As the previous blog post pointed out, staff, guests, and outside visitors all pose potential security issues for hostels. Part 1 dealt with security precautions a hostel can implement against dishonest staff or outside threats.
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Between staff, guests, and outside visitors, all hostels face issues of security. There is a wide range of both the potential threats a hostel may face, as well as what to do about them, but there are also some pretty basic measures that any hostel can take.
It’s no secret that vivid, fresh content is an instant boost to any website or business, and hostels are no exception. At a minimum, most people usually get some decent photos up, but video is also crucial to taking your visual marketing to the next level.
The team that you put in place to run your hostel is arguably the most important key to your success. Here are some tips on interviewing candidates to make sure you hire the right people for your team.
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.
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.