SABRE has launched a new
open portal for developers
– Sabre Dev Studio – that
will give travel companies
a platform they can use to
build booking applications
that will result in new ways
for their clients to shop for
travel.
Developers from travel
companies, OTAs, start-ups,
meta-search and social
sites, can access more than
150 APIs, as well as testing
tools, documentation,
prototypes and sample
code, and additional
resources available from
Sabre in an open developer
community. In addition,
the company is introducing
several new, mobile-friendly,
sub-second response-time
shopping and intelligence
APIs that developers can
use to build new search
capabilities for travel.
Examples of Sabre’s new
travel services include sixmonth
calendar shopping,
shopping across hundreds
of alternative airports,
and shopping by budget or
theme.
This will allow developers
to experiment with
different APIs and create
prototypes quickly and
easily, significantly reducing
development cycles and
time to market, Sabre said.
“It will allow travel agents to
create apps that will result
in new ways for their clients
to shop for travel. Apps
will now be able to answer
questions such as ‘Where
can I fly for $500?’, ‘What
beach destinations have the
best fares in August?’, and
‘When is the best time to
buy my tickets?’”
Greg Webb, president of
Sabre Travel Network, says
the new platform will result
in new revenue streams for
travel companies. “Travellers
want more personalisation.
They want to shop for travel
in new ways and in the
places they choose, whether
at travel agencies, on online
travel sites, or through
search engines or social
sites. Travellers want to be
inspired and they want the
experience to be easy and
intuitive.”
Travel agents wanting to
try their hand at designing
new apps can explore the
Sabre platform on https://
developer.sabre.com.
The site allows agents to
learn about the different
possibilities and test what
is possible.
