HostelWorld.com partners with UK’s largest airline


1 Apr 2009

HostelWorld.com, founded and headquartered in Ireland and the largest online provider of hostel bookings, has partnered with the UK’s biggest airline, easyJet, to provide hostels, B&B and guesthouse accommodation for its customer base.

EasyJet’s 45 million passengers will now have access to HostelWorld’s inventory of over 20,000 properties in 170 countries worldwide, which include all destinations offered by easyJet.

Through this new partnership, HostelWorld.com is offering easyJet customers easy-to-secure bookings, which will be promoted on the airline’s homepage and incorporated dynamically into the flight confirmation page, with links to customer reviews, travel maps, etc.

“It’s wonderful to have Hostelworld.com on board with easyJet,” said easyJet’s chief executive, Andy Harrison.

The partnership will strengthen our ongoing commitment to provide excellent value travel products with the care and convenience that customers are seeking in these current economic times.”

By Marie Boran