Hospitality · Technology · Transformation
Dirk Van Gompel helps hospitality businesses simplify operations, connect technology and turn complex change into practical progress.
Start a conversationWhere complexity becomes momentum.
Expertise
Sharper processes, clearer ownership and decisions that survive contact with daily operations.
Choosing, connecting and improving the platforms that run hotels, restaurants and growing teams.
Turning ambitious plans into practical change—from first diagnosis to a working result.
The approach
Start with the real operation. Find the friction. Bring the right people and systems together. Then leave behind something simpler, stronger and genuinely usable.
Business, guest, team and technology—never in isolation.
Translate complexity into priorities people can act on.
Stay close to execution until the change works in real life.
About
Surgery For Zebra offers hands-on support to hospitality businesses that want to work smarter, open stronger and turn complex plans into practical results.
Led by Dirk Van Gompel, it combines operational experience, technological fluency and a bias for getting things done. Every business has its own pattern—the work starts by understanding it, then improving what matters with focus and precision.
Dirk was part of YUST from the very beginning, helping shape and scale its operations, technology and guest experience. Alongside YUST, he has supported other hospitality brands—optimising established operations and helping pre-opening teams turn ambitious plans into places that work from day one, in Belgium and abroad.
Selected experience
YUSTFast Fine Belgium / V RestaurantsFaubourg 21Château de MirwartSKIPR AntwerpAnd many more.Selected recognition
A few case studies and industry stories featuring hospitality projects Dirk helped shape.
Omniboost highlights its work with Dirk and his team connecting Mews, Lightspeed and Exact Online across YUST and other hospitality projects—from custom data warehouse integrations to automated VAT rules.
YUST’s work with Mews and SALTO became an industry reference for removing friction from arrival and access.
Runnr’s YUST case study shows how practical automation can strengthen guest communication without losing the human touch.
From integrated payments to smarter bike rental: selected examples of turning technology into better daily operations.
