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Sabre Travel Network and Proximus Belgacom Mobile sign telecomms deal
* Belgian travellers get 24/7 wireless access to personalised travel information
Sabre Travel Network, the business that connects travel suppliers and agents through the world’s leading global distribution system (GDS), has signed a contract with Belgian mobile phone operator Proximus to make its Virtually There personalised travel website available through Proximus’ wireless Internet service.
The deal gives Proximus customers who book their travel through a Sabre Connected travel agent full access to their personal travel details at www.virtuallythere.com, via the Proximus network.
The itineraries available at the website include details about all air, car and hotel reservations. The Sabre Virtually There wireless website also offers travellers real-time flight and gate information as well as local weather conditions.
“Travel plans can change in a split second,” said Stuart Nassos, Sabre Travel Network’s European vice president of marketing and customer services. “As a frequent traveller I know how frustrating this can be. We think we can help by putting the power of real-time information in travellers’ hands, whether they’re on the go or in the office.”
“We are constantly looking for ways to enhance the value that wireless technology is able to provide,” said Xavier Huberland, consumer mobile division director of Proximus. “Travel is definitely one of the areas with great potential.”
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 rental companies, nine cruise lines, 36 railroads 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
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