The panel discussion "Meet Your Alternative Hostel OTAs" was streamed live Tues. Feb. 11th @ 18:00 GMT. The discussion included representatives from a few OTAs, fielding questions about their businesses and relations with the hostel industry.
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"Bookings, Marketing, & OTAs" Panel Discussion was streamed live Feb. 4th at 18:00 GMT. See below for a recording of the entire discussion.
Sorry I have been rather quiet the last few days since Hostelworld announced they are increasing their service fee to 12%. I know some of you have been waiting for my input.
How do you keep your guests and your hostel safe and secure? Learn from the hostel community in this panel discussion, which was streamed live Tues, 21 Jan at 18:00 GMT. It lasted about 40 minutes, and was recorded for your listening and viewing pleasure now!
It’s become clear that the Dublin Unconference preceding the Hostelworld conference last year was a hit! People who attended are already buzzing about it on the Facebook group asking if there will be another one.
How can you make your hostel excellent at encouraging community and atmosphere? Learn from the hostel community in this panel discussion, which was streamed live Tues, 17 Dec at 18:00 GMT.
We have just completed today's panel discussion on Social Media Marketing for your hostel. Participants included:
Our next Panel Discussion will be over the topic of 'Social Media', and how hostels use it to enhance their business, marketing, and connection with guests.
At the moment it is being postponed due to scheduling conflicts with panelists. We are working on a date in the next week or two.
We continued our new feature of Virtual Online Panel Discussions with the topic "Taking on the Low Season".
We had a lot of technical issues this session, but were able to still somewhat edit the video.
Tuesday was our first Virtual Unconference Panel Discussion. The topic was “Reviews & Reputation”, and included two hostel owners from the US, one from Mexico, and one from Romania.