Travel restrictions led to losses of €17.3 million for Dublin-headquartered Hostelworld in 2021 but now, with business almost back to pre-pandemic levels, its chief executive Gary Morrison is looking to the future and to other markets such as the over-35 solo traveller

Booking demand into Europe is almost back to 2019 levels and in some places has even exceeded them, and all destinations are seeing an uptick

Demand for travel to Europe back to 2019 levels, according to the online booking platform

With net revenue up 10 per cent, the online travel agent remains cautiously optimistic, though concerns remain over Ukraine effect on fuel prices

Covid-19 continued to curtail online travel agent as net bookings for 2021 were 21 per cent of 2019 volumes

The pandemic has meant catastrophe for many sectors and companies, but others have profited – some record-breakingly so

Charlie Jobson spent £7.25m in building up the stake in the company during July