This week, Cleartrip, one of India’s leading online travel agencies launched Pricewatch, a tool which will automatically issue a refund when a purchased airfare drops below the booked price and its associated charges.
How an online travel agency created an automatic airfare refund service
February 17, 2013 By 4 Comments
Is there something in the Tingo concept for tour operations, rail and car hire?
November 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Independent tour operators, rail providers and car rental companies could be next to feel the Tingo effect says new research
Hotel revolution needed: Start with guarantee policies and pull GDSs out of the Old School
July 30, 2012 By 6 Comments
Following the success of partnerships with Google’s Hotel Finder and Room Key, hotel central reservation system vendor Trust International sees a proliferation of online booking channels a boon to hoteliers.
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How TripAdvisor off-shoot Tingo could change travel AND retail forever
May 3, 2012 By 25 Comments
The wrong industry is paying attention to Tingo, the recent side project from TripAdvisor which is gaining notoriety from the travel trade.
Adding hotels — Is Expedia conceding the race to Booking.com?
April 27, 2012 By 5 Comments
Is Expedia, with 150,000 hotels in the fold around the world, finally giving up in its race to outpace Priceline’s brands, which count more than 210,000 hotels in their portfolio?
Is TripAdvisor site Tingo a wake-up call for bad revenue management in hotels?
April 5, 2012 By 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.
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Time for the travel industry to move beyond its anti-consumer past
March 26, 2012 By 26 Comments
When I was a kid, my mother used to take me along on special shopping trips to Stew Leonoard’s, an iconic, mega-grocery store with now four locations in Connecticut and New York.
TripAdvisor launches money-back hotel booking site Tingo
March 22, 2012 By 24 Comments
Another dip into the world of hotel bookings for TripAdvisor with the launch of Tingo, a new site which automatically refunds users the difference if the price drops.
