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2/9/1999-SABRE: The Sabre Group processes more than 73,000 travel reservations for the year 2000 "Thursday last week (4 February 1999) was the first day that travel agents using the SABRE system could book through travel suppliers with available inventory in January 2000. The computer reservations system processed 73,405 travel reservations worldwide for 1 January 2000, including 1,050 air travel segments booked across Europe." If this trend continues. SABRE will book more than 2 million travel reservations by the end of February. Thursday was "business as usual" as SABRE connected travel agents around the world completed several hundred million availability, booking and ticketing functions for travellers. SABRE Group has thoroughly prepared for this event to ensure our travel agency customers can manage travel reservations for their clients into the next century," said Eric Speck, president of SABRE Travel Information Network, a division of The SABRE Group. "We have accomplished our goal of providing a complete portfolio of products and services, from the delivery of year 2000-ready desktop solutions and agency hardware, to consulting one-on-one with travel agencies about preparing their office for the year 2000.
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This global achievement has been realized through the dedicated efforts of thousands of travel agencies, travel suppliers, partners and employees." said Speck. To date, The SABRE Group has deployed year 2000-ready hardware and software to more than 40.000 SABRE connected travel agencies worldwide. More than 180,000 travel agency desktops across the globe are now equipped to complete their customers' travel reservations in the coming new year. "We were pleased with the advance testing completed with SABRE before our critical dates were reached" said Mark Standage, manager - automation development at Leeds- based North America Travel Service. "This testing enabled us to ensure that bookings for the new millennium would be handled just like any others," The SABRE Group's travel agency product deployment is 100 percent complete worldwide. "Extensive tests with travel providers and partners validated the readiness of the SABRE system far in advance of the booking horizon date." said Speck. In addition, The SABRE Group partnered with CompUSA to provide technical assistance with third- party hardware and software. These efforts, on behalf of The SABRE Group, ensure that SABRE travel agencies, airlines, car rental companies, hotels and a myriad of other travel suppliers are fully prepared for the year 2000." Can't find what you need? Try a Google Web Search in the box below!
"Although the SABRE computer travel reservations system has been year 2000-ready since June 1998, The SABRE Group has developed extensive contingency plans designed to ensure business continuity. This effort includes maintaining a dedicated staff that is available to consult with our customers as necessary," said Nancy Raynor, senior vice president product marketing, SABRE Travel Information Network. "The SABRE Group is working diligently to assure that our customers. and the traveling public, can depend on our systems well beyond the year 2000". The SABRE Group is a world leader in the electronic distribution of travel and travel- related services around the globe. and is a leading provider of information technology solutions for the travel and transportation industries including customized software development and software products, transaction processing, consulting and total information technology outsourcing..... Compare and make your travel reservations here /cheap airfares home |