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How TripAdvisor off-shoot Tingo could change travel AND retail forever

May 3, 2012 By Special Nodes 25 Comments

The wrong industry is paying attention to Tingo, the recent side project from TripAdvisor which is gaining notoriety from the travel trade.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: booking window, hotels, incentives, last minute, orbitz, OTA, rate parity, revenue management, Smarter Travel Media, tingo, Travel Spike, tripadvisor, TripIt, Yapta

Is TripAdvisor site Tingo a wake-up call for bad revenue management in hotels?

April 5, 2012 By Special Nodes 30 Comments

We see it all the time: Travelers are planning trips months in advance thinking they will be rewarded with low rates for a hotel stay only to see standard rack rates.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: booking window, hotels, incentives, last minute, OTAs, rate parity, revenue management, Smarter Travel Media, tingo, tripadvisor

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