Sabre Holdings announced that Tom Klein has been appointed to the newly-created role of president of Sabre Holdings. Effective today, Klein will take on broader responsibility across the Sabre portfolio, in addition to his current duties. Klein was previously the executive vice president of Sabre Holdings, responsible for Sabre Travel Network and Sabre Airlines Solutions, a role he held since 2004.
In his new role, Klein will drive improved performance and growth across the entire Sabre Holdings portfolio leveraging collective strengths and expertise for greater productivity, efficiency and performance.
“Tom has been an outstanding executive leader, significantly growing both our Airline Solutions and Travel Network businesses around the world, and building meaningful relationships with our corporate, agency and supplier customers,” said Sam Gilliland, chairman and CEO of Sabre Holdings. “The creation of this new role underscores the confidence we have in his leadership to drive future growth for our business.”
Headquartered in Southlake, TX, Sabre-Holdings has approximately 9,000 employees in 59 countries and is owned by private equity firms Silver Lake Partners and TPG. Visit www.sabre-holdings.com.