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About Hostack

Built by an operator, for operators.

Hostack is the operations OS for independent hostels and colivings — the system that runs the day so the manager doesn't have to be the one holding it all together. It started as the tool its founder needed while running a property, and is now being co-built with a handful of operators before it opens to the world.

Why we exist

Independent hospitality runs on memory, goodwill, and group chats. That works until it doesn't — until the manager becomes the bottleneck and every gap lands in one person's phone. Hostack turns that into a system. Not to replace the human element — but to protect it. The AI handles what's repetitive, predictable, and answerable. The people in the property handle what only people can: the welcome, the connection, the reason guests come back.

Built by an operator, for operators

5 years managing hostels and colivings across Europe. Currently at Torridonia in the Scottish Highlands. Hostack was built because it was the tool I needed — and no one had built it yet. The goal was never to automate hospitality. It was to make the operational noise invisible — so the people inside the property could focus on what makes independent travel worth choosing in the first place.

Jorge Ibáñez

Founder, Hostack