Here are some social media tools with ideas on how your staff could use them to increase your exposure on the Web. This list was written for hostels, but it could apply to any business that wants to get involved with social media.
The Golden Gate Council of Hostelling International USA (northern California) is celebrating its 50th year with a party in San Francisco on October 26th, 2008.
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:
