SOUTHLAKE, Texas, May 12, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Sabre
Corporation (NASDAQ: SABR) appointed Jeff
Kays to lead account management for enterprise customers
within its Hospitality Solutions business, including the Wyndham
Hotel Group, Sabre's newest enterprise hotel customer and the
world's largest hotel company.
In this new role, Kays will oversee the deployment of the SynXis
Property Manager and SynXis Central Reservations systems to
thousands of Wyndham Hotel Group properties around the world.
Kays will report to St. John Murphy, an industry veteran who joined the
company in 2014 to lead Sabre's global expansion into the
enterprise-level hotel market and to ensure Sabre Hospitality's
products scale and create value for its largest and most complex
customers.
"Jeff Kays is a highly
experienced business leader with a proven record for managing
strategic relationships and large-scale initiatives," said
Alex Alt, president of Sabre
Hospitality Solutions. "As we begin to migrate Wyndham properties
worldwide to the SynXis Enterprise Platform, Jeff's expertise and
knowledge will guide that critical process as our first step in
helping Wyndham achieve unparalleled growth through
technology."
Kays has been with Sabre since 2014 when he joined the company
to oversee strategic initiatives in the technology group. Prior to
Sabre, Kays spent 24 years at Accenture, where he held a number of
leadership roles within the Outsourcing and Global Business Shared
Services organizations. Most recently, he was managing director –
outsourcing account delivery, with responsibility for leading
Accenture's Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) services across the
Products industry for North
America.
Sabre Hospitality Solutions currently has more than 20,000
hotels leveraging the SynXis Enterprise Platform, the
first-of-its-kind, fully integrated, SaaS-based technology
portfolio for the hospitality industry. The SynXis Enterprise
Platform integrates distribution, reservations, property
management, retailing and guest experience solutions to help hotels
increase revenues, grow market share and create memorable guest
experiences.
About Sabre Corporation
Sabre® Corporation 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, including passenger and guest
reservations, revenue management, flight, network and crew
management. Sabre also operates a leading global travel
marketplace, which processes more than $110
billion of estimated travel spend annually by connecting
travel buyers and suppliers. Headquartered in Southlake, Texas, USA, Sabre operates offices
in approximately 60 countries around the world.
Media Contact:
Heidi Castle
Sabre Corporation
(682) 605-4290
heidi.castle@sabre.com
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