Sabre Announces Management Changes

Sabre Holdings Corporation (NYSE: TSG) announced today the following management changes effective immediately in conjunction with its new organization of three strategic business units focused on customer needs.

Travel Marketing and Distribution

This business group led by Eric J. Speck as group president includes the following business units:

- Travel Agency Solutions, the business unit responsible for products and services for the global travel agency community, is under the direction of John Stow, president. Ellen Keszler, who most recently served as senior vice president in the finance division, has been named senior vice president travel agency solutions for the United States and Canada.
- Sabre VirtuallyThere, the business unit responsible for the personalized travel Web site, www.virtuallythere.com that provides trip itineraries, destination information and special offers for Sabre Connected travelers will be led by Nancy Raynor, general manager. Raynor has held several product marketing roles in the organization and was most recently responsible for the incubation of Sabre Business Travel Solutions® and Sabre Virtually There.
- Sabre Business Travel Solutions, the unit which includes the leading e-commerce end-to-end corporate travel management solution, will continue to be led by Scott W. Smith, general manager.
The business units will be supported by:

- Scott Alvis, senior vice president travel supplier distribution solutions;
- Jeff Harmon, airline and agency Web reservations; and
- Thaddeus Arroyo, senior vice president product marketing and development.
Outsourcing & Software Solutions

This business unit led by Bradford J. Boston as president includes organizations responsible for selling and supporting IT outsourcing, software solutions including decision support systems, consulting and ASP services. Executives include:

- Joe Saliba, senior vice president sales and account management;
- Phillip Baxter, senior vice president, US Airways account management team - effective August 1;
- Steve Trinkle, senior vice president, American Airlines account management team;
- Gianni Marostica, senior vice president e-Commerce consulting;
- Steve Clampett, senior vice president product development and delivery;
- Jim Fitzpatrick, senior vice president outsourcing and delivery; and
- Stan Ratcliffe, senior vice president desktop services
Emerging Businesses

Thomas Klein has been named president of the emerging businesses unit. This organization will explore partnerships, alliances, mergers and acquisitions, and pursue new business initiatives like Web hosting and Sabre® marketplace, the Internet-enabled business-to-business exchange designed primarily for the travel and transportation industries. Klein reports to Sam Gilliland, chief marketing officer, Sabre Inc.



Sabre is the global leader in applying information technology to meet the needs of the travel and transportation industries with advanced and innovative technology skills to deliver progressive solutions. Headquartered in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, the company has more than 10,000 employees worldwide who span 45 countries. Sabre reported 1999 revenues of $2.4 billion, up 5.6 percent from 1998. Net earnings were $264 million, excluding special items, up 15.2 percent from the prior year.