Our mission
Tourism stayed fragmented. We're changing that.
Today, booking a stay and discovering what's around are two completely disconnected experiences. On one side, booking platforms selling nights. On the other, scattered searches on Google Maps, blogs, word of mouth. No one connects the dots.
Hozy was born from that gap.
Our origins
From field experience to product vision.
Before building a platform, we ran stays ourselves. We lived the limits of existing solutions from the inside: commissions reaching 20%, travelers left to fend for themselves after booking, and tourism professionals - restaurateurs, event organizers - with no efficient channel to reach those same travelers.
The question we kept hearing: "What can we do around here?"
Nobody was answering it properly. We decided to build the answer.
Our approach
Validate, then build to match the ambition.
Our first product confirmed demand. Bookings, revenue, event management. The market responded. But the infrastructure wasn't designed for what we had in mind.
We chose to rebuild everything. New architecture, new technology, every feature reimagined for performance and scale.
Our vision
A new category.
Existing platforms sell nights. Hozy sells a complete experience.
For the first time, we're connecting stays, experiences and places in a single ecosystem. A traveler booking a stay sees the nearby activities, restaurants and places to discover right away. No more juggling ten tabs - everything is in one place.
The team
The people behind Hozy.
Philippe Gangi
Co-founder · Host & Entrepreneur
Philippe has been running stays in Belgium for several years. He's the one who lived the frustration of existing platforms from the inside and sparked the creation of Hozy.
Florian Sanchez
Co-founder · Product & Technology
Digital entrepreneur and founder of the Nelty agency, Florian brings the technology architecture and product vision. Together, they're building the tool they wish they'd had from day one.