While the name-your-own-price model may have eventually worked in other markets, "it would require an enormous amount of investment, " Boyd says.

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While it does sell travel services under the traditional price-disclosed model, the Name Your Own Price service allows customers (that are flexible on the date and time of travel and the choice of supplier) the option to bid for hotel stays and air tickets.

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