Sabre Travel Network has appointed Luc Dethaey to the newly created position of managing director for Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. Dethaey, who has spent the last two years working for Sabre as a consultant, brings more than 25 years experience of the travel technology industry in Western Europe to the role.

Sabre Airline Solutions has equipped Aerolíneas Argentinas with the necessary technology to enable its recent entrance into the SkyTeam global airline network. This much anticipated milestone for the carrier is part of its long-term restructuring plan, which includes upgrading its entire IT platform including revenue, network and flight planning solutions.

Sabre Travel Network has extended a multi-year agreement with Copa Airlines to distribute its full-content to travel agencies and corporations connected to the Sabre global distribution system. The new agreement assures Copa Airlines’ full content to more than 350,000 travel agencies using the Sabre Red Workspace software worldwide, as well as for hundreds of companies managing their travel programmes with Sabre BizSite and GetThere as online booking tools.

Sabre Travel Network has signed a multi-year full-content agreement with Air France-KLM to sell the carrier’s seats and ancillary products through travel agents connected to the Sabre global distribution system (GDS).

Sabre Travel Network a global technology company serving travel agencies and suppliers, has named Marco Benincasa as country director for its business in Italy. Benincasa will be responsible for spearheading the Sabre’s growth and strategic direction in the country, including a transformation of the company’s offline business.

Hong Kong-based New World Hotels has chosen Sabre Hospitality Solutions to launch its private label chain code “NW” and aggressively promote its brand among the global travel agency community.