Stopover Platform for Airlines

Turn Layovers into
Profitable Adventures.

Transform your hub city into a destination with our all-in-one stopover platform. Designed for airlines, our solution lets you monetise layovers by offering curated hotels, tours, and transfers, seamlessly integrated into your booking flow.

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Trusted by Etihad Airways
250+ daily bookings
Live in 4–6 weeks
250+
Daily stopover bookings (Etihad)
4–6
Weeks to go live
100+
Pre-negotiated hotel properties
1M+
Monthly transactions supported
Live since 2021 · Abu Dhabi

Etihad Stopover

Powering 250+ daily stopover bookings

Turned Abu Dhabi transit passengers into overnight guests by bundling hotels, transfers, and city tours, offered automatically at the point of flight booking. altovo (formerly easygds) handles everything from inventory management to payment settlement.

"I highly recommend altovo to any organization seeking a dependable and efficient booking solution. The platform's ease of use, wide range of options, competitive pricing, and outstanding customer support make it a standout choice in the industry. We look forward to continuing our partnership with altovo and are confident that it will continue to exceed our expectations."
Shashikanth Achar
Manager Business Systems, Etihad Airways
What's included

Everything your passengers need for a perfect stopover.

A complete inventory of stopover products, pre-negotiated and ready to sell on day one.

Local Hotels

Pre-negotiated partnerships across every price point at your hub city.

  • 100+ pre-negotiated properties (budget to luxury)
  • Add your own direct hotel contracts
  • Or supplement with our global network
  • Dynamic pricing with blackout date controls

Day Tours & Activities

Curated experiences that turn a layover into a highlight of the trip.

  • Guided city tours and cultural workshops
  • Heritage tours and local secret experiences
  • Real-time availability and instant confirmation
  • 12/24/48-hour curated itinerary packages

Airport Transfers

Seamless door-to-door service from plane to city and back again.

  • Airport to hotel to airport, door-to-door
  • Private, shared, and luxury vehicle options
  • Fixed markup or complimentary cabin upgrades
  • Instant confirmation, tracked in real time
Platform features

Built for airline operations. Designed for scale.

Every tool your team needs to manage, sell, and grow a stopover programme, from inventory to analytics.

Dedicated Inventory Management System

Manage hotels, tours, and transfers in one dashboard. Set dynamic pricing, blackout dates, and capacity limits without touching a spreadsheet. Changes reflect in the booking engine instantly.

  • Unified dashboard for all stopover products
  • Dynamic pricing with demand triggers
  • Blackout dates and capacity management
  • Real-time availability sync across all channels

API Integration

Embed stopover options directly into your existing flight booking flow. Our RESTful API syncs with your PSS/CRS: Amadeus, Sabre, Navitaire for real-time seat maps and passenger data. JSON and XML supported.

  • RESTful API with JSON and XML support
  • Pre-built connectors to Amadeus, Sabre, Navitaire
  • Real-time seat map and passenger data sync
  • Auto-promotion to passengers with 6+ hour layovers

Standalone Stopover Booking Engine

Let travellers book stopovers separately: a post-flight upsell, a direct booking via your website, or a call-centre recommendation. Mobile-friendly design with multi-language and multi-currency support built in.

  • Post-flight upsell and standalone booking
  • Mobile-optimised, no coding required
  • Multi-language and multi-currency
  • Fully branded under your airline identity
More platform tools

Every team covered.

From your call centre agents to your marketing team, tools built for the people who run the programme.

Call Centre Interface

Agent-friendly portal for manual bookings and modifications. Integrated with your CRM for seamless customer service and full booking history at your agents' fingertips.

  • Manual booking and modification tools
  • CRM integration for customer history
  • Cancellations and refund processing

Marketing Toolkit

Pre-built campaigns that your marketing team can deploy immediately. Email templates, social media assets, and dynamic upsell prompts during flight bookings, all branded and ready to use.

  • Pre-built email templates and social assets
  • Dynamic upsell prompts at booking
  • Fully branded, deploy immediately

Analytics Dashboard

Track stopover sales, popular packages, and traveller demographics in real time. Optimise pricing and promotions based on performance data, and share reports with tourism boards and partners.

  • Real-time sales and revenue tracking
  • Popular packages and traveller demographics
  • Exportable reports for partners and tourism boards
Benefits for airlines

More than ancillary revenue. A whole new business line.

Stopover programmes deliver compounding returns every satisfied stopover guest is a passenger more likely to choose your hub again.

New Revenue Streams

Earn commissions from hotels, tours, and transfers on every stopover booking. Package premium options VIP tours, lounge access, luxury accommodation for higher margins. Revenue that requires no additional seats sold.

  • Hotel, tour, and transfer commissions on every booking
  • Premium package upsells (VIP tours, lounge access)
  • Tourism board subsidies and promotional partnerships

Enhanced Customer Experience

Turn layovers into bucket-list moments. Passengers who have a great stopover experience are more likely to route through your hub again, recommend your airline, and choose longer connections over alternatives.

  • Layovers become destination experiences
  • Higher loyalty and repeat booking rates
  • Differentiation from airlines offering nothing

Fast Deployment

Go live in 4–6 weeks with pre-built templates and a dedicated implementation team. No coding required we handle all integrations, supplier contracts, and technical setup. Your team focuses on the commercial strategy.

  • 4–6 weeks from contract to live bookings
  • No internal coding or IT resource needed
  • We handle all supplier and system integrations

Promote Your Hub

Partner with local tourism boards for subsidised or complimentary stays. Showcase your home city as a destination in its own right driving economic benefit for local partners and strengthening your position as the airline of choice for your hub market.

  • Tourism board partnerships and subsidies
  • Showcase your hub as a destination
  • Drive economic value for local partners
Technical specifications

Enterprise-grade from day one.

Built to handle the volumes that come with a global airline stopover programme.

API
RESTful API

RESTful architecture with JSON and XML support. Comprehensive documentation, sandbox environment, and SDKs for rapid integration.

Security
PCI-DSS & GDPR

PCI-DSS compliant payment processing and GDPR-ready data handling. Your passengers' data is protected to the highest standard.

Scalability
1M+ monthly transactions

Cloud-native infrastructure scales automatically with demand. Supports over one million monthly transactions with no manual intervention.

Uptime
99.99% SLA

Multi-region deployment with automatic failover. SLA-backed uptime ensures your stopover programme is always available, even during peak booking periods.

Integrations
PSS / CRS / GDS

Pre-built connectors to Amadeus, Sabre, Navitaire, TravelSky. Integrates directly with your passenger service system for real-time seat maps and itinerary data.

Support
24/7 Dedicated

Dedicated account manager and 24/7 technical support included. Your team always has a direct line not a ticket queue.

Why altovo

Proven. End-to-end. Your partner, not just a vendor.

250+
Daily Stopover Bookings

Powering live stopover sales for Etihad Airways in Abu Dhabi our largest and most established deployment.

100%
End-to-End Control

From inventory management to payment reconciliation altovo handles the full lifecycle of every stopover booking.

24/7
Dedicated Support

Dedicated account managers and tech teams available around the clock because your passengers don't stop at business hours.

Ready to turn layovers into revenue?

altovo (formerly easygds) has been powering Etihad's stopover programme since 2021. Let us show you what we can build for your hub.

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