Sabre Holdings Corporation has its roots in 1953 when C.R. Smith, then president of American Airlines, met IBM salesman Blair Smith, and they put together the concept of a Semi-Automatic Business Research (SABRE). Sabre Corporation was then founded in 1960 by American Airlines.
The first Sabre system consisted of two IBM mainframe computers and processed 84,000 calls each day.
Today the company has the world’s #1 computerized travel reservation system. Sabre operates through three main divisions: Sabre Travel Network allows 400,000 travel agents to book airline tickets, vacation packages, hotels, and rental cars, Travelocity,com allows consumers to do the same for themselves, and Sabre Airline and Hospitality Solutions provides software and consulting services.
Sabre Holdings Corporation trades publicly on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol SABRE, is #712 in the Fortune 1000, has 10,000 employees, and had $2.98 billion in revenue in 2013.
Sabre Holdings Corporation
Sabre Holdings Corporation has its roots in 1953 when C.R. Smith, then president of American Airlines, met IBM salesman Blair Smith, and they put together the concept of a Semi-Automatic Business Research (SABRE). Sabre Corporation was then founded in 1960 by American Airlines.
The first Sabre system consisted of two IBM mainframe computers and processed 84,000 calls each day.
Today the company has the world’s #1 computerized travel reservation system. Sabre operates through three main divisions: Sabre Travel Network allows 400,000 travel agents to book airline tickets, vacation packages, hotels, and rental cars, Travelocity,com allows consumers to do the same for themselves, and Sabre Airline and Hospitality Solutions provides software and consulting services.
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Sabre Holdings Corporation trades publicly on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol SABRE, is #712 in the Fortune 1000, has 10,000 employees, and had $2.98 billion in revenue in 2013.