Expansion costs at the firm that operates hostelworld.com last year hit profits at the online travel business.

With the Christmas break on the other side of the year, what better way to break up the annual monotony than a sneaky get away. But no matter where you’re headed, sunny beach or adventurous jungles, these holiday apps should come in handy!

THE founders of Startup bootcamp used yesterday’s Dublin Web Summit to announce the addition of Ireland to its growing list of locations. The venture by the technology entrepreneurship mentoring programme, which started in Copenhagen, acts as a high level incubation centre for technology start-ups.

CONCORDE Travel has announced an early booking discount offer for all sailing and yacht charter holidays next year.

AN Irish company, which is the world leader in hostel bookings, is set to double in size to cope with the demand, it emerged today.

An Irish company, which is the world leader in hostel bookings, is set to double in size to cope with demand, it emerged today.

Hostelworld.com is to provide Ryanair passengers with an online reservations facility. Through its website, Ryanair.com, customers will now have access to over 3,000 hostels throughout Europe.