Aer Lingus employee wins AI challenge with hotel concierge for standby flyers

Aer Lingus digital product manager Valentina Borovaya won the RouteStack Build Challenge with her product StandByStay, a conversational hotel concierge for airline employees flying standby. It searches candidate destinations in parallel and completes checkout through RouteStack once the flight is confirmed. Second place went to HotelZippo, which compresses family-friendly hotel research, and third to MatchRoute for group trip planning. All winning products transact through RouteStack.