SOUTHLAKE, Texas, August 18, 2011 – Sabre Hospitality Solutions, the industry's leading global hospitality technology company, has been recognized for its market-leading innovation at the Business Traveler Innovation Awards 2011.

The Sabre Hotel RFP tool, an online hotel sourcing and rate negotiation tool that brings corporations and agencies together with hotels, won the People's Choice Award in the travel management category. The awards are backed by the Global Business Travel Association and the Wall Street Journal.

Business travelers were asked to nominate services, products and ideas that help make life on the road more productive. Sabre Hotel RFP received the most votes in the category, and will be presented with the People's Choice Award at the GBTA convention in Denver, Colorado, on Tuesday, August 23. Sabre will also present before a panel of judges for a shot at best overall travel innovation of 2011.

Launched in 2006, Sabre Hotel RFP is used by more than 1,500 global corporations and agencies, including hundreds of members of the Fortune 1,000. The tool, which is compatible across all GDSs, provides access to more than 100,000 hotels worldwide. Users can generate GBTA-compliant RFPs and utilize the tool's intelligent decision engine to generate reports and, new for 2011, automated room night volume collection.

Chris Conlin, president of Conlin Travel - American Express, said: "Sabre Hotel RFP has solved many problems we used to have when we negotiated hotel contracts the old fashion way through individual e-mail and telephone calls.

"This robust tool saves us countless hours and virtually eliminates the back and forth voicemail and e-mail messaging. Now, RFP submissions and responses are clear and concise which eliminates a whole host of issues. I don't know how we could live without it."

Using Sabre Hotel RFP, new and experienced travel managers can build a GBTA-compliant bid package, identify target hotels, and send RFPs within an hour. Hotels and national sales teams can quickly and easily respond to bid requests, and also participate in highly qualified lead generation programs that drive additional business.

Kevin Toledo, director of global transient sales for Wyndham Worldwide, said: "The tool has come a long way since its inception. Sabre has listened to the requirements of suppliers and made innovative improvements year after year."

Stephen Fitzgerald, chief operating officer of Sabre Hospitality Solutions, said: "Our ongoing objective at Sabre Hospitality Solutions is to invest in innovative technology that allows our customers to run their business in a more efficient and cost effective way. We listened carefully to travel managers and hotels to build a fast, easy to use tool that accelerates the hotel RFP cycle. As a result Sabre Hotel RFP has been a big hit with our customers and we're thrilled to be recognized by business travelers for developing technology that is inherently simple to use."