Sabre teams up with BYHOURS to distribute hotel microstays and support the recovery of hospitality Agreement makes Sabre the first global platform to offer hotels reservations by the hour, a new trend in the hospitality industry News provided by Share this article Share this article SOUTHLAKE, Texas and BARCELONA, Spain, May 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Sabre Corporation (NASDAQ: SABR), the leading software and technology provider that powers the global travel industry, and BYHOURS, the leading international platform for hotel microstays, have signed a new agreement to provide Sabre s agency community with relevant content that will allow them to sell rooms by the hour through the BYHOURS Sabre Red App.
| Sabre has partnered with the Barcelona-based company Byhours, which sells hourly hotel packages, to make Byhours content available to Sabre s travel agency community. The partnership, Sabre said, marks the first time a GDS has offered microstays, enabling advisors to book rooms by the hour. Byhours content will be sold through the Byhours Sabre Red App. Sabre has seen an uptick in the need for microstays in several segments of travelers, the company said, which it attributed to the pandemic. Companies that have adopted remote-work policies are looking for space to hold meetings. Leisure travelers want microstays when they have a stopover, or they are increasingly looking to enjoy local leisure vacations that pair nicely with booking a room by the hour.