Sabre

Legal Name: Sabre Corporation
Founded: 1960 (as part of American Airlines)
Headquarters: Southlake, Texas, USA
Type: Public
Categories: Travel GDS and software
Markets: Global (travel agencies, airlines, hotels)
Parent: None

Overview: Sabre is a major travel technology company. It operates the Sabre GDS (Galileo, Worldspan, Sabre Red Workspace) connecting travel content from airlines, hotels and car rental companies to travel agents and OTAs worldwide. Sabre also provides software for airlines (revenue management, operations) and hoteliers (property management). It serves 175+ airline clients and 350,000 travel agents globally. After carving off its consumer brands, Sabre now focuses on B2B solutions; in 2025 it earned ~$3B annual revenue. Sabre invests in NDC (Next Gen Airshopping) and AI to enable richer retailing in its GDS.

Products and Services: Sabre’s Travel Network segment is its GDS: agents use Sabre systems to book flights, hotels, car rentals, etc., from Sabre’s platform. The Airline Solutions segment offers reservation systems, crew scheduling and operational software to airlines. The Hospitality Solutions unit provides property management systems to hotels. Sabre is organized as a C-Corp in Texas with global offices (India R&D, UK sales). It has embraced cloud deployment for its products. Notably, Sabre also offers “Sabre Hospitality Studio,” an API portal for developers to access GDS data.

Key Dates:
– 1960: SABRE system developed by IBM and American Airlines.
– 2000: Sells Travelocity; focuses on enterprise.
– 2007: Spin-off Sabre Corp (NASDAQ: SABR) after Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
– 2010: Introduces Sabre Red Workspace for agencies.
– 2020: Onsets of COVID; Sabre secures financing to weather crisis.
– 2024: Launches NDC-enabled retailing solutions; expands hotel API.
– 2025: Reports stabilization of travel bookings; continues tech modernization.