The most important conversation of the trip

Your guestis planningwithout you.

The window between booking and arrival is the highest-intent moment of the guest journey. That's when guests decide where to eat, what to do, and where their money goes. Tongo puts your hotel in that conversation, with an AI concierge that knows the destination, not just the property.

"She really does operate like a full concierge"
Stella
Stella
AI Concierge
🍽️ On-site dining
🏖️ Book cabana
🎭 Tonight's shows
Respond to Stella…

Built on five years of destination intelligence

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The Overlooked Window

There's a window betweenbooking and arrival.The hotel isn't in it.

Hotels invest in winning the booking, delivering the stay, and winning the guest back. But the highest-intent moment of all happens in between, and it goes unanswered.

1

The Booking

Heavily invested. Optimized to the dollar.

The Post-Booking Black Hole

The guest plans the entire trip (dinners, activities, experiences) with everyone but you.

2

The Stay

Great service. But the guest only becomes a real person to you at check-in.

3

Post-Stay

Marketing spend to win back a guest you never really knew.

So who's having that conversation with your guest right now?
GoogleChatGPTTripAdvisorTikTokTravel blogsOTAsThe hotel

And it isn't just a missed conversation. It's a missed fortune.

Why It Matters

The wallet follows the conversation.

That window isn't just any moment. It's the highest-intent moment of the entire trip, when the guest decides where the money goes. The dinners, the tours, the experiences, all of it.

Every decision the hotel isn't part of is a decision, and a dollar, that goes somewhere else.

One guest. One trip.
Where the travel wallet actually goes
Travel wallet
CapturedPartialLeaked
The room
Captured
Dining
Partial
Tours & experiences
Leaked
Tickets & shows
Leaked
Transportation
Leaked
The hotel captures the room. The rest of the trip leaks away.
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I want to capture from our guests as close to 100 cents on the dollar of their travel wallet as possible.
Anthony Capuano, CEO, Marriott InternationalAmericas Lodging Investment Summit, 2025

Every owner and operator wants exactly that. But you can't capture the wallet when you're not in the conversation where it's being spent.

The wallet follows the conversation.And right now, the hotel isn't in it.

For the first time, that's about to change.

Why Now

A real conversation with every guest, before they arrive, is finally possible.

The best concierges have done this for years. They call ahead, learn about the guest, help plan the trip, and make the guest feel known. It just never scaled past a handful of guests at the very top. Until now.

A traveler at home messaging with Stella before her trip
StellaIf you'd rather do the supper club instead, I can flip it. But for a 40th, I'd take the laughs and the big stage.
KateNo, Broadway, all the way.
StellaIf you need anything else or want me to shift things around, I'm one text away. Enjoy the city, Kate.tongo.app/daniel-40-nyc

The thing only a human concierge could do for a select few, you can now do for every guest.

We built it. Her name is Stella.

Live today

Meet Stella.

She doesn't wait for the guest to check in. She checks in with them.

Within two minutes of a booking, your guest gets a text from Stella, offering to help plan the trip, in their language, in your hotel's voice.

Destination intelligenceMaintained by Tongo
Live across the AmericasHundreds of vetted places per city

From the property to across town, and city to city. Your team approves. Tongo maintains it.

Guest profilePushed to PMS
KD
Kate & Daniel
Thu–Mon · June · The Monarch
40th Birthday
Itinerary & Commerce
Guest Data
Chef's table · Sable
Booked
Birthday dinner · Vireo
Booked
Sunset sail · the Athena
Booked
Broadway · center seats
Booked
Airport transfers
Booked
Bookings captured this trip9 · revenue retained

The bookings your guest was going to make anyway, earned by you, not lost to an OTA.

Guest profileGenerated from conversation
KD
Kate & Daniel
Thu–Mon · June · The Monarch
40th Birthday
Itinerary & Commerce
Guest Data
OccasionDaniel's 40th birthday
Traveling withSpouse
ArrivalJFK, Thu 10:38 AM · early check-in
Interests
Tasting menusNatural wineLive musicBiking
Avoid
Times SquareTourist traps
Getting aroundPrefers private car
Profile completenessGrows every conversation

A real person before they arrive. And it compounds with every conversation.

Traveler planning a trip to Paris with Stella
★★★★★
"She really does operate like a full concierge with her recommendations for activities and planning out a day with restaurant and bar recommendations. She even told me not to stay out late. Haha, very thoughtful."
Put your voice back in the conversation

The conversation is happening.With or without you.

See how Stella turns the post-booking black hole into your highest-converting moment, and start building the relationship asset that compounds.