TRAVEL IT COMPANY SABRE TRAVEL NETWORK has launched a global reservation system for video-conferencing. Under a new agreement, Sabre will combine its global reservation platform with the video-conferencing and telepresence services of Polycom.
Sabre Virtual Meetings will go live in the first half of this year, providing facilities at either public HD video-conferencing rooms or at private ones run by individual companies. The new facility will allow corporates to find suitable rooms, reserve and use them for virtual meetings.
The booking system will be available for use on self-booking tools or TMC systems, enabling either company employees or their agents to make the reservations. It will allow buyers to assess facilities at chosen locations and review the competing rates. The system will also be open to multiple telecom and video-conferencing providers.
Sabre said it was the first reservation system of its kind and claimed it would “increase the adoption and use of corporate-owned videoconferencing solutions” and deliver a faster return-on-investment on this type of equipment. It would also increase the use of public videoconferencing rooms, such as those provided by Regus.