Hostelworld Group PLC Directorate Change (7885I)
13 August 2019 - 8:00AM
UK Regulatory
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Hostelworld Group PLC
13 August 2019
Hostelworld Group plc ("Hostelworld" or the "Company")
Directorate Change
13 August 2019: Hostelworld, the global hostel-focussed online
booking platform, is pleased to announce the appointment of Evan
Cohen as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company
effective from 14 August 2019. Evan will also join the Audit,
Remuneration and Nomination committees.
Evan is a management and strategy consultant with over 20 years'
experience in the technology sector. Most recently, he had
operational responsibility for ride hailing company Lyft's entire
US East Coast business. He was the sixth ever full-time employee at
the location-based mobile service provider, Foursquare, from
2010-2014, holding the role of Chief Operating Officer most
recently and has held senior strategic consulting and operational
roles at Bebo, Jupiter and MTM. Evan also advises start-ups through
his own strategic consulting business, EVCO Advisory Services.
Michael Cawley, Chairman of Hostelworld plc, commented: "We are
delighted to welcome Evan to the Board of Hostelworld. He brings a
wealth of experience in the technology sector having held senior
positions in several well-known global technology and media
companies including Lyft and Foursquare. His expertise in growing
and developing platform businesses make him an ideal candidate to
join the Board, and I know that his knowledge of advising growth
companies will be invaluable to Hostelworld."
The Company confirms there are no further disclosures to be made
in connection with Mr Evan Cohen's appointment pursuant to
paragraph 9.6.13 of the Financial Conduct Authority's Listing
Rules.
For further information please contact:
Hostelworld Group plc
TJ Kelly, CFO
+353 (0) 1 498 0700
Powerscourt
Lisa Kavanagh / Jack Hickey / Jack Shelley
+ 44 (0) 20 7250 1446
hostelworld@powerscourt-group.com
About Hostelworld Group
Hostelworld Group is the leading hostel-focussed online booking
platform, sparking social experiences for young and independent
travellers.
Our customers are not your average tourists; they crave unique
experiences that we facilitate with the best choice of hostels
around the world offered in 19 languages across the website and 13
languages on our app of our core brand Hostelworld.
We have 20 years' experience as the hostel Online Travel Agent
("OTA") experts, and today we work with over 16,500 hostel
properties globally, in addition to 20,000 other forms of budget
accommodation.
Our customers have access to an extensive database of more than
11.5 million customer reviews which allows them to choose the
hostel that's right for them.
Since 1999 we've partnered with hostels worldwide, enabling them
to manage and distribute their inventory to our highly engaged and
valuable global customer base.
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