SOUTHLAKE, Texas, Dec. 17, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Sabre Red App
Centre, the world's first B2B travel app marketplace and innovation
showcase, has exceeded 1 million downloads by travel agents
worldwide.
1,206,898 downloads to be exact. That's 1.2 million
downloads by nearly 118,000 users across 119 countries. The Top
Five Red App downloads in the past 60 days include Clipboard App,
SeatGuru, Command Translator, Dynamic Calendar and Airport
Search.
Red App Centre has attracted developers and agencies from around
the world, building creative tools and solutions travel agents use
to extend the capabilities and customize the Sabre Red Workspace to
meet the unique needs of their business and workflow.
"The success of Sabre Red App Centre has exceeded our
expectations," said Greg Webb,
president of Sabre Travel Network. "By providing developers the
ability to use Sabre's APIs and Informational Services through
Sabre Dev Studio so they can create solutions that are not only
making travel buying easier but more personalized and dynamic, the
App Centre has brought fresh ideas to the travel marketplace and
we're proud to be part of that. Sabre Red App Centre has served as
an important platform to feature and enable innovation."
Using Sabre Dev Studio, which includes a powerful portfolio of
APIs, Informational Services, Notification Services and a variety
of other tools and resources, developers and travel agencies are
building apps that are taking the travel buying experience to new
levels.
"By consuming apps through Sabre Red App Centre, travel agents
are in the driver's seat when it comes to shaping their business to
meet the varying needs of travelers," Webb said. "Red App Centre is
a great way for us to bring innovation to the marketplace quickly
and gives us the opportunity to work with creative thinkers to help
reinvent travel."
Red App Centre was launched in 2012 and quickly became a hub for
agents to find and use trusted solutions. Today there are more than
100 apps in the Centre.
Sabre Corporation (NASDAQ: SABR) is a leading technology
provider to the global travel and tourism industry. Sabre's
software, data, mobile and distribution solutions are used by
hundreds of airlines and thousands of hotel properties to manage
critical operations, such as passenger and guest reservations,
revenue management, and flight, network and crew management. Sabre®
also operates a leading global travel marketplace, processing over
$100 billion of estimated travel
spend in 2013 by connecting travel suppliers to their most valued
customers, the business traveler. Headquartered in
Southlake, Texas, USA, Sabre
operates offices in approximately 60 countries around the
world.
Contact:
Nancy St. Pierre
1-682-605-3864
nancy.st.pierre@sabre.com
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