Airline concessions that are currently been offered and free Visa on arrival policy is a step taken in the right direction by Sri Lanka authorities to promote tourism, said Vice President, Sabri Travel Network Asia Pacific, Todd Arthur.
He said that ‘offerings’ for the airline sector is very attractive and would help woo new airlines to fly to Colombo, while the airlines that are already operating flights to Colombo to add frequency.
“The new tactics to drive tourism such as a free visa on arrival service for 48 countries is welcome.”
“Sri Lanka’s tourism sector also seems to have recovered faster than expected after the Easter Sunday’ blasts as we observe that airline seats are being filled up.”
He also said that Sri Lankan based airlines are expanding its services with new routes to Jaffna and Mattala which would help boost tourism.
The Government has been heavily involved in re launching the tourism sector, announcing enhanced security at airports which has had a major positive impact to travellers to Sri Lanka.
He said that he is in Sri Lanka as part of the official launch of Sabre Red 360, the latest technology innovations for the airline industry.
The Sabre GDS continually evolves and would retain its strength as it has when previous new distribution models had entered the marketplace,” said Regional Director, South Asia Sabre, Sandeep Sastri. “Our technologies and scale allow aggregation of content across hundreds of suppliers, irrespective of their connectivity model. For example, NDC allows airlines to include pictures to help agents and travellers better understand their offerings.”
“To address greater need for personalization, Sabre has launched Sabre Red 360 – a revolutionary platform that would change the way travel agents go about doing business with their customers.”
“Sabre Red 360 is Sabre’s smartest workflow all the way around, while it would change the way travel agencies across the country books travels, brands and builds their offer to better cater to the travellers needs.
“When travel agents access the platform, they would have a powerful travel booking experience, providing a new spectrum of data and traveller visibility.”
Sabre technology is the leading global technology provider to the US$7 trillion travel industry with over 2,000 trips booked every minute per day.
“Our technology processes over $120 billion of estimated travel spent and more than 1.1 billon system messages every year, while over 425,000 agents, 750,000 hotel properties, 420 airlines, hundreds of car rental, rail and cruise providers use us.”
SABRE GLOBAL second quarter revenue increased to 1.6% and the Travel Network revenue rose 0.7%, with bookings growth of 0.9%.
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