How we built unified travel inventory
Unified travel inventory is one search that returns flights, hotels and extras from every connected source as a single bookable set, so the booker sees one offer whichever pipe it came from. At altovo, behind that search sit GDS (global distribution system) hosts Amadeus, Sabre and Travelport, the Navitaire PSS, airline NDC (New Distribution Capability) connections, low-cost connects and hotel aggregators. Median processing time on that merge is 120ms. The work is not the logo slide. The work is fare logic, occupancy, and not double-counting the same hotel.
What is unified travel inventory?
Technically, unified travel inventory is a single availability call that fans out to every connected supplier, normalises the responses, and returns one bookable set. If two suppliers return the same rate, we keep one. If NDC returns a branded bundle the GDS cannot represent, we keep the bundle. That is the core of the job.
What we will not do
altovo draws three lines. We will not pretend a GDS terminal and a consumer website are the same object. We will not hide a per-booking content fee in the connectivity layer. We will not list partners we do not have.
Frequently asked questions
What is unified inventory?
A single search that returns air, hotel and extras from GDS, NDC, low-cost connects and hotel aggregators, with duplicate offers collapsed and one price shown to the booker.
Do you replace the GDS?
No. altovo sits in front of the GDS, and in front of the pipes it does not cover. Agencies that still need a green screen can keep one.