Sabre launches travel security and reporting tools for GCC travel agencies

The easy-to-use suite provides secure access to travel data, complete reservation information and detailed travel reports for all air, car and hotel bookings made one year in advance of a trip and three years after a trip, for both ticketed and un-ticketed travel.

Users can also obtain carbon emissions reporting on all air, hotel and car travel, plus gain detailed access to a traveller's itinerary through an online link to 'Sabre Virtually There'. A 'Flight Threshold Report' notifies companies when the number of travellers booked on one flight exceeds the organisation's travel policy, and an interactive, web-based graphical map displays the location of all travellers quickly in the event of an emergency or disaster anywhere in the world.

"Our tools are designed to help agencies and corporations reduce costs and maximise travel spend by making more informed decisions about travel," said Daniel Naoumovitch, CEO at Sabre Travel Network Middle East. "By mining pre-trip and post travel data, agents and travel managers can gain a better understanding of travel patterns and use this information to optimise their travel programmes."

One of the first adopters of this new and innovative tool is Dadabhai Travel in Bahrain, one of the leading business travel agencies in the Kingdom.

Commenting on their experience with the 'Traveler Security and Data Suite', Mr. Nitin Menon, Business Development Manager for Dadabhai Travel said, "This tool truly adds value that is unprecedented in the region, and we are finding an increasing number of our corporate clients are opting to use it to get a more complete view of their travel spend, and ensure a great level of security for their business travellers."

"With the flexible reporting facilities the Suite offers, we are now able to provide them with regular updates on where their staff are travelling and provide them with back-data on travel itineraries for the past three years. This eases the burden for both the traveller and the company and streamlines their corporate travel tracking processes. This tool will redefine corporate travel across the region, and we are happy to be among the first to adopt it," said Mr. Menon.

"TSDS has been well received in the market since it launched in early March, with many of our large corporate travel customers already using it," continued Mr. Naoumovitch. "We continue to anticipate market needs, and are committed to investing in solutions that help our customers across the region better serve their customers through our unique and innovative tools such as the 'Traveller Security and Data Suite'."

"Now more than ever, it's important to continue travelling to preserve global business relationships and do our part to keep the global economy moving - our tool helps agencies and corporations do this in a socially responsible and more cost-effective way," Mr. Naoumovitch added.