September 2008

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News from our CEO, Gai

It's nice to be home after a few weeks living out of my suitcase! August saw me jetting to Fiji for the Jetset Travelworld Conference where the Sabre team had great fun manning the booth and meeting with everyone. We hope you enjoyed our chocolates and lip balms!

This was followed by a trip to Singapore where I met with the Sabre Asia Pacific leaders at our Regional Meeting. This provided a forum for us to reflect on the year gone by and discuss our plans and direction for 2008-2009 year.

On behalf of the Team here, a big Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there for Sunday. We hope you enjoy it and we look forward to seeing you in October!

Gai.

Congratualtions & Happy Father's Day!
 

Congratulations to Hellyn Goodman (pictured left with her dad Neville and mum Wanda) of Jetset, Toowoomba who was the lucky winner of our Father's Day competition!

Hellyn won her dad a $100 Bunnings Warehouse Gift Card with the simple but honest and funny entry:

"Any man who can put up with me and my mother for 57 years has to be the best Dad there is!"

Thanks to everyone who entered the competition! We had some great entries but unfortunately, some were not up for consideration as they were over 25 words. Please keep this in mind for our next competition!

Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there!

WIN - Apple iPod & $100 Choice Hotels Gift Card

Thanks to Choice Hotels International, we are giving you the chance to WIN an Apple iPod AND a $100 Gift Card - that's right, one lucky agent will win BOTH prizes!

Plus Sabre Returns members will also earn DOUBLE POINTS on all Choice Hotels USA bookings (booking code EC)!

Simply make any Choice Hotels USA booking from 1st August - 30th September 2008 for your chance to win! View the details here or visit www.sabrepacific.com.au/returns

To see what's on offer for Father's Day from Sabre Returns and RedBalloon Days, click here.

Book Air, Car, & Hotel with Sabre Online

We are excited to announce that a new functionality will be implemented in Sabre Online version 4.0 allowing agents to book Air, Car, and Hotel segments simultaneously and receive the search results in the same screen.

The benefits of this new feature include reduced response time and the ability to complete multi-travel-type bookings much quicker.

For more information on Sabre Online, click here.
 

Reset your password with the Password Management Tool

Did you know you can reset your password yourself using the Password Management Tool (PMT)?

Using previously established security questions and answers or an email address, PMT allows you to reset expired or temporary passwords quickly and easily.

For more information on the PMT and how to establish your security questions and email, please view the PMT Quick Reference Guide

 

V Australia available soon with Sabre Direct Ticketing...

We are pleased to announce that you will soon be able to make reservations and ticket bookings with V Australia using Sabre Direct Ticketing.

Please stay tuned for an update which will contain more information...

AccesRail joins list of participating Electronic Ticketing Carriers

Effective immediately, AccesRail (9B) is the latest carrier to provide E-Ticketing (ET) for Sabre Connected Agents. Accesrail is an IATA member formed by a group of partner and participating railways. AccesRail enables you to book real-time rail inventories in an airline style.

ET on AccesRail is fully interactive with ET issuance, as well as the ability to Void, Exchange, Refund and Revalidate transactions.

With the IATA initiative to move to 100% ET, Sabre continues to provide all travel agency partners with the most comprehensive content for our region and the world on just one screen.

Air Uganda and Atlasjet enhance their availability connection with Sabre

Effective immediately, Sabre is pleased to announce that Air Uganda (U7) and Atlasjet (KK) will participate as a Direct Connect Availability carrier within Sabre.
 
Direct Connect Availability represents the highest participation level in connectivity in the Sabre system. With Direct Connect Availability, an interactive message between the Sabre system and the participating airline enables seamless, "real-time" access to the airline inventory during the availability process and allows last-seat inventory displays.

These changes now make booking U7 and KK via Sabre very efficient and will ensure increased productivity and increased confidence in the availability display.

For more information on Direct Connect Availability, please refer to Format Finder reference: dcaov201

Last-minute Father's Day experiences from RedBalloon Days

Need a last-minute gift idea for Father's Day?

Click here to view the latest experiences on offer from RedBalloon Days including helicopter rides and V8 supercars.

Use your Sabre Returns Points to redeem online now!

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