Sabre Teams With Ariba to Deliver Leading e-Business Offering for Corporate Travel; Companies to Provide Integrated Travel Services to Ariba B2B eCommerce Solution Users
FORT WORTH, Texas, Aug. 7 / Sabre Holdings Corporation
"Corporations continue to look for solutions that improve the efficiency of the purchasing process and provide employees with the tools they need to make better purchasing decisions. The integration of Sabre and Ariba brings new innovations to the B2B travel landscape and achieves both of these goals," said Scott W. Smith, senior vice president and general manager for Sabre BTS. Entering into an agreement with Ariba, the leading B2B eCommerce platform provider, speaks volumes about where the travel industry is taking its tools in the future."
Integrated solutions
Under the agreement, the companies will integrate the Sabre BTS system with the Travel and Expense module of the Ariba Buyer application and Ariba Commerce Services Network. The integrated solution will provide Ariba users with access to data from the Sabre BTS system to provide an end-to-end travel management process -- saving business travelers and their companies significant time in the creation, submission and approval of travel plans and expense reports. Expense reports will be integrated with the Sabre BTS system with the ability to transfer travel data directly from the Sabre system into Ariba Buyer, thereby eliminating the need for the traveler to enter in the air, car and hotel reservation information. Travelers using Ariba eCommerce solutions will also be able to "punchout" to the Sabre online travel site, plan their trip, bring back the trip information and route for internal approval.
"As a travel industry pioneer, Sabre has shown tremendous vision in embracing the Internet for B2B eCommerce efficiencies," said Dave Rome, vice president for alliances and business development with Ariba. "The integration of Sabre's travel solutions with Ariba B2B eCommerce solutions will further enable businesses to streamline travel costs, and provide business travelers additional convenience and flexibility when booking travel and reporting expenses."
Sabre BTS is the industry's leading online corporate travel management and purchasing system, giving business travelers a quick and easy way to make their own travel arrangements at their desktops while complying with corporate policies. The award-winning Sabre BTS system enables businesses to track every travel dollar from pre-planning and purchasing to expense reporting and reimbursement -- offering users the potential to save as much as 30 to 50 percent in total travel management costs. It is in use today by more than 500 organizations -- more than any other corporate travel management system.
The Ariba B2B Commerce Platform, including Ariba Buyer, Ariba Marketplace, Ariba Dynamic Trade, and the Ariba Commerce Services Network, helps companies realize greater economies of scale and commerce process efficiencies, resulting in competitive advantage and lower costs.
Sabre is the global leader in applying information technology to meet the needs of the travel and transportation industries with advanced and innovative technology skills to deliver progressive solutions. Headquartered in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, the company has more than 10,000 employees worldwide who span 45 countries. Sabre reported 1999 revenues of $2.4 billion, up 5.6 percent from 1998. Net earnings excluding special items were $264 million, up 15.2 percent from the prior year. More information on Sabre is available on the World Wide Web at
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