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Sabre selected as global technology partner to Flight Centre Travel Group

Sabre has inked an agreement with travel agency group, Flight Centre Travel Group, to provide its distribution services as well as its Red Workspace to Flight Centre travel agents in Australia and New Zealand.

Under the agreement, Flight Centre Travel Group will use the Sabre GDS as one of its platforms to shop, book and manage travel content from among 400 airlines, 900,000 hotel options, 24 car rental brands and 14 cruise lines.

Sabre already has an existing relationship with Flight Centre in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

(A global distribution system (GDS) is a computerized network system owned or operated by a company that enables transactions between travel industry service providers, mainly airlines, hotels, car rental companies, and travel agencies. You can find more information on GDS here.)

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