Sabre Expands SafePoint Travel Risk Management Solution

(12 Jan 2022)  Sabre has expanded SafePoint, a travel risk management product, to include global travel restriction tracking.

Whilst the solution is not limited to a singular event, SafePoint provides information regarding the spread of COVID19 - including new variants, as well as destination entry restrictions imposed by countries, such as masks, vaccinations, health documentation and quarantine requirements.

SafePoint monitors world events in near real-time, 24/7. It utilizes hundreds of data sources for events and restrictions that may impact travel arrangements and/or traveler safety.

Pattaya, Thailand. Picture by Steven Howard of TravelNewsAsia.com

The solution helps Sabre’s travel agencies and corporate customers make more informed decisions and enhance the safety of their travelers by alerting them to any issues that may impact their itinerary.

“In the current travel landscape, having instant access to travel restriction information is critical to making the right travel-related decisions,” said Anna McGurk, Operations Director, Norad Travel UK. “Sabre’s SafePoint provides us timely information to help us better serve our customers. It is a trusted source of information from a trusted partner.”

While travel has been significantly impacted by the COVID19 pandemic, there have been signs of recovery in certain segments of the travel industry.

“As travel rebounds, we believe a duty-of-care and crisis alerting solution is imperative to any travel business, especially in a world where travel advisories can change rapidly. SafePoint is designed to keep travelers and corporate travel managers apprised of critical events in a fast-moving world,” said Saunvit Pandya, Senior Director of Product Management, Sabre. “We are delighted to work with customers to provide them duty-of-care products to better service their travelers.”