Dec 20, 2019 | Accommodation, GenZ Travellers, Members, Millennial Travellers, News, Youth Travel
News Have you signed up to one of our industry events yet? Click the logos to find out more. 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)...
Dec 9, 2019 | Accommodation, Members, News
News Manchester, United Kingdom — 22-25 September 2009 WYSE Archives Interpreting Performance across Different Time Aggregations WYSE Travel Confederation hosts global events for the youth travel industry. Click the logos below to learn more. By Kelsey Fenerty, STR...
Dec 5, 2019 | Accommodation, Members, News
News Manchester, United Kingdom — 22-25 September 2009 WYSE Archives Is this the world’s most unusual hostel room? WYSE Travel Confederation hosts global events for the youth travel industry. Click the logos below to learn more. Press releaseEdinburgh, Scotland, UK –...
Nov 8, 2019 | Accommodation, GenZ Travellers, Members, Millennial Travellers, News, Youth Travel
News Have you signed up to one of our industry events yet? Click the logos to find out more. 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...
Nov 7, 2019 | Accommodation, Members, News
News Have you signed up to one of our industry events yet? Click the logos to find out more. 7 November 2019 By Kelsey Fenerty LONDON – While market-level numbers are a good indicator of overall performance, individual property performance can vary widely depending on...
Oct 16, 2019 | Alpha Travellers, GYTA winners, News, Student Accommodation, WYSTC
News Press releaseBarcelona, Spain – 16 October 2019The Global Youth Travel Awards reward the best youth tourism initiatives in the world. This year, Barcelona Pere Tarrés Youth Hostel has been awarded in the category of the Best Social Responsibility...
Sep 18, 2019 | Accommodation, News
News New York City Council members will be presented with an opportunity to bring hostels to the Big Apple, based on the introduction of a new licensing law by Councilman Mark Djonaj, Head of the Small Business Committee.For six years, through two mayors, and many...
Sep 12, 2019 | Accommodation, GenZ Travellers, Members, Millennial Travellers, News, NWW-News, Youth Travel
On August 13 the Latin American chain of hostels, Viajero, opened the doors of a new hostel in the city of Santa Marta, Colombia with a capacity of 170 beds and a price range of between USD 11 and USD 72.Since approximately 2009, Colombia has become the new...
Aug 27, 2019 | Accommodation, Members, News
News WYSE Archives JO&JOE moves in with IKEA at Vienna West station TWO INNOVATIVE CONCEPTS UNITED IN ONE PROJECT: ON THE TWO UPPER FLOORS OF THE PLANNED CITY IKEA, NEAR THE WESTBAHNHOF TRAIN STATION IN VIENNA, A JO&JOE OPEN HOUSE ARISES.PART OF THE ACCOR...
Aug 7, 2019 | Accommodation, GenZ Travellers, Members, Millennial Travellers, News, Reports, Research, Youth Travel
News By Kelsey FenertyGermany is the birthplace of hostels, so it should be no surprise that its capitol city, Berlin, is a haven for backpackers, with roughly 100 hostels and some of the best-known. Economy and midscale hotels provide competition, accounting for 44%...
Jul 11, 2019 | Accommodation, News, Reports, Research
News By Kelsey Fenerty, STRMIAMI – Despite the hostel industry’s ongoing evolution toward more stylish and sophisticated offerings that appeal to travelers of every ilk, the youth traveler – whether backpacker or gap year student – remains an important demand-driver...
Jun 12, 2019 | Accommodation, News, Reports, Research
News By Kelsey Fenerty, STR The UK experienced 2.1% inflation in April 2019, a mere tenth of a percentage point over target rate and just below the 2.2% inflation averaged over the past 12 months. As inflation rises, revenue must grow in line or in excess to maintain...
Jun 6, 2019 | Accommodation, Members, News
News BlackRock Real Assets has acquired a pan-European hostel portfolio as part of a 100 million euro joint-venture with Amistat International, a market-leading hostel operator. The off-market acquisition comprises a seed portfolio of Amsitat’s three assets,...
May 31, 2019 | Accommodation, Members, News
News Ireland’s leading hostel network and group travel organiser, Celtic Group Hostels (CGH), celebrated 25 years in business on 16 May 2019. Managing Director, Nicola Foley, says, “Our company started back in 1994 when the hostel industry was in its infancy....
May 8, 2019 | Accommodation, News, Reports, Research
News By: Kelsey Fenerty, STRFinding 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: the market has increased rate...
May 6, 2019 | Accommodation, GenZ Travellers, Members, Millennial Travellers, News, Youth Travel
News Yes, we’ve made it! 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. Only 2 minutes from the RER B line, 20 minutes from the Arc de...
May 1, 2019 | Accommodation, Members, News, Student Accommodation
News Interview with Oliver Lewis – Owner CheapSleep HelsinkiTell us your story. How did CheapSleep Helsinki get started? I was attending the University of Helsinki studying Development Studies so starting a hostel seemed a logical career move! That’s the short...
Apr 11, 2019 | Accommodation, News, Reports, Research
News By: Kelsey Fenerty LONDON – The accommodations sector is highly seasonal, with school breaks, holidays and weather dictating youth and family travel. London’s hostel industry is no different. But viewing performance seasonally can reveal holistic trends in the...
Mar 11, 2019 | Accommodation, Members, News, NWW-News
By Kelsey Fenerty, STR AMSTERDAM – From a revenue perspective, one of the biggest differences in the hostel and comparable hotel operating models is the relative contribution of ancillary revenue sources (or “Other Revenue” in STR jargon) to total revenue. While...
Feb 22, 2019 | Accommodation, Members, News
News Youth Work Ireland, Ireland’s largest youth organisation, today announced that is has officially partnered with An Óige – Irish Youth Hostel Association, the largest association of youth hostels in Ireland. The partnership will see Youth Work Ireland and An Óige...
Feb 7, 2019 | Accommodation, Members, News, Reports
News WYSE Archives Mind the (rate) gap: ADR differences in London and Amsterdam By Kelsey Fenerty, STR Amsterdam and London both boast spectacular hostel occupancy rates, with both cities averaging more than eight out of 10 beds sold, on average, in 2018. The metric...
Feb 1, 2019 | Accommodation, Members, News, Reports
News Hostels in London and Amsterdam got the spotlight during a session dedicated to hostel performance metrics at this week’s STAY WYSE Hostel Business Conference, hosted by WYSE Travel Confederation in Amsterdam. “Fundamentals are strong going into 2019,” said...
Jan 22, 2019 | 2018, Accommodation, Information sources, New Horizons, Reports, Reports categories, Research
Publications Manchester, United Kingdom — 22-25 September 2009 WYSE Archives New Horizons IV: Hostels and accommodation for the young traveller Published January 2019 Free for members | Non members: €1000 Research categories: Accommodation, Consumer...
Dec 20, 2018 | Accommodation, Members, News
News Interview with Cathriona Gibbons – Hostel Sales Manager Tell us your story. How did Wild Atlantic Hostel @ Delphi Resort get started? The first hostel here at Delphi resort was opened over 30 years ago along with the adventure centre to encourage the...
Dec 14, 2018 | Accommodation, Members, News, Reports
News WYSE teams up with STR to provide members with insights into city performance data on hostel occupancy and bed rates. In this monthly report STR’s data on Amsterdam hostels shows how city regulatory planning is having an effect on bed occupancy in the Dutch...
Dec 12, 2018 | Accommodation, Alpha Travellers, GenZ Travellers, Millennial Travellers, News, Student Accommodation, Youth Travel
News Europe’s largest hostel company a&o to open its first building in Hungary’s capital Budapest in 2019: Centrally located in the trendy Erzsébetváros district, the first building in Hungary’s capital Budapest will be opening in the third quarter of 2019. The...
Dec 6, 2018 | Accommodation, Members
News NEW YORK—Today, hospitality brand Selina has revealed its first New York City property, continuing the rapid global expansion that has the Latin American start-up planning 100 global locations by 2020, including 15 in the U.S. Slated to open by summer 2019, the...
Nov 29, 2018 | Accommodation, Members
News Interview with Viola Mellema, Manager Sales Tell us your story. How did Stayokay get started? Stayokay was founded in 1929 as the Nederlandse Jeugdherberg Centrale (NJHC) [Dutch Youth Hostel Association]. In 2003, NJHC was renamed Stayokay. The first NJHC hostel...
Nov 27, 2018 | Accommodation, Members
News MEININGER Hotels has signed a long-term lease agreement with Altus Realty, the project owner and developer, for a hotel in Washington, D.C. Located at 35 New York Avenue NE in the NoMa neighborhood, the new hotel is scheduled to open at the end of 2020 and will...
Nov 26, 2018 | Accommodation, Members
News Press Release COAST TO COAST, Canada – HI Canada announces a new winter video capturing the magic of Canadian winters. The short film officially launches the winter season at over 50 HI hostels across Canada on November 14. The promotional video was inspired by a...
Nov 16, 2018 | Accommodation, Accommodation, New Horizons, Research, Youth Travel
News A decade ago, travel agent offices that students could walk into accounted for about 70% of youth travel bookings. Fast forward to 2017 and the global study of youth and student travel, New Horizons IV, indicates that online now accounts for about 80% of youth...
Nov 15, 2018 | Accommodation, Members
News Berlin-based budget group is planning around 750 beds in Barcelona’s up-and- coming Hospitalet district For ten years, the building in southern Barcelona was as good as empty. Now, Berlin-based budget group a&o has purchased the 7,900m2 management complex,...
Nov 1, 2018 | Accommodation, Members
News WYSE teams up with STR to provide members with insights into city performance data on hostel occupancy and bed rates. In the first monthly report of its kind for WYSE Travel Confederation, STR’s data on London hostels show that despite...
Oct 10, 2018 | Accommodation, New Horizons, Reports, Research, Student Accommodation, Youth Travel
News The purpose of a trip, length of stay, and types of activities in the destination all factor into the level of happiness young people find in travelling and so does the type of accommodation used. Hostels are doing pretty well on the happiness front, from what...
Sep 7, 2018 | Accommodation, New Horizons, Youth Travel
News We are excited to announce HI USA has recently opted to become an Elite member of WYSE Travel Confederation. As HI USA sets its path to becoming recognised as an advocate for youth travel, they are now better positioned with the tools, resources and networking...
Jul 11, 2018 | Events, Members, World Youth and Student Travel Conference
News Have you started your campaign for our consumer-voted 2018 Global Youth Travel Awards? With entries closing on 20 August 2018, it’s time to start spreading the word… In addition to recognising work in 10 nominated award categories, the 2018 Global Youth...
Jul 5, 2018 | Accommodation, Members
News As of May 2018, London hostels have experienced year-over-year decreases across the key performance metrics. This is according to the newly released Hostel Destination Report by STR. The global hospitality data expert recently expanded its benchmarking and...
Jul 4, 2018 | Members
News Interview with Patrick Mayock, Senior Director Tell us your story. How did STR get started? STR was the brainchild of founders Randy and Carolyn Smith, who 30-plus years ago recognised the need for a unified hotel industry census. While building that census, the...
Jun 21, 2018 | Accommodation, Members, Youth Travel
News Hostelling International USA (HI USA) is setting out to change the way people around the world take showers. The project is called the “Million Gallon Challenge” and it began with a plan to address a crisis in California. “In 2014, we were looking for innovative...
Jun 14, 2018 | Members
News Interview with Nastasya Koroleva, Brand Manager Tell us your story. How did NETIZEN Hotel | Hostel get started? Between 2014 and early 2015, the idea to create a new concept in the hospitality industry was realised. We started with a feasibility study, brand...
