A conversation that began with discovering their common surname would lead to the invention of Sabre, the world’s first centralized airline reservation system. It would go on to not only revolutionize the travel business but also unleash the movement toward instantaneous e …

Sabre Global Distribution System, owned by Sabre Corporation, [1] is a travel reservation system used by travel agents and companies to search, price, book, and ticket travel services provided by airlines, hotels, car rental companies, rail providers and tour operators.

The initial Sabre system had two IBM 7090 mainframe computers, connected to 1,500 terminals across the U.S. and Canada. The system was housed in Briarcliff Manor, NY.

Sabre Corporation, a travel technology company headquartered in Southlake, Texas, is the largest global distribution systems (GDS) provider for air bookings.

Explore Sabre's Global Distribution System (GDS) solution, featuring cutting-edge GDS software to streamline travel booking and management.

Sep 3, 2001 · Fort Worth, Texas-based Sabre is moving off an IBM transaction-processing mainframe reservation system that has been the airline standard since the 1950s. In its place, Sabre will create an open...

Mar 27, 2025 · Sabre traces its roots to the 1960s when C.R. Smith, the then president of American Airlines, and R. Blair Smith, a sales executive at IBM, came up with the idea of a data processing system for ...

Sabre is a software and technology company that powers the global travel industry. With decades of revolutionary firsts, our team of experts drive innovation and ingenuity in the industry.

Sep 28, 2015 · On November 5, 1961, American Airlines in conjunction with IBM, announced the development of a new technology, the Semi-Automated Business Reservations Environment, Or SABRE.

Jul 27, 2012 · Here, we give you a brief history of American Airlines' revolutionary booking system, SABRE, complete with Brylcreem and pointy glasses and punchcards. In the summer of 1953, an eager IBM...