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
🍽️ Dining
🎟️ Activities
🎭 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 your guest talking to in that window right now?
The hotelChatGPTGooglefriendsTripAdvisorTikTokTravel blogsOTAs

This is the window where you learn who your guest is, who they're traveling with, and what they came for. It's the one moment your guest will tell you everything you need to make their trip unforgettable. Miss it, and they arrive a stranger.

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

Why It Matters

The wallet follows the conversation.

In that window, the guest is deciding 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.

Travel wallet
Where the traveler's money actually goes
CapturedPartialLeaked
The room
Captured
Dining
Partial
Tours & experiences
Leaked
Tickets & shows
Leaked
Transportation
Leaked
The hotel captures the room. The rest of the wallet slips away.
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We want to capture as close to 100% of your 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.

A traveler at home messaging with Stella before her trip
Stella
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.
Stella
StellaGreat! Your day-by-day itinerary is linked below. If you need anything else or want 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 booking, your guest gets a text from Stella offering to help plan their trip in their language, in your hotel's voice.

Destination Intelligence

Knows the city, not just the property.

Stella runs on five years of proprietary destination intelligence: the restaurants, experiences, and activities off-property that make her a concierge, not an FAQ bot. Your team approves what she recommends. They never have to build, update, or maintain it.

Commerce

Help guests choose. Earn when they do.

Stella asks the right questions and points guests to experiences they'll love, so they book with confidence, and you earn the commission that used to leak to third-party sites.

Guest Data

Builds a guest profile no system ever has.

Every conversation turns a name, a card, and a zip code into a real person. The occasion, the companion, the things they care about, delivered to your team before the guest arrives. And it compounds with every conversation.

Destination intelligenceMaintained by Tongo
Map of New York City New York City

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

Guest profile · BookingsPushed to PMS
KB
Kate Brennan
Jun 25–29 · 4 nights
40th Birthday
Repeat guestFoodieNatural wineCocktailsActiveLive musicComedy nightSkip the crowdsAustin, TX
Overview
Preferences
Bookings
Itinerary
Action items
BookingPrice (2) · Margin · Rev
Thu · TransportAirport pickup · JFK Booked
$160 · 8%$12.80
Thu · DiningChef's table · Sable Booked
$400 · 3%$12.00
Fri · Food tourDUMBO crawl + bike Booked
$200 · 12%$24.00
Fri · SpaWilliamsburg bathhouse Booked
$360 · 10%$36.00
Fri · SailingSunset sail · the Athena Booked
$390 · 15%$58.50
Sat · DiningBirthday dinner · Vireo Booked
$700 · 3%$21.00
Sat · NightlifeDowntown club · Reyes Booked
$200 · 10%$20.00
Sun · BarsCocktails · Lumen Booked
$120 · 8%$9.60
Sun · DiningDinner · Marguerite Booked
$260 · 3%$7.80
Sun · TicketsBroadway · Bandwagon Booked
$400 · 12%$48.00
Thu · DiningRooftop patio lunch Held
$140 · 10%—
Total ancillary revenue captured this trip$262.50

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

Guest profile · PreferencesGenerated from conversation
KB
Kate Brennan
Jun 25–29 · 4 nights
40th Birthday
Repeat guestFoodieNatural wineCocktailsActiveLive musicComedy nightSkip the crowdsAustin, TX
Overview
Preferences
Bookings
Itinerary
Action items
Trip goalThe real city · skip the crowds · make every day count
Travel styleActive & high-energy · prefers room to breathe over a packed schedule
PaceOne big night (Saturday), excellent & easy around it
InterestsTasting menus, raw bar, natural wine, cocktails, live music
EntertainmentFun & comedy over romantic
DietaryAdventurous · no restrictions · Italian, Mediterranean, steakhouse, sushi, Japanese
AvoidTimes Square, tourist traps, cruise boats, host-waving tourist menus
Getting aroundScheduled airport transfers · Uber Black for local legs · happy to bike or walk within 1 mile

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

Actual travelers planning their trip 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."
Questions, Answered

Everything you're wondering about Stella.

If something's not covered here, book a demo and we'll walk through it live.

What is Stella?+
A concierge capable of having real, text-based conversations with every guest. She sparks a conversation the moment someone books and helps them book the dinners, tours and tickets they're already planning. She works in your hotel's voice, in over 100 languages, and there's nothing for the guest to download.
We have a concierge. Does this replace our concierge team?+
No. Most concierge teams are not reaching out to every guest before they arrive. Stella can, and she hands your team what she learns before the guest walks in. She also takes the repeat questions and the after-hours messages, and sends anything complex, sensitive or VIP straight to your team with the conversation attached. Your concierge keeps the relationships and the credit.
How is this different from the guest messaging we already use?+
Those tools are built for one-off questions, and they wait for a human to respond. Stella reaches out first and has a real conversation before the guest arrives. Where to eat before an 8pm curtain, how long the walk really takes, which tour is worth the money.
How is this different from other AI concierge systems?+
Most of them automate the front desk and the reservation desk. We've yet to see one do the job of a concierge. Stella is trained on five years of Tongo's destination intelligence, plus your team's own knowledge of the destination, so she gives concierge-level answers at any hour in any language.
What if she gives a guest a wrong answer?+
Your team approves the knowledge she's trained on. When she doesn't know something, she hands the guest to your team rather than guessing. You decide whether she can use live web search, and when she does, she says so. You see the transcripts and can adjust her knowledge in real time.
What does my team have to do?+
We build the knowledge files from your website and anything you hand us. Your team approves what she knows and what she recommends. After that, escalations come to the number your desk already uses. No new login, no new dashboard.
Do we need a PMS integration to start?+
No. She reaches guests through your existing channels, plus new ones we set up. If you want her connected to your PMS later, we'll do it, but nothing waits on IT.
How long does it take to go live?+
14 days.
What about guests who book through an OTA?+
We'll work with you to add a hyperlinked value statement to the OTA confirmation email. Some OTAs let you collect the guest's phone number, and Stella can send a welcome text to those guests. We map exactly which channels work during setup.
How do you prove she drove the booking, and not us?+
For local experiences booked through our network, we see every transaction and handle the payout. For your own outlets, upsells and amenities, we set up attribution together during onboarding. Bookings get reported in three tiers: what she booked directly, what she recommended before a charge appeared on the folio, and the lift over guests she didn't reach.
What do we learn about our guests?+
What they're celebrating, who they're traveling with, what they like to eat, what they came to do. It lands in your PMS, or however works best for your team.
What does it cost?+
It depends on the size of the hotel and which capabilities you want Stella to have. We'll quote it after a short call, once we know your property and what you want her doing.
Is Stella available now?+
Yes, she's live today. Book a demo to see what she can do for your hotel.
What happens after the demo?+
A proposal within 24 hours. Onboarding starts within days of a signed contract. Stella is in your guests' hands in under 14 days.
Confirmations → Conversations → Relationships → Revenue

Put your hotel back in the conversation.

See how Stella turns the post-booking black hole into your highest-converting moment, and start building a data asset that compounds with every conversation.

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