Sabre Launches Cache-powered Flight Shopping in SabreMosaic

Sabre Corporation, a travel technology company, said it added Cache-powered Intelligent Shopping to SabreMosaic.

The idea is simple: show flight options faster without constantly “pinging” airlines for live prices on every search. Sabre says the tool can return some results from a cache (saved, recently validated results) and only request live results when needed. Sabre is positioning this as a way to deliver more “ready-to-book” results at a large scale.

New SabreMosaic capability targets look-to-book pressure

Flight shopping creates huge traffic because far more people search than book. The “look-to-book ratio” is the number of searches (“looks”) compared with actual purchases (“books”). A high ratio means lots of costly shopping requests that don’t convert, which can raise technology costs across the system.

Sabre says its tool brings together “traditional” airline content (EDIFACT) and newer NDC content, as well as public and private fares, then chooses “live vs. cached” results to reduce unnecessary requests while keeping offers accurate.

Balancing speed and accuracy

For OTAs, TMCs, and metasearch sites, speed matters because slow search results in lost customers—but accuracy matters because stale prices lead to failed bookings and re-searching. Sabre’s message is that “smart caching” can cut traffic while still keeping offers aligned with what airlines would return live.

To learn more about smart cache management and how it works, read our article on booking engine development that covers AltexSoft’s hands-on experience.

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