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UNWTO awards bitemojo for serving up culture, one bite at a time
WYSE member ‘bitemojo’ was announced as one of two winners and received a special recognition award from the UNWTO General-Secretery, Mr. Zurab Pololikashvili and Mr. Joxe Mari Aizega, Director of the Basque Culinary Center.
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Hanover launches v2.0 of its cultural exchange specific CRM
Since the original release of this system in 2018, its use has expanded to over 20 countries worldwide, across all of the major program types including; SWT, Internships, Au Pair, Camp Counselor and Volunteer.
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Our latest member interview – Chile Inside
Chile Inside is an agency offering au pair, internships, volunteering, working holidays, and language courses in Chile. The agency sets itself apart by providing comprehensive support and excellent service to participants.
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Occupancy vs ADR: How Edinburgh balances rate and demand
Finding the precarious balance between driving occupancy and driving rate can be a hostelier’s white whale. Not infrequently, markets will drop rate to drive bed sales. Edinburgh has taken a different approach.
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JO&JOE unveils its new open house in Paris Gentilly and announces further launches
After first launching in Hossegor in 2017, JO&JOE opened its doors on April 6, 2019 just a stone’s throw from the Cité Internationale Universitaire, in the south of Paris.
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Welcome to our newest member – CheapSleep Helsinki
Located in Helsinki’s hip Vallila neighborhood, CheapSleep Helsinki is Finland’s largest hostel open year round. Offering beds for up to 280 guests, they have 25 private rooms of twins, triples, doubles and family rooms, and about 220 dorm beds.
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Global Experiences joins AIFS to expand international internships for students
Stamford, CT – the American Institute For Foreign Study (AIFS), a global cultural and educational exchange organization headquartered in Stamford, CT has announced the acquisition of Global Experiences.
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Have parents, will travel: The funding mix for young travellers
Young travellers tend to have fairly low incomes, but their travel expenditure can outweigh that of conventional tourists. At what point should they be paying for their own travel?
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Update on Sri Lanka from Shakthi Eurasia Exchange
Report from WYSE member SHAKTHI EURASIA EXCHANGE from Sri Lanka in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks there.
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Travel, as illustrated by visual communication
Photography is currently the go-to asset in the travel industry’s marketing tool kit, but some companies are sketching a fresh approach that is less reliant on professional photography and instead draws on something everyone can do.
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Is youth travel ready for an opportunity or a disaster?
The projections that travel professionals made more than a decade ago were conservative, but it had always been difficult to convince the upper echelons of youth travel’s power to make a positive difference.
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An Ecobrick revolution is starting in Vietnam
A group of 80 environmentally-conscious locals gathered for an ecobrick workshiop in Hanoi on 6 April. The workshop at UP Co-working Space’s Creative Lab was created by GROUND Asia in collaboration with Make It Happen. It was entitled ‘From Plastic to Ecobricks’.
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