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Articles tagged “hostels”

Hotels

CEO Interview: Mobile Booking, Digital Marketing and the New Way to Sell Hostels

Like many successful companies, Hostelworld resolves to win by maintaining its focus on what it does best: Selling hostels. Its big challenge is to generate more awareness about the modern and socially oriented hostel while larger players like Airbnb and Booking.com suck the air out of Google.

CEO Interview: Mobile Booking, Digital Marketing and the New Way to Sell Hostels

Hotels

Hospitality Innovations in the Space Between Boutique Hotel and Airbnb

Modern consumers will naturally move towards the ideas that best fit with the way they travel now. Hospitality brands that can keep up will reap rewards.

Hospitality Innovations in the Space Between Boutique Hotel and Airbnb

Hotels

Oral History of Online Travel: How Hostelworld Backpacked Its Way to Success

Hostelworld needed to automate the online booking of hostels because there just wasn't enough money in it if employees or call center agents had to handle bookings over the phone. The company gave away free software to attract owners and then came up with a business model that was midway between Expedia's prepay model and Booking.com's pay at the hotel formula.

Oral History of Online Travel: How Hostelworld Backpacked Its Way to Success

Hotels

U.S. Hostels See Sharing Economy Popularity as Their Window of Opportunity

Sure, budget travelers have Airbnb as a more affordable lodging option, but what about those who don't want to stay in someone's home? U.S. cities are largely missing out on those visitors who want something half way between a home-stay and hotel experience.

U.S. Hostels See Sharing Economy Popularity as Their Window of Opportunity

Media and PR

The White House Looks to Hosteling International and Bloggers to Promote Study Abroad

We're interested to see how far outside the circle of 100 or so attendees this message spreads.

The White House Looks to Hosteling International and Bloggers to Promote Study Abroad

Hotels

Interview: Generator Hostels on Creating the New Hostel Experience

Knowing exactly who a hotel brand's customer is gives it the freedom to build events and an an ambiance just for them, without fear of turning off smaller demographic groups.

Interview: Generator Hostels on Creating the New Hostel Experience

Hotels

Generator Hostels Secures $75 Million to Fuel Global Growth

Generator is the leader of the design-savvy hostel market, an asset class that's become increasingly popular with sophisticated young travelers and money-conscious adults.

Generator Hostels Secures $75 Million to Fuel Global Growth

Hotels

Trivago to Launch Hostel and Shared Room Search

Trivago's new shared-room search reflects the born-again trendiness of hostels -- which are no longer called youth hostels -- and apartment shares. Booking.com and Kayak already have it, and others will add it.

Trivago to Launch Hostel and Shared Room Search

Hotels

The Booking Site Capitalizing on Upscale Hybrid Hostels

With huge demand for stylish and affordable single rooms in high-demand cities, The Poshpacker is attempting to create a community around upscale hostels and budget design hotels.

The Booking Site Capitalizing on Upscale Hybrid Hostels

Hotels

The Booking Habits of Hostel Guests Around the Globe

The growing popularity of third-party booking sites are making it easier for travelers to search, sort and book hostels, which is great news for operators unless commission rates erase the benefits of a booking hike.

The Booking Habits of Hostel Guests Around the Globe