WRI has a new CEO: Feargal Mooney, 14 Feb 2008:
DUBLIN, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Board of Web Reservations International today announced the appointment of Feargal Mooney as Chief Executive of the company with immediate effect. Feargal joined WRI as Chief Operations Officer in 2002. Feargal succeeds Ray Nolan, who founded WRI in 1999 and who will remain as a board director.
Commenting, Ray Nolan said: “WRI has enjoyed phenomenal growth over a short period and Feargal has played a really important role in our success to date. The board and I believe that he is the person best equipped to sustain the growth as we enter our next phase of development and we look forward to WRI achieving even greater things under Feargal’s stewardship in the months and years ahead.”
The board also announced the appointment of Fintan Drury as its new non-executive chairman. He succeeds Paddy Holahan who has been chairman of WRI since 2002 and who will remain on the board as a non-executive director.
Full story at Businesswire and an update on a WRI (Hostelworld) expansion.
