Sabre Partner Content

Ancillaries are increasingly essential to the financial health and resilience of airlines. Sabre’s new Upgrade IQ product uses artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to optimize airlines’ premium cabin inventory and unlock incremental revenue.

Virtual payments have become a critical revenue driver for the travel industry by optimizing the payment flow between travel agencies and providers. This roundtable discussion between SkiftX and two Sabre executives explores the challenges and opportunities around business-to-business payments to help travel companies unlock new revenue streams.

The new “Airline Retailing Transition Guide” offers a flexible, phased approach to help airlines shift to a modern retailing experience. Using smarter, more efficient ways to organize and implement technology, airlines can transition smoothly and efficiently while maintaining business continuity.

In this three-article report, Skift and Sabre teamed up to explore how travel companies can deliver the personalized shopping and booking experiences their customers have grown to expect.

In a recent panel discussion, industry leaders from Sabre, Travel in Motion, and Oman Air joined Skift to discuss the current airline retailing landscape, how consumer needs are evolving, and the best way to address those needs: transitioning to modern retailing powered by offers and orders.

As travelers seek better shopping and booking experiences, travel companies must transform both the technology powering their retailing systems and the organizational culture behind them. Recent milestones within Sabre’s Beyond NDC program demonstrate how the company is advancing new retailing opportunities across the entire travel value chain.

Airlines of all sizes are looking for smarter and more efficient ways to sell more products and services. A new strategy guide by Sabre explores how moving toward an offer and order retailing model will help them achieve this goal while maximizing revenue, operating with more agility, and improving customer satisfaction.

Today’s airlines are challenged with maximizing revenue in the face of unpredictable booking patterns, widespread industry disruptions, and evolving traveler expectations. To stay competitive, they need to reconsider the travel retailing experience through the eyes of their customers and overcome limitations at key stages of the travel journey.

Airlines can unlock the opportunity for incremental revenue and the experiences their travelers expect with new retailing technology that can help power personalized offer creation and distribution.

New Distribution Capability (NDC) standards will help facilitate greater personalization and easier distribution of all elements of the ticket sale. However, it isn’t a catch-all solution for all of the airline industry’s retailing challenges. Recognizing that is key to implementing NDC standards the right way.