Virtual tours of hotel rooms have been around for awhile, but Sabre and Cisco are taking tweaking the concept and applying it to the viewing and distribution of telepresence virtual-meetings spaces.
Sabre Travel Network and Cisco plan to develop jointly what Sabre terms the travel industry’s “first platform to distribute collaboration services.”
Under the partnership, corporations looking to reserve telepresence spaces and facilities would be able to view room availability, book the meetings and view rates and restrictions.
And, suppliers — in this case both companies which provide telepresence facilities publicly and corporations with private rooms for telepresence activities — would be able to use the Sabre-Cisco platform to display open or restricted access to their facilities.
Read the full story at:http://www.tnooz.com/2010/08/12/news/sabre-and-cisco-team-to-distribute-telepresence-services/
