Sabre Acquires Hotel-Tech Provider Genares as Competition Heats Up


Skift Take

Is Sabre worried about Booking.com getting into the hotel B2B game? Not overly, but in acquiring Genares, Sabre is proving that the best defense is a good offense.

Sabre acquired a fellow Texas company, Irvington-based Genares, a provider of central reservations systems software and digital marketing services for hotels. Sabre Hospitality Solutions is an established player in the hotel-tech arena as its CRS was the largest third-party provider "based on our approximately 27% share of third-