology, travelers are beset with options. There’s an app for everything and no shortage of devices to run those apps. Then there is the technology that runs in the background, the solutions...
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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...
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March 8, 2016
Innovation: Defining an imperfect term with rough, jagged edges
This is an opinion piece by Joakim Everstin, Sabre’s Head of Innovation & Tech Evangelist EMEA. What is innovation? I often get the question of what innovation means to me. While this is never a simple,...
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November 6, 2014
Travel industry ready to embrace wearable devices says global technology company Sabre
London, UK, 5 Nov 2014 –The travel industry is ready to embrace wearable tech if interest in its wearable devices and apps at this year’s World Travel Market are anything to go by. The global technology...