SAO PAULO, Oct. 27, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Sabre
Corporation (NASDAQ: SABR), the leading technology provider to the
global travel industry, announces the launch of its global
developer competition, #DestinationHack powered by Sabre Dev
Studio, in Brazil during the
weekend of Nov. 6 - 8.
Destination Hack Brazil is held as part of São Paulo Tech Week,
Latin America's leading event with
workshops, conferences and hackathons in an inspiring full-week
program focused on promoting innovation and entrepreneurship.
Sabre's developer marathon is also supported by Start-Up Brasil, a
Federal Government acceleration program that works with 183
startups around Brazil.
The event's general brainstorming session kicks off on Saturday
at 9 a.m., followed by twenty-four
hours of intense programming, creative thinking and problem-solving
for apps that could change the way people travel. Sabre is inviting
developers across the country and from a variety of backgrounds –
from students to start-ups to those working for some of the travel
industry's biggest brands, to register their teams at
https://developer.sabre.com/hackathons/brazil2015
Over the weekend developers will gather in Sao Paulo's Distrito venture building campus,
to be challenged to think outside-of-the-box to create technology
and apps with the potential of reinventing travel for millions of
consumers. The competition includes the chance to win prizes valued
in R$10,000, and the opportunity to
have their prototype recognized as an idea that could enhance the
travel experience globally.
DestinationHack's judge panel includes renowned experts in
travel, technology, startups and business development from
Brazil.
"We are excited to host our leading travel technology
developers competition in the flagship country for technology
companies operating across Latin
America, and have Sabre as partner and supporter of the Sao
Paulo Tech Week—all to help position Sao
Paulo as an innovation hub around the world," said
Luiz Ambar, vice president of Sabre
in Brazil and southern
Latin America.
"Destination Hack provides the growing Brazilian developer
community with an opportunity to unleash creativity by creating
revolutionary apps for travel and tourism," said Ambar.
In this round-the-clock coding contest, participants will have
free unlimited access to a set of more than 150 application
programming interfaces (APIs) powered by Sabre Dev Studio
(https://developer.sabre.com/) – Sabre's industry-first open
platform providing IT developers with immediate access to a
sandbox, sample code documentation, prototypes and demos.
Developers will also tackle REST APIs optimized for mobile
applications, as well as other open technology provider tools, to
create their prototypes.
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About Sabre Corporation
Sabre Corporation is the leading technology provider to the
global travel 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
serves customers in more than 160 countries around the world.
MEDIA CONTACT
Daniel Duarte
Sabre, Corporate PR
Daniel.Duarte@sabre.com
+1 (214) 236-9473
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