The global holiday firm that’s really going places

Hostelworld is a market-leading online booker, and its investment in technology and talent leaves it well placed to deliver further growth

Hostelworld offers the investor a rather more exciting option than the usual bluechips

It was only recently that I began to focus on a small listed Irish stock exchange company – listed on the British market too – which I perhaps should have noticed before. What prompted me to look at Hostelworld was that it has quietly and steadily become a global brand leader in its niche, and through several consolidations of smaller operators has strengthened its market position. It now has a market capitalisation of ...