Web Reservations International Limited

Industry:

Travel Agencies & Services

Description

Web Reservations International (WRI) provides online confirmed reservations to over 50,000 accommodation providers, directly and through more than 2500 global affiliate partners.

Customers can choose from 5 star hotels to hostels around the world through our major online brands such as hostelworld.com, worldres.com, hostels.com, trav.com and the newly launched boo.com. WRI affiliate partners include Ryanair.com, AirAsia.com, Kayak.com, Letsgo.com and Lonelyplanet.com.

WRI hotel partners include Intercontinental Group, Accor, Marriot, Hilton and Best Western, as well as thousands of individual hotels. Hostels include both Hostelling International (YHA) and independent backpacker hostels and global chains such as St. Christophers Inns and BASE Backpackers. Other accommodation partners include bed & breakfasts, apartments and camping villages.

Web Reservations International was founded in 1999, is privately held and headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, with offices in Sydney, Australia, San Mateo, California and Shanghai, China.

Products & Services

reservations technology, on-line bookings, internet travel

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Monthly Unique Visitors:	3,056
Site Rank:	408,470
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Silver lining for Dublin start-up The Irish Times; 11/27/2009 ...part-time summer project, but Leonard spoke to Dublin technology entrepreneur Ray Nolan, whose company Web Reservations International sold recently for about $340 million to a private equity firm. "So we did a pitch, and 15 minutes later... ...more

Local links to massive web deal. Longford Leader (Longford, Republic of Ireland); 11/27/2009 ...catapulting its leading directors, one of whom has strong Longford connections, into the super-rich category.Web Reservations International (WRI) was snapped up by US investment firm Hellman Friedman last Friday for an undisclosed fee with sources... ...more

[euro]200m for hostel firm.(Features) The Daily Mail (London, England); 11/14/2009 ...of U.S. private equity investment firm Hellman & Friedman LLC. The price tag for Dublin-based Web Reservations International is understood to have been in excess of E200m. The online accommodation booking player booked up to E350m... ...more