[July 18, 2012]

Sabre to Preview a Sleek New Design of its Mobile App, TripCase, at GBTA in Boston

Sabre (News - Alert), a global travel technology company, announced today that it will preview a new user interface for TripCase, offering a clean, sleek look that makes it easier to navigate the web and mobile app. Sabre will unveil the new TripCase design at Booth #1739 during the 2012 Global Business Travel Association Conference in Boston next week and then launch it later this year.

TripCase makes travel easier with sleek, new design. (Photo: Business Wire)

"What makes TripCase unique is how we are able to anticipate travelers' needs to make the overall travel experience better," said John Samuel, senior vice president of Sabre Traveler Solutions. "The new look and feel really improves the experience of using TripCase by speeding up the time to access commonly-used features like your itinerary. It also lays the foundation for us to develop more innovative features for travelers."

The new web version of TripCase will be designed as the traveler's home base, allowing them to more easily manage, track and share upcoming and previous trips. The mobile version of TripCase will be the traveler's personal, on-the-road travel concierge, helping them navigate and manage unexpected itinerary changes or obstacles that come up in transit. Corporations, agencies, and suppliers will benefit by having timely relevant messages delivered to the traveler at the right point in their trips.

TripCase actively monitors any factors that could change or impact a traveler's trip includig weather, flight delays and gate changes and automatically notifies the traveler. It is the only travel management app that offers these important flight alerts at no charge. Because TripCase has been integrated with the Sabre GDS, millions of travelers can automatically access their trip information in TripCase and will receive real-time updates and changes on flight information.

"The mobile app is where the magic really happens," said Samuel. "With TripCase mobile, we've honed in on how people travel so the most important part of the trips stand out. We will unveil more of these features later this year."

In addition to the smoother site navigation and streamlined appearance, TripCase users will enjoy an improved architecture and layout which includes:

• A hidden but easily accessible menu on the left that puts the most important features and information at the users' fingertips
• Multiple itinerary view options so users can see the total trip at a glance, view by segment or by chronology of events
• Separation of active and past trips so users can see the most relevant trips and still have access to past trips
• Branded messages from agencies, corporations, and suppliers

According to a recent PhoCusWright survey of travelers using mobile services, 73 percent of business travelers have a smartphone and more than 50 percent of business travelers use their smartphone to access travel reservation information online.

"Around the world, mobile devices have become part of people's everyday lives and, as an industry, we have just scratched the surface in leveraging the power, reach and opportunity they represent. As mobile devices evolve, we will continue to develop new innovative services and make them available through the TripCase web and mobile platform," said Samuel.

About Sabre

Sabre Holdings is a global travel technology company, serving the world's largest industry - travel and tourism. We provide software to travel agencies, corporations, travelers, airlines, hotels, car, rail, cruise and tour operator companies through our four businesses: Sabre Airline Solutions, Sabre Hospitality Solutions, Sabre Travel Network and Travelocity (including lastminute.com and Zuji).

By delivering innovative travel technology, we make the world a better place. Our innovative technology is used by more than a billion people around the world to plan, book and get to their destination at a time and price that's right for them. We work behind the scenes to make the world a better place, one journey at a time.

Headquartered in Southlake, Texas, Sabre has approximately 10,000 employees in 60 countries around the world. It has large development and customer care centers in the United States, Argentina, India, Philippines, Poland and Uruguay. Sabre has won numerous awards for being a top employer and corporate citizen in Argentina, Brazil, India, Mexico, Peru, Poland, and the United States. Sabre is privately owned by Texas Pacific Group (TPG) and Silver Lake Partners.

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