£700,000 investment for New Forest Youth Hostel
YHA New Forest, the latest youth hostel to have the magic wand treatment by the leading youth charity, has been declared open by YHA Ambassador and British athlete and adventurer Sarah Outen MBE.
Booking .com have released their RateIntelligence tool to accommodation providers worldwide. This tool allows hostels to get instant information about demand for their market and monitor competitor pricing.
From Booking’s announcement:
Just days away from November, I’m sure many of us are are scratching our heads, thinking “When did that happen??” For many of you coming off high season, now is the time to breathe. You did it!
ILH, the Israeli hostel network, recently finished the sixth installment of their Hosteliers and Entrepreneurs Workshop, a two day seminar designed to prepare anyone interested in starting a hostel for the challenge of organizing and opening their business.
Hostel Rocket is positioning themselves as the new digital age OTA and a marketing engine for hostels. They do this with a focus on hostel community, 'book direct' and NO booking commissions.
Does this new, fresh approach sound too good to be true ?
Information was recently released about the upcoming integration of the channel manager MyAllocator with Hostelworld’s property management system BackpackOnline. This integration is scheduled to be announced at the upcoming HW conference at the end of January.
A united campaign has started to increase direct bookings in hostels.
The hostel industry is fragmented, and it is rare that we all manage to join forces and work together
towards the same goal. Despite this, a movement has begun that is rapidly uniting hostels with one
