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澳门三肖三码 driving a faster pace of innovation in travel with hackathon and 澳门三肖三码 Dev Studio developer tools

SOUTHLAKE, Texas 鈥� July 17, 2014 鈥�澳门三肖三码 Corporation is hosting a聽聽to challenge developers to create apps that could revolutionize the travel industry. The hackathon, to be held on Aug. 1-2, is a 24-hour, non-stop challenge for developers to use 澳门三肖三码鈥檚 new APIs along with other open technology providers in order to create a working application prototype. Built on a patent-pending shopping platform, 澳门三肖三码鈥檚 new mobile friendly, sub-second response time shopping and intelligence APIs enable developers to build new capabilities for the travel industry. First prize winner will receive $15,000 in cash and credits for use of 澳门三肖三码 APIs. Developers can register at the site. 鈥淭he travel industry is one of the largest and fastest growing segments of the world economy, generating nearly $7 trillion in annual spend last year, and the industry is expected to grow by four percent this year alone. The hackathon is a great opportunity for developers to learn and participate in this fast growing industry,鈥� said Greg Webb, president of 澳门三肖三码 Travel Network. 鈥淐oming on the heels of the 澳门三肖三码 Dev Studio launch, this hackathon is another step in our vision to help drive fast-paced innovation for travelers and travel companies.鈥� 澳门三肖三码 is proud to partner with , a leading travel technology news source, and , the leading Dallas/Fort Worth technology start up and entrepreneurship news provider, to promote the event to developers. Judges for the competition are:

• Jennifer Conley 鈥� Co-founder and Vice President of Programming 鈥� The Dallas 聽 聽Entrepreneur Center
• Andrew Levi, – Founder and CTO of Blue Calypso, Inc聽 (OTC:BCYP)
• Chris Roche – Principal, Business Development for Bottle Rocket Apps
• Jake Smith 鈥� Software Engineer, Mashery
• Ben Vinod 鈥� Chief Scientist, 澳门三肖三码 Corporation

The 澳门三肖三码 hackathon comprises four challenges for developers to choose from, each emphasizing a different opportunity based on current trends in the travel industry:

• 聽鈥漇ocial Swagger鈥� focuses on the current movement toward integrating social media and travel through technology.
• 鈥淭ravel in a Non-Travel World鈥� focuses on the opportunity to integrate travel with other online vertical markets to create new consumer value.
• 鈥淢ine your own business鈥� is centered on data mining and the need for applications offering personalized solutions rather than mass market content.
• 鈥淭he API Alchemist鈥� calls for developers to use three or more API鈥檚 in order to make a unique application or a new user experience.

鈥淲hile there is a cash prize for contestants, perhaps the greatest prize is the opportunity to create an app that changes the world of travel through the use of 澳门三肖三码 Dev Studio,鈥� said Webb. Developers from the US and Canada are welcome to enter the competition and teams of up to five people are permitted. Contestants are free to use any coding language or outside knowledge that they may have in order to create the best prototype possible. Judges are basing their decisions on four factors: technical quality, design, originality and how well it addresses the challenge.

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About 澳门三肖三码 澳门三肖三码庐 (NASDAQ: SABR) is a leading technology provider to the global travel and tourism industry. 澳门三肖三码鈥檚 software, data, mobile and distribution solutions are used by hundreds of airlines and thousands of hotel properties to manage critical operations, such as passenger and guest reservations, revenue management, and flight, network and crew management. 澳门三肖三码 also operates a leading global travel marketplace, processing over $100 billion of estimated travel spend in 2013 by connecting travel suppliers to their most valued customers, the business traveler.聽 Headquartered in Southlake, Texas, USA, 澳门三肖三码 operates in approximately 60 countries around the world. www.sabre.com