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WYSE Travel Confederation announces 2021 Global Youth Travel Award winners

WYSE Travel Confederation’s annual Global Youth Travel Awards (GYTA) were celebrated on Tuesday, 15 February 2022. The winners of the six award categories were announced via a virtual ceremony.

February 16, 2022

The World Youth and Student Travel Conference will run as a hybrid event this October

The essential global youth travel industry event will return to Lisbon on 13-15 October.

August 23, 2021

WYSE Travel Confederation supports youth travel accommodation providers with safe accommodation self-declaration

By definition, hostels are social spaces for budget-friendly accommodation and solo travellers keen to meet new friends and explore a destination. With Corona virus sweeping across the globe, the...

November 9, 2020

The youth travel industry and COVID-19

The World Youth Student and Educational (WYSE) Travel Confederation is pleased to announce the release of a new publication titled The Youth Travel Industry and COVID-19.

October 27, 2020

Sunny days and lively nights attract WYSTC delegates to the buzzing capital of Portugal for business

More than 600 representatives are convening in Lisbon for the 28th World Youth and Student Travel Conference (WYSTC).

October 8, 2019

Europe's premier business conference for hostels brings record number to Amsterdam and announces launch in Americas

The fourth annual STAY WYSE Hostel Business Conference will bring 330+ representatives of companies specialised in hostels and other youth travel accommodation concepts to Amsterdam 31 January – 1 February 2019.

January 30, 2019

WYSE Travel Confederation announces 2018 Global Youth Travel Award winners

Outstanding contributors in the youth and student travel industry were celebrated on Friday, 21 September during the 2018 Global Youth Travel Awards (GYTA). Winners of the 14 GYTA award...

September 22, 2018

Youth and student travel takes center stage in Edinburgh during the Year of Young People

The 27th World Youth and Student Travel Conference (WYSTC) is bringing the top buying and selling organisations from across the globe and from all aspects of youth and student...

August 28, 2018

Digital nomads – the next darling of tourism destinations worldwide?

Millennials exit stage left, a new character is taking the travel industry spotlight. With laptop in hand and only the essentials on the back, this traveller is partial to...

August 13, 2018

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Six millennial and gen Z travel trends we are tracking in New Horizons IV

Are millennials killing the chain restaurant industry? How can the housing market compete with millennials’ love of avocado toast? Will face-to-face communication go the way of the landline in...

July 30, 2018

WYSE Travel Confederation offers sneak peek into the travel industry’s most comprehensive youth travel market report

On June 25, 2018, WYSE Travel Confederation will offer a look into New Horizons IV: A global study of the youth and student traveller.

June 11, 2018

Millennial and GenZ travellers spending more, experiencing life as a local

Forget clubbing, couch-surfing, and selfie sticks. The 2018 ITB Berlin Youth Travel Hall (4.1) showed off what the youth travel market is really about - experiential and immersive travel...

March 9, 2018

Attracting Millennials and Gen Z with more than just free wifi and avocado toast

The survey found that the most important travel motivations for 18 to 35-year-olds relate to desires to experience destinations and their cultures and increase their self-knowledge. More traditional holiday...

March 6, 2018

OTAs capture most young traveller accommodation bookings

Sixty-seven percent of young travellers choose to book their accommodation via Online Travel Agents (OTAs) and other intermediaries rather than direct with the accommodation provider, according to a recent...

January 25, 2018

WYSE Travel Confederation welcomes Tourism Australia as sponsor of the 2018 WYSE Exchange Australia Youth Tourism Conference

Tourism Australia announced as sponsor of the 2018 WYSE Exchange Australia Youth Tourism Conference.

January 11, 2018

MEININGER partners with WYSE Travel Confederation on global study of youth travel market

The World Youth Student and Educational (WYSE) Travel Confederation announces its partnership with MEININGER for the only recurring global study of youth and student travel, New Horizons. MEININGER is offering a...

October 24, 2017

Vagaband partners with WYSE Travel Confederation on global study of youth travel market

The World Youth Student and Educational (WYSE) Travel Confederation announces its partnership with Vagaband for the only recurring global study of youth and student travel, New Horizons. Vagaband will...

October 17, 2017

WYSE Travel Confederation announces 2017 Global Youth Travel Award winners

Outstanding contributors in the youth and student travel industry were celebrated on Thursday, 28 September during the 2017 Global Youth Travel Awards (GYTA). Winners of the 14 GYTA award...

September 28, 2017

More than 500 travel professionals to arrive in Montreal, Canada for three days of trade and networking at WYSTC 2017

WYSTC 2017 will host some of the world's most important buyers and sellers of youth tourism travel products and services.

August 16, 2017

Hostelling International partners with WYSE Travel Confederation on global study of youth travel market

The World Youth Student and Educational (WYSE) Travel Confederation is pleased to announce Hostelling International (HI) as a new partner of its global study of youth and student travel,...

July 10, 2017

EXIT Festival partners with WYSE Travel Confederation on global study of Youth Travel

The World Youth Student and Educational (WYSE) Travel Confederation is pleased to announce its partnership with EXIT Festival of Novi Sad, Serbia for the only recurring global study of...

June 27, 2017

Fourth New Horizons survey on global youth travel to be launched

New Horizons is the only recurring global survey of the youth travel segment. The aim of the study is to provide a global overview of the youth and student...

April 6, 2017

Emirates partners with WYSE Travel Confederation on global study of youth travel market

The World Youth Student and Educational (WYSE) Travel Confederation is pleased to announce Emirates as a new partner of its global study of youth and student travel, New Horizons.

March 30, 2017

IAPA Au Pair of the Year 2016 winner announced - high above the Atlanta skyline!

A heart-warming cultural exchange success story was revealed at the WETM-IAC 2016 Celebration Dinner, amidst stunning views of the Atlanta, Georgia skyline.

March 24, 2016

Introducing the inaugural STAY WYSE conference, the new business conference for hostels

The STAY WYSE Conference, which will take place from 28 – 29 January, 2016 in Amsterdam, will offer hostel operators and other travel accommodation providers the opportunity to meet...

November 5, 2015

Leading players in the youth, student and educational travel industry celebrated at the Global Youth Travel Awards 2015

The winners of the Global Youth Travel Awards 2015 – sponsored by Else Globe – were announced in Cape Town tonight during the concluding event of this year’s World...

September 25, 2015

Registration opens for the World Youth and Student Travel Conference - WYSTC 2015 - in Cape Town, South Africa

The World Youth Student and Educational (WYSE) Travel Confederation has opened registration for this year’s World Youth and Student Travel Conference - WYSTC 2015.

May 13, 2015

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