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Abacus Central Asia Forms Strategic Partnership with Association of Corporate Travel Executives to Boost Regional Education and Technology
[ezcol_1half id=”” class=”” style=””] Abacus International, Asia Pacific’s leading provider of travel services and solutions, today announced a strategic partnership with the Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE), the global organisation pioneering educational and technological advances in business travel. The two organisations, collaborating on initiatives to develop corporate travel in the Central Asian Republics are starting by co-hosting the third Abacus Corporate Travel Executive Forum in Almaty at the end of October 2013. The aim is to facilitate knowledge transfer between multi-national businesses developing commercial links with Kazakhstan, together with travel management companies and corporate travel agencies working with their Central Asian counterparts. Key topics for the Forum include traveller trends and intelligence, Government policy as it relates to corporate travel and new areas of travel policy compliance and process innovation, with Abacus contributing on the latest technological advances. Pavel Spitsyn, General Manager, Abacus Central Asia, explained, “This is an important initiative in helping to construct the framework for the industry to better engage with Kazakhstan, both as a destination and an outbound market. We look forward to partnering with ACTE to understand and unlock more of Central Asia’s potential, working with the local business travel community.” “We are pleased to partner with Abacus given the strength of their travel solutions regionally and we believe our partnership will positively impact the industry across Central Asia,” said Benson Tang, Regional Director at ACTE. “Facilitating knowledge transfer at a high level, this is a strategic step for ACTE.” The Forum takes place on the 29th and 30th October at the Rixos Almaty Hotel. Contact marketing@abacus.com.sg for more information. [/ezcol_1half] [ezcol_1half_end id=”” class=”” … READ MORE
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Sabre Office Hours During Ramadhan
Please be advised that our working hours during the month of Holy Ramadan, are scheduled as follow: General Monday – Friday : 8.00 AM – 3.30 PM Customer Support Monday – Friday : 8.00 AM – 5.00 PM Saturday : 8.30 AM – 2.30 PM Regular working hours will resume on the first working day after Eid el-Fitr holiday. Wish you all happy and blessed Ramadan! Best Regards Sabre Travel Network Indonesia Customer support after office hours/ weekends/ public holiday HP : 08121862323 Email : helpdesk@sabretn.co.id, technical@sabretn.co.id, marketing@sabretn.co.id , … READ MORE
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Season’s Greetings from Sabre Travel Network Indonesia
Merry Christmas! Please be advised that Sabre Indonesia Office will be closed over the Christmas on 25 December 2018, and for Monday, 24 December 2018, Our Customer Service operating hours will be changed from 08.30 AM – 14.30 PM. We will reopen on Wednesday, 26 December 2018. Thank you for your kind attention and happy holiday! Best Regards Sabre Travel Network Indonesia Customer support after office hours/ weekends/ public holiday HP : 0816920832 or 0812862323 Emaill : helpdesk@sabretn.co.id, technical@sabretn.co.id, … READ MORE
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EMIRATES GDS WASTAGE RECOVERY
Dear Trade Partner, Over the years, Emirates has been actively educating the trade to help Airlines reduce their continuously increasing GDS costs. While most part of this cost is unavoidable, there is certain wastage that can be controlled by you. Unproductive segments like HX, UC, NO and UN keep adding to the airline’s costs if not cancelled by your staff members on time. We would like to inform you that effective 01st October 2014, Emirates Airline will be raising ADMs for the recovery of such costs incurred due to such unproductive segments from your respective agency. The ADMs will be posted and settled through BSP billing. We urge you to educate your team members to adopt the policy of checking and removing such unproductive segments on a regular basis to avoid debits in this regard. Please feel free to contact Emirates Sales Team for any briefing and guidelines that may be needed. We thank you for your understanding and look forward to Nil GDS wastage which can only be achieved with your support. Thank you, Emirates Indonesia One Pacific Place Building 10th floor Jl. Jend. Sudirman kav 52-53 … READ MORE
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Hotel Cancellation Guidelines
Has your travel agent experienced no cancellation number returns whenever an active hotel segment is cancelled in the system? Before checking with the hotel chain or property, you may like to access Travel Agency’s General Message queue to display hotel chain’s teletype messages. These messages may provide information that could be helpful while troubleshooting. Steps to access General Message Queue are as follows: Step 1: Access subscriber’s General Message Queue Example: Q/G Step 2: Explanation on the important information display on the message. Row 1 HDQ Headquarter RM Reservations AA Carrier code Row 2 .DAL 3-letter location code of hotel chain HL Code representing hotel segment HL 2-letter hotel chain code, eg, Hilton Hotels 25 Hotel segment action date 0339 Hotel segment action time Row 3 HDQ Headquarter AA Carrier code LTYANL Abacus Record Locator Row 4 1 Number of passenger in name field WOO/HEN… Passenger’s name Row 5 HHL Hotel segment HL Hotel chain code, eg, Hilton Hotels UC1 Status code, number of rooms KUL 3-letter city code IN31JUL Check-in date OUT02AUG Check-out date 2NT Number of room nights 12475 Hotel property code 1A01A07 Room type and rate code from hotel chain -1 Number of adult occupants /CX-1921… Cancellation number Row 6 – Information with regards to the hotel segment Step 3: Remove G message after … READ MORE
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Sabre completes acquisition of Abacus International
SOUTHLAKE, Texas, July 1, 2015 – Sabre Corporation (NASDAQ: SABR) today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Abacus International, the leading global distribution system (GDS) in the Asia Pacific region. “The addition of Abacus further strengthens Sabre’s leading position in the fast-growing Asia-Pacific region,” said Sabre President & CEO Tom Klein. “Our ability to combine Sabre’s strong global technology platform capabilities with Abacus’ deep local market expertise will provide Asia-Pacific airline, hospitality and travel agency customers with unprecedented innovation and service options. It also makes us an ideal technology partner for global customers seeking to grow and expand in Asia-Pacific.” Abacus serves more than 100,000 travel agents across the Asia-Pacific region’s 59 markets and has both global and uniquely local relationships with airlines and hotels, including the leading portfolio of low-cost airline content and Chinese airline content. Sabre, which previously owned 35% of Abacus, acquired the remaining portion for net cash consideration of $411 million. Separately, the acquisition includes new long-term distribution agreements between Sabre and the 11 Asian airlines that previously shared ownership of Abacus with Sabre. The acquisition, including associated working capital adjustments and cash acquired, was financed through cash on hand, augmented by revolver borrowings of $70 million. Sabre has also signed an agreement to acquire Abacus national marketing company, Abacus Distribution Systems (Hong Kong). Sabre management will update financial guidance as it relates to the Abacus acquisition during the company’s next earnings conference call, which is scheduled for Tuesday, August 4, … READ MORE
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Useful Tips on Automated Exchanges
Did you know… For every successful ticket exchanged through Automated Exchanges, there will be an ‘Automated Reissue’ tag appended. What this means is that this exchanged ticket is guaranteed by Sabre under the Fare Guarantee Policy! Maximize your free trial by performing your first exchange through Automated Exchanges today! Should you need help, please contact your local Sabre … READ MORE
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Abacus-connected travel agent whom clocked the highest number of hours on Abacus eLearning portal will be rewarded
Learn to win an iPad mini! Come 1st March to 30 June 2015, Abacus-connected travel agent whom clocked the highest number of hours on Abacus eLearning portal will be rewarded. Klik here for more information or start … READ MORE