This month's Member Spotlight is for subscriber Josh Lomon, an avid traveler and hostel industry enthusiast. He began traveling at 24 after 3 years of a serious career in public relations, and thought he would go away for 1 year.
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As I said in my previous post, there are numerous ways to combat management stress and make life easier for both you and your staff. That post offered a few solutions for you, but what about your staff? Maybe you’re thinking ‘Wait, what?
The travel research firm Phocuswright will be hosting a webinar about trends in the hostel market on Thursday, 30 June, 2016.
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.
Major changes have been happening at HostelManagement.com to make the site even better and more useful for the hostel community! We are very proud of the improvements and excited to share these changes with you.
A few weeks ago, Dorms.com reached out to HostelManagement. Coincidentally, this same week I discovered that the hostel I manage, Pacific Tradewinds, was listed on there.
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Online Panel Discussion: Marketing
So you’re onto your 2nd glass of Jameson, and it’s only 4:00 on a Tuesday. No judgement, but if that has anything to do with the stress of managing people, I’d read this blog as you sip.
I was tempted to call this blog “Managing People: Why Wine & Whiskey Exist.” I don’t think I’d be the first person to say that managing the operations of a hostel is far easier than m
There are many important aspects to running a hostel, but without having guests, few will matter. Many hostel owners or managers find marketing to be difficult: ambiguous, overwhelming, or not realizing it's necessary until it's too late.