Youth Travel Archives - WYSE Travel Confederation

Welcome to our new member – Busabout

Dec 20, 2019 | Cultural Exchange, GenZ Travellers, Members, Millennial Travellers, NWW-News, Tour Operators, Youth Travel

Interview with Jay Clark, Global Head of Operations Tell us your story. How did Busabout get started? Busabout was created by The Travel Corporation in 1998 as an alternative type of travel designed for the more flexible traveller. The company began with our Hop-on...

Welcome to our new member – Way Hostel Madrid

Dec 20, 2019 | Accommodation, GenZ Travellers, Members, Millennial Travellers, NWW-News, Youth Travel

Interview with Felipe Berdou, CEO – OWNER Tell us your story. How did Way Hostel Madrid get started?Way Hostel Madrid started off as a relatively small hostel (60 beds) in 2009. Within the following few years we became a top-rated hostel in Madrid and the first...

USIT are proud and excited to introduce new CEO Elaine Russell

Dec 10, 2019 | Cultural Exchange, GenZ Travellers, Members, NWW-News, Tour Operators, Work and Travel, Youth Travel

What happens when you mix a team that possess a wealth of experience in youth work and travel with a new CEO who has a history of transforming and turning businesses around? A new era of USIT, that’s what. This year USIT celebrates 60 years in business and with...

Welcome to our new member – Santral

Nov 14, 2019 | GenZ Travellers, Higher Education, International Students, Language Travel, Members, Millennial Travellers, NWW-News, Study Abroad, Youth Travel

Interview with Demet Bağ, Educational Programs Coordinator Tell us your story. How did Santral get started?We started our business in 2017, after 12 years work experience in the sector. During these years we’ve had the opportunity to meet with lots of different...

Welcome to our new member – goStops

Nov 8, 2019 | Accommodation, GenZ Travellers, Members, Millennial Travellers, NWW-News, Youth Travel

Interview with Pallavi Agarwal, Co-founder and CEO Tell us your story. How did goStops get started?On a backpacking trip to Eastern Europe in 2012, myself and Pankaj, my co-founder, stayed at hostels and discovered that there wasn’t any hospitality offering back in...

Welcome to our new member – Stage-Global

Oct 31, 2019 | Au Pair, Cultural Exchange, GenZ Travellers, Members, NWW-News, Work and Travel, Youth Travel

Interview with Andries Bonneur, CEO Tell us your story. How did Stage-Global get started?I started Stage-Global in 2010 during my final year of university study. The Bachelor thesis that I wrote was actually a business plan on how to set up an exchange program between...