Sabre Red showcased at Business Travel Show in Dubai

Sabre Travel Network Middle East (STNME), the leading provider of high performance solutions for the travel industry, and EmQuest, today announced that more than 500 agencies around the Middle East are now using the Sabre Red Workspace, a unique new agent platform at the heart of the newly announced Sabre Red total travel solution.

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Global tourist numbers to hit one billion this week: UNWTO

The United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) has said the number of annual tourists crossing international borders will reach one billion this week, with Chinese travellers the biggest growth driver, Reuters has reported. Tourism grew between 3.5% and 4% in 2012, with the billionth tourist expected to touch down somewhere in the world today, Taleb Rifai, the secretary general of the UNWTO, said. Madrid-headquartered UNWTO expects the number of world travellers to reach 1.8 billion by 2020, when one in 10 people will be employed in the travel and tourism industry.

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