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.
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:
Finnish hotels/hostel nights up in May 2008 over May 2007:
HI USA's Golden Gate Council is having a writing contest in honor of their 50th Anniversary.
Search engines see websites much differently than humans. As mentioned in my free hostel marketing ebook earch engine crawlers can't effectively see Flash content, JavaScript, or text that is embedded within images.
The Elenydd Hostels Trust, which operates two hostels in a remote area of Wales, is delighted to announce that their grant application for £82,000 to improve the structure and amenities at Dolgoch has been successful!
STA Travel is closing 48 of its 65 retail locations in the USA.
The store closings and new online capabilities will enhance STA's ability to succeed in an increasingly competitive marketplace that favors buying travel online, it says.
Many people have heard of search engine optimization or "SEO". SEO is a set of techniques to increase traffic to a website through search engine referrals.
Hostelbookers.com lists 10,000 properties in 2,500 destinations. They have reported that bookings in 2008 are up by 83%. Their top 10 most popular destinations in 2008 are:
HostelManagement.com got a mention in Arthur Frommer's blog yesterday.
Arthur Frommer writes: