Travel Network, the Sabre Holdings business that connects travel suppliers and agents through the world's leading global distribution system (GDS), today announced that Cunard Line voyage inventory is now available to Sabre Connected travel agents in North America using Sabre CruiseDirector or the Sabre Cruise API.
The addition of Cunard Line, a unit of Carnival Corporation, brings the number of cruise lines offered through Sabre's cruise shopping and booking tools to eleven.
Cunard will also be available in Sabre Cruises, Sabre's newest browser-based tool, in the upcoming enhanced version. Sabre's cruise tools offer travel agents quick and easy access to cruise lines' systems for real-time, shopping and booking, 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week. The addition of Cunard Line gives agents the ability to increase their luxury ocean-going offerings with the prestigious Queen Mary 2 and Queen Elizabeth 2 liners.
"Distributing Cunard through the Sabre GDS to their agency network will provide those agents with an efficient and simple way to gain access to booking memorable vacations aboard our company's legendary ocean liners," said Jan Swartz, senior vice president of customer service and sales for Cunard Line.
"With the addition of Cunard, Sabre cruise tools provide agents even more customer service and revenue potential by providing more participating cruise lines with varied offerings," said Chris Kroeger, senior vice president, Sabre Travel Network, North America. "We are committed to our continued relationship with the Carnival Corporation as we increase the participation of Carnival Corporation brands in our industry-leading cruise booking tools."
