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Brand | HostelWorld |
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Website | http://www.hostelworld.com |
Category | Online Travel Agency |
Primary Business | Hostel |
Operating Company | Hostelworld.com Limited |
Parent Company | Hostelworld Group PLC |
Headquarter | Dublin, Ireland |
# of Employees | 236 |
Online Year | 1999 |
Service Languages | 19 languages |
Property Inventory | 33,000 |
Total Visits in May 2017: | 8.3M |
Description | Hostelworld Group is the largest online hostel-booking platform around the world. It offers 33,000 properties (14,000 hostels and 21,000 other forms of budget accommodation) in 170 countries for young and independent travellers. The website also collected more than 9 million reviews. It promotes "Meet the World" as its theme since 2015. |
History | Hostelworld was launched in 1999 to provide an affordable online global distribution channel for hostels and budget accommodation providers. Hostelworld acquired the next brand in its portfolio Hostels.com in 2003. It acquired WorldRes, a hotel-focused OTA, in 2005 and sold it in 2008 as part of its strategy to refocus on its core hostels business. The group was acquired by a US private equity firm Hellman & Friedman LLC in 2009. Hostelworld acquired the UK based Hostelbookers business in 2013. It went public in UK and Ireland in 2015. |
Brand | HostelWorld |
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Website | http://www.hostelworld.com |
Category | Online Travel Agency |
Primary Business | Hostel |
Operating Company | Hostelworld.com Limited |
Parent Company | Hostelworld Group PLC |
Headquarter | Dublin, Ireland |
# of Employees | 236 |
Online Year | 1999 |
Service Languages | 19 languages |
Property Inventory | 33,000 |
Total Visits in May 2017: | 8.3M |
Description | Hostelworld Group is the largest online hostel-booking platform around the world. It offers 33,000 properties (14,000 hostels and 21,000 other forms of budget accommodation) in 170 countries for young and independent travellers. The website also collected more than 9 million reviews. It promotes "Meet the World" as its theme since 2015. |
History | Hostelworld was launched in 1999 to provide an affordable online global distribution channel for hostels and budget accommodation providers. Hostelworld acquired the next brand in its portfolio Hostels.com in 2003. It acquired WorldRes, a hotel-focused OTA, in 2005 and sold it in 2008 as part of its strategy to refocus on its core hostels business. The group was acquired by a US private equity firm Hellman & Friedman LLC in 2009. Hostelworld acquired the UK based Hostelbookers business in 2013. It went public in UK and Ireland in 2015. |