Argo Travel signs with Sabre Travel Network in Greece

12 December 2003: One of Greece’s most established travel agencies, Argo Travel, has contracted to use the Sabre global distribution system (GDS). Argo Travel was founded in 1952 and specialises in business and conference travel, with three offices in Athens, Thessalonica and Piraeus. The agreement with Sabre Travel Network’s Greek office will start on 1 January 2004. Dimitris Pithis, managing director of Argo Travel, said the company had already worked with Sabre Travel Network through Argo Travel’s office in Geneva. “We knew of the Swiss team’s success in using the Sabre global distribution system. Our experience with the Sabre Travel Network team in Greece has proved as promising – they set out all our commercial objectives and showed us how these would be achieved. Having researched the market in Greece, we knew this was the right choice.” Agis Athanassiadis, managing director of Sabre Hellas, said: “This deal has strengthened our position in the Greek market and Sabre Travel Network’s ongoing plans to expand our presence in the region.” About Sabre Travel Network Sabre Travel Network, a Sabre Holdings company, provides access to the world’s leading global distribution system (GDS) and products and services enabling agents at more than 56,000 agency locations worldwide to be travel experts. Originally developed in 1960, the Sabre GDS was the first system to connect the buyers and sellers of travel. Today the system includes more than 400 airlines, approximately 60,000 hotels, 53 car hire companies, nine cruise lines, 36 railways and 232 tour operators. Sabre Holdings Corporation (NYSE: TSG) is a world leader in travel commerce, retailing travel products and providing distribution and technology solutions for the travel industry. More information about Sabre Holdings is available at http://www.sabre-holdings.com