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RNS Number : 2118Z  Hostelworld Group PLC  15 September 2025

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Hostelworld Group plc ("Hostelworld" or the "Group")

Appointment of Interim Chair

 

Hostelworld today announces that Ulrik Bengtsson has now formally stepped down
as non-executive Chair of Hostelworld, having announced his intention to leave
on 20 March 2025. Carl G. Shepherd, Non-Executive Director, has assumed the
role of Interim Chair while the Board continues with the process of recruiting
a permanent Chair. Carl will also assume Ulrik's responsibilities as Chair of
the Nomination Committee on an interim basis and will, in accordance with
provision 24 of the UK Corporate Governance Code, step down as a member of the
Hostelworld Audit Committee while he serves as Interim Chair. Eimear Moloney
has been appointed as Interim Senior Independent Director while Carl serves as
Interim Chair.

For further information please contact:

 Hostelworld Group plc                      Corporate@hostelworld.com (mailto:Corporate@hostelworld.com)
 Gary Morrison, Chief Executive Officer

 Caroline Sherry, Chief Financial Officer

 

 Sodali & Co       hostelworld@sodali.com (mailto:hostelworld@sodali.com)
 Eavan Gannon      Tel: +44 (0) 20 7250 1446

 

About Hostelworld Group

Hostelworld Group PLC is a ground-breaking social network powered Online
Travel Agent ("OTA") focused on the hostelling category, with a clear mission
to help travellers find people to hang out with. Our mission statement is
founded on the insight that most travellers go hostelling to meet other
people, which we facilitate through a series of social features on our
platform that connect our travellers in hostels and cities based on their
booking data. The strategy has been extraordinarily successful, generating
significant word of mouth recommendations from our customers and strong
endorsements from our hostel partners.

Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Ireland, Hostelworld is a well-known
trusted brand with almost 270 employees, hostel partners in over 180
countries, and a long-standing commitment to building a better world. To that
end, our focus over the last few years has been on improving the
sustainability of the hostelling industry. In particular, over the last two
years we have commissioned independent research to validate the category's
sustainability credentials and recently introduced a hostel specific
sustainability framework which encourages our hostel partners to move to even
more sustainable operations and also provides the data points for our
customers to make more informed decisions about where they stay. In addition,
our customers are now able to offset their trip's carbon emissions should they
wish to do so, and we have maintained our 'Taking Climate Action' label
awarded by South Pole.

 

 

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