Accor launches hostel/ hotel hybrid brand Jo & Joe

Accor launches hostel/ hotel hybrid brand Jo & Joe

Accorhotels has launched a new brand – Jo and Joe. The hotelier says that the new brand “blends the best of private-rental, hostel and hotel formats.” It aims to have 50 properties by 2020, with locations  “including Paris and Bordeaux (2018) as well as Warsaw,...
YHA New Zealand wins Best Green Accommodation Initiative Award

YHA New Zealand wins Best Green Accommodation Initiative Award

YHA New Zealand is the global winner of the “Best Green Accommodation Initiative” for the WYSE Global Youth Travel Awards 2016. The awards celebrate outstanding performers within the international youth, student and educational travel industry and act as a...
Patron plots £400 million auction of Generator hostels chain

Patron plots £400 million auction of Generator hostels chain

According to Sky News property investor Patron has asked financial advisory firm Lazard to oversee an auction of the chain. One of Europe’s largest providers of premium hostel accommodation is being touted for sale in a deal valuing it at more than £400 million....
Distribution Roundtable during WYSTC 2016 was a great success

Distribution Roundtable during WYSTC 2016 was a great success

During this year’s WYSTC Conference in Belgrade more than 37 WYSTC delegates discussed the current relationship between OTAs and accommodation providers. Following an introduction to the current state of play, the ongoing distribution issues were openly...