Abacus International, the Asia GDS owned by Sabre and a consortium of airlines, believes Asia is poised to become dominant in the global travel industry.
“After a strong showing in 2010, Asia is on target to take its spot as the largest region in terms of air transport, travel destination, business travel, utilization of ancillary revenue models and mobile usage,” Abacus says.
Abacus says its bookings in 2010 set a record, rising 11% compared with 2009, and in the process exceeded the pre-recession heyday of 2007.
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