Sabre leads agent team to Hong Kong Sevens

Sabre leads agent team to Hong Kong Sevens

Travel technology provider Sabre took to the stands with travel agents and other industry players from across Asia Pacific over the weekend at the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens event.

Members of the global Sabre Travel Network team gathered in Hong Kong to keep score with industry leaders from around the region as they took in one of Asia’s most anticipated sporting events of the year, the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens. The line-up kicked off with a half day business forum discussing key issues and opportunities facing the corporate travel industry, followed by a presentation from Sir Gordon Tietjens, Head Coach for the All Blacks Sevens, before heading pitch side.

Roshan Mendis, senior vice president of Sabre Travel Network Asia Pacific, spoke about Sabre’s offerings for Asia Pacific, including offering travel agencies a more global proposition and strategic solutions to leverage new opportunities around data, personalisation, up-selling and automation.

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Famous All Blacks Sevens coach, Sir Gordon Tietjens, shares training techniques and stories of mental toughness with Sabre and members of the APAC travel industry. Tietjens will lead the All Blacks Sevens to the 2016 Olympics in Rio this year, where sevens is being played for the first time.

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Keng Chong Teo, director of Traveller Experience for Sabre Travel Network Asia Pacific, discussed technologies for travel managers and TMCs to enhance each stage of the travellers’ journey before taking to the stands at the Hong Kong Stadium.

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 From left to right: Mr. Brendan Leong, Managing Director of Global Travel Pte Ltd, with Mr. Chung Kek Yoong, Board Member and Director of Pacific Arena Pte Ltd; Mr. Arend Roos, CEO of Vision Travel Solutions, Jay Jones, senior vice president of Sabre Travel Network, The Americas, and Mr. Frank De Marinis, CEO of Travel Brands.

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Photo credit: Juan Manuel Serrano, Getty Images – image link here. Fiji players celebrate with the trophy after winning the 2016 Hong Kong Sevens final against New Zealand at Hong Kong Stadium on April 10 2016, in Hong Kong.

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