The Association of Youth Travel Accommodation
The Sydell Group has closed on a parcel of land on sizzling Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg where a Freehand Hostel is rumored to be in the works. A Freehand Brooklyn might compete with the new-ish Wythe Hotel for guests. Last December, Sydell paid the Rosenwach Group $10 million for three parcels on Wythe Avenue between North 9th and 10th Streets. Sources told […]
With the wine tasting in the lobby bar approaching, I rinsed the green-tea shampoo from my hair, grabbed a towel from the queen bed and settled into a Philippe Starck chair, espresso in hand. A flat-screen TV flickered in the next room of my suite, but I was more captivated by the view that lay […]
Detroit is not exactly among America’s top 10 tourist destinations. But a local non-profit hopes to alter public perceptions of one of the nation’s poorest big cities, where more than a quarter of its residents live below the poverty line. Hostel Detroit, which marks its second anniversary in April, is offering out-of-towners to the Motor City an […]
Bed bank Booking.com has fallen foul of advertising watchdogs for the second time in less than five months, this time for making false claims about how much customers could save if they booked through the site. Booking.com admitted that a claim it made on a display ad on a weather forecast website promising a saving of £1,372 […]
The golf vacation commercials are the worst. All those beaming glad-I-came-here faces. After a shank off the first and a round of 118? Not counting 11 lost balls? It’s impossible for any real golfer to look that happy. Beach holiday ads are no better. Everyone perfectly formed, no cellulite or growths.No one looking like they’ve been born […]
Starboard Hotels has entered a joint venture agreement with Union Hanover to launch a chain of luxury hostels called Hoax. Hoax Liverpool, which is set to open opposite the Cavern Club in Liverpool in July, will become the first in a group of hostels in key tourist cities throughout the UK and Europe. It will […]
Web Reservations International (WRI), the online accommodation booking company behind Hostelworld, has announced its acquisition of HostelBookers.com for €100m. The all paper deal will require regulatory clearance but will be a welcome addition to the company which already owns the Hostelworld. com and Hostels. com websites. WRI is a provider of technology, distribution and marketing solutions […]
A Californian backpacker hostel company is planning to open a 24,000 sq ft hostel in Dublin’s Temple Bar. USA Hostels, which runs three hostels in San Diego, San Francisco and Los Angeles, has leased the basement and upper floors of the former ESB offices at 33-35 Fleet Street. The Stafford Group paid more than €33m […]
After almost a year of construction and renovation, the Firehouse Hostel will celebrate their much anticipated grand opening this Friday, April 12th with friends, family, hostel guests, and locals. Located right off the historic 6th street district, the Firehouse Hostel provides visitors and travellers from all over the world with a more social, unique, and elevated lodging […]
Hostelling International — Canada has announced a Vancouver Island addition to its network of 59 Hostels in Canada. The new Riding Fool Hostel is at 2705 Dunsmuir Ave. in the historic town of Cumberland. “We are thrilled to be associated with the Riding Fool Hostel. The hostel will be a credit to the HI brand […]
