Sabre drives ‘Women in Technology’ week

This International Women’s Day at Sabre we celebrated the spirit of ‘Women in Technology’ and are humbled to be a part of a greater community of tech companies that support women power.

“Sabre brings together some of the most amazing women in technology and travel who are not only strong in their technical capabilities but also excellent people managers. Be it their passion to drive results, energy to solve complex problems, leadership acumen to develop and manage large teams – women at Sabre have always made us proud,” said Shail Maniar, vice president and managing director, Sabre. “Their energy, ideas, creativity and innovation has pushed the boundaries, making Sabre a ‘Great Place to Work.’ Therefore, while the world was celebrating the International Women’s Day, we decided to make it a week long experience.”

Supporting the ‘Women in Technology’: Digital Duchess Hackathon With perspective of supporting women in technology and offering them a platform to showcase their talent we hosted a month long hackathon only for women. The design thinkers and passionate coders had to build applications and products that resonate with travel technology. More than 700 women submitted their hack ideas of which 29 top-notch women techies were shortlisted for the 12-hour offline hackathon at our Bangalore development centre. Knowledge Sharing: Tech Panel Discussion Women techies came together for a panel discussion to talk about the ‘Future technology trends driving the next generation of travel.’ A panel of eminent speakers shared deeper insights into the emerging technologies and recent advancements in the travel industry. Opportunities to grow: Women Hiring Drive “At Sabre, we are committed to gender equality – we want more women to be a part of our workforce and act as role models in the ecosystem. We are excited that about 30% of our workforce is women and we want to continue to attract and retain women talent,” said Sunaina Tickoo, senior manager, human resources, Sabre. “As a part of our initiative to offer new career opportunities to the women techies we organized a women centric hiring drive – Hire Her Day.” Empowering Our Women: Safety Workshops We care for our women employees as much as want them to progress in their career. A two part workshop was organized – on the legal rights of women in India under the Women and Children protection act by Joe Joesph, MA, LLM. Advocate and Mediator Trainer (National Level – MCPC) and self-defense techniques by Ramya Natarajan – B.Com, ACS. Chief Instructor for KMSKSI (Ken-Ei Mabuni Shito Ryu Karate Schoo Having fun: Dance, Music, Fashion Show Celebrating and having fun is a part of our culture. An evening filled with music and dance performances by our employees. Men and women came together for a scintillating fashion show themed around ‘Tech Geeks’ (Suparna Banerjee contributed to this article)