BCD Travel has entered into a
long-term, multi-faceted strategic partnership with Sabre.
The two companies will jointly invest and
collaborate on new and advanced solutions designed to
accelerate the technology-driven evolution underway across the
corporate travel ecosystem.
“This agreement is in line with our strategy to
improve our agility, flexibility and responsiveness in a shifting
environment,” said BCD Travel CEO and President, John Snyder. “By
extending our long-standing partnership with Sabre, we’ll
streamline our distribution technology footprint and simplify our
operational, technical and future development infrastructure,
allowing us to move more rapidly on our clients’ behalf as we
innovate, anticipate and adjust to emerging market opportunities.
As we focus on post-Covid travel complexities and engage on deeper
technology collaboration and joint development areas, we will
enhance our speed to market with functionalities to improve
travelers’ planning and booking experience including bringing
NDC
to life.”
As BCD and Sabre expand their existing
relationship, both companies are expected to benefit as Sabre
pursues its ambitious goals of:
– Accomplishing its tech transformation with cloud
migration, microservice enabled architecture, and use of the
latest smart technologies and digital innovations like AI and ML
for a future-ready environment both Sabre and BCD can utilize.
– Continuing to champion balanced supplier
distribution economics on behalf of travel industry constituents
for the content access our customers need.
– Delivering premium retailing, distribution and
fulfillment capabilities, including NDC-enabled solutions, across
the value chain.
“BCD Travel is a long-time, valued Sabre partner.
Over the years, we’ve tackled industry challenges, innovated and
grown together. Today, we take another important step in our
partnership as we mutually commit to advancing the future of the
travel,” said Kurt Ekert, president of Sabre. “This agreement
demonstrates our continuing commitment to helping BCD achieve its
objectives to differentiate its offerings, improve operational
efficiency and grow. Whether that takes the form of providing
solutions, or enabling solutions, we will continue to build and
sustain the value-added relationship we’ve enjoyed with BCD for so
many years.”
