Hostelworld Group hosted a Hostel Talks session in Madrid featuring insights from the Global Markets team and social features.

Hostelworld is the world's leading Social Travel platform - a social network-powered OTA on a mission to help travellers find their people and create unforgettable moments together. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Ireland, we're a team of around 270 people serving hostel partners across more than 180 countries. Since launching our social network in 2022, we've welcomed over 4 million social members who aren't just booking trips, they're messaging, finding events, meeting up and becoming powerful brand advocates. This community generates a rich proprietary dataset of 19 million+ chat messages and 19 million+ bookings, powering AI-driven personalisation and network effects that no generalist OTA can replicate. We are not just another OTA - we created an entirely new category – Social Travel. If you want to shape the future of travel by putting people and shared experiences at the heart of it, you'll fit right in here. Its hard to encapsulate what it's like to work in Hostelworld but here are a few of the amazing benefits we offer: Competitive salary & benefits  Enhanced annual leave plus 3 Wellbeing Days per year  Paid family leave (maternity, paternity, surrogacy & adoption)  Agile working (plus a Working from Abroad Policy!)  Support for your ongoing growth & development  Inclusive people policies (sickness, menopause, compassionate and fertility leave)  A chance to give back to your local community with 5 paid volunteering days Check out our Careers page with our open vacancies here: https://global.hostelworld.com/careers

Founded 1999