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...
News Hostelworld, the world’s leading hostel-focused online booking platform today announces that, after 16 years with the Group and 10 years as Chief Executive Officer, Feargal Mooney will step down as CEO. Gary Morrison will become the Group’s new CEO and director...
News WYSE Travel Confederation is encouraging youth travel accommodation members to promote their safe environment for young travellers by participating in a self-certification programme. The certification covers a range of matters from fire safety to alcohol service,...
News The redeveloped Byron Bay YHA in New South Wales (NSW), Australia has just opened with a design focus, unveiling three masterpieces by renowned Australian artists alongside a building extension that doubles capacity at this luxe ‘flash-packers’. Following a...
News At ITB Berlin 2018, a&o, a WYSE Travel Confederation member and Europe’s largest hostel company, presented their new design concept for the first time, with the intent of creating clear brand identity that will be recognizable throughout Europe in the future....
News As part of the world’s largest budget accommodation network, YHA Australia has fully embraced 2017 as the UNWTO’s International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development. Even though the Hostelling International member has had an official environmental policy...
