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2. Sabre (travel reservation system) - Wikipedia

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   The system was a success. Up to this point, it had cost $40 million to develop and install ($425 million in 2024). The SABRE system by IBM in the 1960s was specified to process a very large number of transactions, such as handling 83,000 daily phone calls. [7] The system took over all booking functions in 1964, when the name had changed to ...

3. Computer reservation system - Wikipedia

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   Soon, travel agents began pushing for a system that could automate their side of the process by accessing the various ARSes directly to make reservations. Fearful this would place too much power in the hands of agents, American Airlines executive Robert Crandall proposed creating an industry-wide computer reservation system to be a central ...

4. Airline reservations system - Wikipedia

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   Since airline reservation systems are business critical applications, and they are functionally quite complex, the operation of an in-house airline reservation system is relatively expensive. Prior to deregulation [clarification needed], airlines owned their own reservation systems with travel agents subscribing to them. Today, the GDS are run ...

5. Online hotel reservations - Wikipedia

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   Prior to the Internet, travellers could write, telephone the hotel directly, or use a travel agent to make a reservation. Nowadays, online travel agents have pictures of hotels and rooms, information on prices and deals, and even information on local resorts. Many also allow reviews of the traveler to be recorded with the online travel agent.

6. Sabre Corporation - Wikipedia

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   Sabre Corporation, a travel technology company headquartered in Southlake, Texas, is the largest global distribution systems (GDS) provider for air bookings. The company's primary product, the Sabre Global Distribution System, and others like it, act as neutral intermediaries, connecting travel suppliers like airlines and hotels with travel sellers like agencies.

7. Why You Should Consider a Travel Agent To Book Post ... - AOL

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   The coronavirus squashed the travel industry in 2020, but the increase in COVID-19 vaccinations and reopening of tourist destinations have Americans hitting the air and the skies in big numbers.