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Hostelworld - A Case Study

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Josh started this discussion 16 years 10 months ago

There is an interesting PDF report that talks about the growth of Hostelworld:

"ABSTRACT: The case describes the market growth of Web Reservation International an Irish SME company, which is a market leader in the Budget, Independent and Youth Travel (BIYT) market through its online reservation system. The case describes the development of the company through organic growth and acquisitions. The case raises four main questions. Is the WRI domination position sustainable in the long term? Is WRI business and revenue model transferable into other sectors of the travel industry? Does WRI have the management capability to transition to a post-entrepreneurial phase? What is the most appropriate option to develop the business?"

Download the PDF here.

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uktrail

16 years

Very interesting and well-written (apart from numerous spelling errors).

With regard to their Backpack software, which sounds as if it has been quite a success:

Is it closely tied with the Hostelworld system? Would anyone buy it if they were not with Hostelworld? And if they are with Hostelworld, does it have any limitations such that the hostel might find an alternative system better?

I'm just thinking that, since it was devised by hostel/programming people, it ought to be as good as it gets; in what way do we think we might improve on it?

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Josh Hostels

16 years

I wasn't happy with the desktop version of Backpack from a few years ago. I haven't seen the online version; maybe it is much better. It would be worth looking into.

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aboriginalhostel

16 years

Very interesting and well-written (apart from numerous spelling errors).

With regard to their Backpack software, which sounds as if it has been quite a success:

Is it closely tied with the Hostelworld system? Would anyone buy it if they were not with Hostelworld? And if they are with Hostelworld, does it have any limitations such that the hostel might find an alternative system better?

I'm just thinking that, since it was devised by hostel/programming people, it ought to be as good as it gets; in what way do we think we might improve on it?

So, as a brief story of Hostelworld follows regarding the article:
1. Tom hired Ray to make a good front desk software for Avalon House, able to receive online cc reservations from their website. 2. They see that the software is good enough to sell it for other hostels. 3. They make a website which enlists the hostels where you can make online reservations. 4. The website starts making more money than the software... and the history begins... Sounds as a good business plan! Looking at the numbers, sure it is!

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Josh Hostels

16 years

A perfect example of being in the right place at the right time. I wonder if they knew how far it would go.

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