Andrew M Wong

Current

Senior Account Manager, TripAdvisor Flight Search at TripAdvisor

Past

Manager, Airline Accounts at TripAdvisor Europe
Business Development Manager, Airline Services, Western Europe at Galileo International
Manager, Emerging Markets at Galileo International

Management Intern/Airport Supervisor at Vistajet Airlines

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Education

Cranfield University
Ryerson University
Richview Collegiate Institute

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Industry

Airlines/Aviation

Andrew M Wong’s Summary

I am an overall aviation enthusiast with a Masters degree in commercial air transport and with a specialization in airline distribution. This includes offline distribution expertise via the GDS and setting up operations in developing markets; European strategy analysis for the GDS business and constructing and negotiating Full Content Agreements with major airlines in Europe.

My latest experiences are online working for the number one online travel site, TripAdvisor, part of Expedia Inc. In this role, I am working with online media, travel intermediaries and promoting airline direct and B2C channels via meta search.

Andrew M Wong’s Specialties:

GDS/Airline pricing and negotiation; distribution in Eastern Europe and Africa; UK and European travel environment - OTA, Airlines, etc; online sales optimization; European meta, aggregators and other travel intermediaries; product development and design.

Andrew M Wong’s Experience

Senior Account Manager, TripAdvisor Flight Search

TripAdvisor

(Public Company; EXPE; Internet industry)

April 2008 — Present (2 years )

I am responsible for our newest initiative in Europe, TripAdvisor Flight Search. This is a new meta search product for the UK and a comprehensive flights product to complement our hotel business.
Manager, Airline Accounts

TripAdvisor Europe

(Public Company; EXPE; Internet industry)

November 2007 — May 2008 (7 months)

I was responsible for our air product in the UK and launching the UK version of BookingBuddy, a very succesful aggregator business in the US and part of TripAdvisor Media Network. In this role, I also managed some our key hotel and OTA accounts for our core hotel business.
Business Development Manager, Airline Services, Western Europe

Galileo International

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Airlines/Aviation industry)

July 2006 — October 2007 (1 year 4 months)

I managed the airline relationships for Galileo International for Western Europe. This principally meant the GDS and indirect distribution business of airlines and the negotiation of Full Content Agreements with them and the GDS. I also generated new business with new carriers and with those turning to an agency distribution strategy.
Manager, Emerging Markets

Galileo International

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Airlines/Aviation industry)

December 2003 — July 2006 (2 years 8 months)

I was responsible for the conversion of our franchise operators in our emerging markets to owned operations. In this role, I also opened up our new offices in Africa and Eastern Europe and took on responsibility for their management.
Management Intern/Airport Supervisor

Vistajet Airlines

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Airlines/Aviation industry)

July 1997 — September 1998 (1 year 3 months)

My first formal experience in air transport, involved with the start-up of this small low-cost carrier, serving 4 major cities in Canada with a fleet of 4 737 aircraft. Worked directly with senior management in the start-up of this exciting venture which unfortunately went to airline heaven one year later.

Andrew M Wong’s Education

Cranfield University

Masters , Air Transport , 2002 — 2003

Thesis: Network carriers vs Low Cost carriers: Rethinking counter strategie and Revenue Management
Ryerson University

Bachelor , Bachelor of Commerce , 1997 — 2002

Double diplome: le groupe ESSEC (Paris); ESC CERAM Sophia Antipolis
Richview Collegiate Institute

Additional Information

Andrew M Wong’s Interests:

Aviation, travelling. fitness

Andrew M Wong’s Groups:

Guest Lecturer at Cranfield University speaking to students about airline distribution since 2004.

I am responsible for watering the plants in the TripAdvisor Europe office in London.