Seen via TravelPlug, the HI Galveston Texas Hostel has closed permanently because of severe hurricane damage.
A Philadelphia hostel has been temporarily shut down:
A building at 111 Ocean Street in Barnstable, Massachusetts is awaiting final approval for conversion into a hostel.
Hostelworld recently announced that its travel network, MyWorld has reached its 1 millionth member since its launch in November 2006.
Former Google engineers have launched a new search engine called Cuil.com ("cool").
Cuil.com claims to index more of the Web than any other search engine:
Lonely Planet surveyed 2,000 travelers from the UK and Ireland on their most-likely travel destinations, and the USA was at the top:
LonelyPlanet.com partners with Hostelworld.com and Expedia.com:
Lonely Planet...has joined forces with two of the world’s leading accommodation providers, Expedia and Hostelworld.com, to deliver a unique accommodation booking service.
Lonely Planet is opening up retail stores beginning with a concept store in Sydney International Airport in 2009:
Finnish hotels/hostel nights up in May 2008 over May 2007:
The Elenydd Hostels Trust, which operates two hostels in a remote area of Wales, is delighted to announce that their grant application for £82,000 to improve the structure and amenities at Dolgoch has been successful!
