In a move to ease baggage solutions across its partner airlines, the Netherlands-based baggage management firm Bagtag has launched a strategic partnership with global travel technology provider Sabre Corporation.

According to a press statement by Sabre, this collaboration will introduce an innovative digital baggage tag solution for SabreSonic Airline customers. This is aimed at offering a transformative shift in how passengers and crew manage their baggage check-ins.

The statement adds that SabreSonic Airline is a passenger service system or PSS used by many airlines around the globe to evolve and enhance their customer experience and capture additional revenue opportunities.

Bagtag says that through its partnership SabreSonic Airline customers will now have the option to easily implement Bagtag’s electronic bag tag solution.

This could effectively eliminate the need for traditional paper label check-in processes at airports.

It is also meant to improve the traveller experience by enabling faster bag drop-offs and reducing congestion at check-in counters by empowering travellers to tag their own bags off-airport.

Jasper Quak

“This partnership with Sabre signifies another pivotal moment for Bagtag and corroborates our multi-vendor approach. By integrating Sabre’s extensive industry expertise and airline network with Bagtag’s pioneering technology, we are looking at an even brighter future for checked-in baggage,” Jasper Quak, Managing Director, Bagtag.

To simplify and speed up processes for passengers choosing to travel with checked baggage, Bagtag has developed a multi-vendor solution and worked with its hardware partners to provide airlines and their passengers with a range of connected products to elevate their baggage experience.

Mike Reyes

Bagtag says its solutions are increasingly finding adoption with carriers to digitalise and optimise their crew baggage operations and the firm is now working with 15 airlines worldwide.

“As Sabre continues to drive innovation and collaboration within the global travel industry, our partnership with Bagtag exemplifies our commitment to solving the most complex challenges in travel for our customers and, ultimately, their passengers,” says Mike Reyes, Senior Vice President, Product Management, Sabre.

“We all know from our own travel experiences that long check-in lines can be major sources of frustration. By combining Sabre and Bagtag’s technologies, we can provide our airline partners with an innovative solution to reduce hassle and simplify the travel journey for travellers worldwide,” Reyes adds.