The HI Redwood National Park hostel was voted the #1 HI hostel in the world by users of hihostels.com, tying with the Shin-Osaka HI hostel in Japan.
New Zealand's Minister for the Environment spoke at YHA Wellington City on 29 April 2008:
Swiss hostels saw a 4.4 percent increase in visitor nights in 2007 over 2006:
Switzerland's 58 youth hostels registered 912,000 nights spent by tourists last year, a rise of 4.4 per cent compared with 2006.
YHA Australia reports that the numbers of solo female travelers are increasing:
A boost in women backpackers travelling alone has led the country's largest hostel group to encourage them to take extra precautions.
Illegally operating hostels in Queensland may face trouble under new rules:
The Queensland Backpackers Association says amendments to state laws governing youth hostels mean illegal operators will be caught.
Hostelworld.com and Boo.com get honors at Webby Awards:
It looks like Whistler, Canada may get a new HI hostel after the 2010 Winter Olympic Games:
A new hostel is being planned for Jasper, Canada:
Now that the Canadian Hostelling Association has made the administrative modifications needed to finance construction, Jasper could see a new hostel in its townsite by 2013.