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Sabre Travel Network's Sabre Virtually There Site Cited Among Top Web Sites For
Business Travelers
Web Site Recognized for Providing Professional Travelers Easy Access To
Itinerary, Including Hotel and Rental Car Reservations, Plus Extras
SOUTHLAKE, Texas, Feb. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Sabre Travel Network announced today
that its Sabre Virtually There personalized travel Web site placed among the top
travel Web sites for business travelers in a recent ranking by Conde Nast
Traveler.
Sabre Virtually There delivers real-time information about an individual's
travel plans, flight information and weather when the trip is booked through a
Sabre Connected travel agent, or participating travel supplier. In addition,
the Web site offers special features for road warriors including restaurant
bookings, specialty tours, attraction tickets and destination information.
"The ability to stay connected to travel services is increasingly important as
employees become more mobile," said John Stow, president of Sabre Travel
Network. "Virtually There allows agents to provide their customers a
significant expansion of real-time information, delivered anytime, anywhere,
which is exactly what consumers are saying they need."
Virtually There is accessible through the Internet and cell phones or other
wireless devices, and itinerary information is downloadable to a calendar
program such as Microsoft Outlook. The Web site, which is available in 13
languages, also offers passport and visa information, a currency converter, a
worldwide travel warning section, a list of essential phone numbers for
travelers and a frequently asked questions section.
"We are certainly proud of the recognition that Virtually There has received for
its value to the business traveler,"continued Stow. "In developing the Web
site, our goal was to provide an added value for agents to provide their
customers -- in essence, a personal travel assistant they know is there no
matter where they are in the world."
About Sabre Travel Network
Sabre Travel Network, a Sabre Holdings company, provides access to the world's
leading global distribution system (GDS) enabling agents at more than 53,000
agency locations worldwide to be travel experts. The Sabre GDS, the first
system to connect the buyers and sellers of travel, today includes more than 400
airlines, approximately 60,000 hotels, 53 car rental companies, nine cruise
lines, 36 railroads and 232 tour operators. Key brands of Sabre Travel Network
include GetThere, the leading Web-based corporate travel reservation technology,
and Jurni Network, the unique leisure travel agency consortium that enables
members to sell more products from preferred travel suppliers using
sophisticated market intelligence.
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/
DATASOURCE: Sabre Travel Network
CONTACT: Nanci Williams of Sabre Holdings Corporation, +1-682-605-2271,
or
Web site: http://www.sabre-holdings.com/