SOUTHLAKE, Texas, Oct. 28, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- As
travelers around the world lead in mobile adoption and use rates,
TripCase, Sabre's leading travel itinerary management app, has
expanded its popular mobile app to eight new languages to better
serve tech-savvy travelers around the world.
TripCase has long been the leading travel planning app for
English-speaking travelers who need to stay connected with travel
companies, family and friends. TripCase provides a single place to
manage all their trip information. Now, those same award-winning
services are available to travelers in Spanish, Portuguese,
Italian, French, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese
and Korean.
"Travelers are setting standards across the globe when it comes
to leveraging the latest mobile services. Not only do travelers
have the highest rates of smartphone adoption, they're also doing
more with their devices like booking, payments and check-ins," said
Clinton Anderson, senior vice
president of traveler experience for Sabre Travel Network. "So
their expectations for intelligent, personal experiences via mobile
are high and continue to rise. Travelers are setting the bar for
mobile services and will drive new innovations in the travel
industry and beyond."
In preparation for expanding the app internationally TripCase
analyzed trip data coupled with other industry sources to provide
insights on how users are using mobile devices before, during and
after their trips.
Traveler use of mobile
In all regions of the world,
user and research data shows that the highest smartphone usage is
among travelers compared to the general population. According to a
study conducted by Phocuswright, smartphone penetration in the US
is 57 percent but it is 87 percent for travelers. In China, 70 percent of the overall population
has a smartphone, compared to 98 percent of travelers. In the UK
and France, the overall
penetration of smartphone users is 68 percent and 49 percent,
respectively. However, for travelers in the UK and France, those numbers are much higher at 82
percent and 76 percent, respectively.
The impact of travelers' use of technology will continue to rise
as the number of travelers in the world is expected to increase by
1 billion by 2030. And the hike in mobile adoption will largely be
driven by users in countries like China and India where adoption of the mobile internet
will increase to an average 50 percent of the population by
2030.
According to TripCase data analysis, approximately 70 percent of
trips with air segments experience a flight change within 72 hours
of departure. Of these, 69 percent are schedule changes or delays,
29 percent are gate changes and two percent are flight
cancellations. A regional analysis shows that travelers flying to
Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and Italy are more likely experience a flight
change such as flight delay, schedule change or gate change,
compared to Australia,
Canada, China, France, GB, Japan, Korea and the US.
One of the most popular travel apps available, TripCase will
manage more than 40 million trips for travelers this year. With a
5-star ratings in the iOS App Store,
TripCase gives travelers a place to manage and organize their
trips. Connected to powerful technology and travel companies,
TripCase is an itinerary management app that delivers the right
information at the right time.
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 $120 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.
Contact:
Heidi Castle
682-605-4290
Heidi.Castle@sabre.com
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