This is the first part in a series on productivity software for hostels. Use these tools for creating marketing materials like flyers, posters and websites. Edit your hostel photos without having to buy expensive software like Adobe Photoshop ($699). All of the software on this page is free!
St. Christopher's Inns won a gold award for Best Budget Accommodation in the 2008 Visit London Awards.
Many hostel websites are only created in one or two languages. A hostel is a business that caters to international guests that speak many different languages.
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.
Many hostels are blogging and experimenting with Twitter. Twitter is a "micro-blogging" service that lets you post short updates to a group of followers.
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.
Here are 10 tips for hostel websites:
HTML "frames" is an older technique that was often for building websites. Search engines don't like HTML frames. Google says: