SABRE .RES

An Internet booking engine to expand your Web site, without a large financial investment. Ideal for travel agencies that offer their own negotiated fares.

Key benefits

• Enables you to cost-effectively compete in the online arena
• Provides another revenue stream online, in addition to your offline store
• Helps you attract and retain customers when they shop or book online
• Personalizes your customer service with consumer preferences database
• Enhances agent productivity - customers book on their own

FEATURES

Compete in the online arena, offer a low service fee, and increase your revenue and customer base. Satisfy your customers by providing them with what they are looking for when they shop or buy travel online. Your customers are able to make self-guided purchase decisions with your agency at a time that suits them. Sabre .Res frees agents' time for other customer-building activities.

Powered by the high-capacity connectivity of the Sabre® global distribution system, Sabre .Res gives you popular features both you and your customers will enjoy:

*Depending on your region, features may vary

For your customers:

• Sabre Content - search and select from more than 400 airlines, 52 car rental companies and 55,000 hotel properties worldwide
• Express Air and Hotel - enter flight and hotel reservation information directly from your home page
• Guest Login - instant access to travel information without completing a personal profile
• Fare Messenger - flexible customers can specify flight and price requirements and receive an automatic e-mail when specifications available
• Graphical Seat Maps - view and select available seats on chosen flights
• Hotel Mapping - choose hotels based on different parameters and view hotel photos
• Languages - multilingual capabilities and multi-currency conversions
• Additional Features - check gate and flight arrival and departure information, receive travel itinerary information via e-mail, review destination information, and cancel travel itineraries

For you:

• Premium Air - bundles together important pricing features such as carrier and airport exclusion lists and carrier-specific service fees
• Partner Tracking - track the source of your Web site hits with a URL identifier
• Profile Download - easily download your travellers' profiles
• Profile Pass Through - maintain your own profile database and then use this data for travellers accessing your Web site
• Web Site Traffic Reporting - track hits to your site and find out which pages are the most popular
• Site Manager - configure your Sabre .Res Internet booking engine, make changes whenever you like and implement them immediately
• Premium look and feel - Configure your custom look and feel of your Web site through cascading style sheets and customize your header and footer through HTML tags
• External Fares Database - enables you to offer your own private negotiated fares in the search results
• Additional Revenue Opportunities - receive booking credits and commissions, charge service fees and charge for banner ads and links to other related sites