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Hugo Hodinka

Lead Product Manager · Travel Tech & Fintech

Barcelona, Spain·linkedin.com/in/hugohodinka·hodinka.me

Summary

8+ years scaling B2B SaaS products in travel tech from MVP to global scale. Expert in hotel supply, payments, and AI-powered workflows. Recognised as top performer and Best Builder at TravelPerk. Also building independently: two live iOS apps (Sublist, Naruho), a loyalty aggregator (Fides), and public Claude Code skills.

Experience

Lead Product Manager · Perk (formerly TravelPerk), Barcelona

2024 – Present
  • · Leading hotel booking and payments product strategy
  • · Building AI-powered inventory matching to improve supply quality and conversion
  • · Reducing booking friction across the platform

Product Manager, Stays Lead · TravelPerk, Barcelona

Jan 2021 – 2024
  • · Reduced customer churn from 8% to 2% via VCC authorization flow optimisation
  • · Improved CES by 30% and booking conversion by 18% through redesigned hotel search
  • · Grew hotel inventory 40% and improved margins by 12% through supply strategy
  • · Cut support contact ratio by 50% with AI-powered booking automation

Product Operations Associate · TravelPerk, Barcelona

Aug 2019 – Jan 2021

Managed hotel supplier integrations and GDS workflows. Supported 50+ integrations; reduced onboarding time by 60%.

Customer Care Specialist · TravelPerk, Barcelona

Oct 2017 – Aug 2019

Maintained 95%+ CSAT resolving complex booking issues across multiple channels.

Skills

  • Product Strategy & Roadmapping
  • Hotel Supply — GDS, CRS, PMS
  • Payments & VCC Flows
  • AI/ML Product Development
  • iOS Development — SwiftUI, WidgetKit
  • Full-stack — Next.js, TypeScript, React
  • Agile · Cross-functional Leadership

Independent Projects

SublistLive · sublist.pro

Subscription tracker with price intelligence (SwiftUI)

NaruhoLive · naruho.app

AI sightseeing companion with audio guides (SwiftUI)

FidesLive · tryfides.app

Loyalty programme aggregator for airlines and hotels

Recognition

  • Top Talent Performer — Top 2% (2022 & 2023)
  • Best Builder Award — TravelPerk (2023)
  • Innovation Excellence — TravelPerk (2023)
  • Kinnevik Young Talent Summit (2026)

Education

Le Wagon — Software Engineering

Full-stack bootcamp · 2021–2022

University of Groningen

BA Media Studies · 2016–2019