Articles tagged “hostels”

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.

Beautiful purposeful design is becoming a necessary checkpoint for travelers of all budgets and Generator is showing how to make it possible for smaller brands looking to differentiate themselves.

Mobile booking is the way of the future and mobile-only startups with clean designs and fast-moving teams will soon find homes at online booking behemoths that know they need to be on travelers' smartphones in order to survive moving forward.

There's huge growth potential in the hybrid hostel/hotel market, luring new guest types with high-concept design and single rooms, and it's coming to America.

Many European hostels today are nearly unrecognizable from their ancestors in design, but the culture of camaraderie remains as a wider group of tourists turn to the hostels for beds on the cheap.

Lots of activity in the low end of the market, as technology systems are a relatively recent phenomena. WRI wants to be the scaled player in it and will continue to buy. Next it will likely look at mobile plays.

The U.S. recession slowed study abroad programs in 2008 and since then students have become smarter by choosing cheaper destinations that are not only fun, but provide career boosting opportunities.

Youth hostels would bring a separate set of vices that are different, though not necessarily better, than what's already filled the market need.

Hostels have outperformed the hotel industry in recession-hit Europe where wealthier travelers turn to hostels for the mix of common areas, a social atmosphere, and private rooms for cheap.