Sabre Solutions: Delivering Great Results for Travel Agencies

From access to the best rate in seconds to better conversion, travel agencies partner with Sabre to simplify the complex at scale. With remote or mobile access to Sabre, they can book and manage their customers' trips wherever they are, whenever it's convenient for them.

Travel agencies connected to Sabre can have access to all the best-in-class tools and services needed to deliver a complete, optimized end-to-end shopping experience, all on a single platform. This means getting access to Sabre's robust and relevant global content with more than 420 airlines, 1 million accommodation options and 200 tour operators, to name a few. It also means that travel agencies can simplify the complexity of travel through an easy-to-use graphical interface that eliminates guesswork thanks to an intuitive user experience, gaining access to a range of products that can deliver great results and are designed to save time and improve efficiency, including:

Agency Managed Commission – A first-of-its-kind product that allows agencies to automate their commission process from start to finish. Not only can this increase revenue, but it also helps increase agent productivity. After implementing Agency Managed Commission, clients have increased their preferred bookings by up to 20%. Agents were able to better track contract performance and capture over 90% of front-end commissions. Overall, agencies drove 10% to 20% improvement in revenue gains, debit memo reduction and automation.

Agency Retailer – Enables agencies to manage costs and generate higher revenue. By accessing multiple Sabre products with easy-to-use dashboards, it's easy to adjust the selling level of any fare and focus on the most valuable options. Agents can set rates, highlight best sales, and delete content. In this way, Agency Retailer allows agencies to increase margins, promote preferred carriers, sell their most profitable products and be more competitive on prices. At the same time, they gain valuable insights into sales and profit margin performance.

Automation Hub – Handles repetitive manual tasks such as booking management, change alert scheduling, PNR documentation, cancellation, confirmation and more, within a consolidated technology solution. As a cloud-based tool, it offers agencies a flexible technology solution designed to meet their individual business needs. This product helps save up to 72% of agent time by automating and streamlining tasks, and up to 21% cost savings by reducing or eliminating fees charged by airlines due to human error. 

Air Pricing – Allows agencies to instantly calculate and deliver a variety of rates based on airline rules, government taxes, airport fees and airline charges. Ticketing integrates with industry billing and settlement plans to make ticketing, accounting, reporting and paying carriers easier and simpler. Electronic miscellaneous documents (EMD) provide a standardized method for meeting various rates, charges, and ancillaries.

Content Services for Lodging – Provides unmatched access to more than 1.6 million lodging options. It integrates both Sabre's GDS and aggregator content, giving customers access to more than 90% of the world's accommodation. The accommodation distribution landscape is highly fragmented, making it time-consuming for travel agents to search multiple websites for the property their traveler wants, in the right location, with the right amenities, and at the best rate. Content Services for Lodging offers the widest range of lodging options and search criteria to find the perfect property and rate for travelers.

Agencies provide best-in-class service when it comes to travel solutions, and Sabre is the partner to help ensure those services are revenue-generating and competitive with transformative technology demands. The future of travel lies in creating a modern retail experience. Sabre has made significant progress in the technology transformation necessary to drive the future of the industry. Using Saber products to drive big profits creates a solid foundation for agencies in that future.     #TogetherWeMakeTravelHappen 

Source: Sabre.