July jubilee: Hostel recovery begins across Europe
STR’s August snapshot reveals that after months of temporary closures, hostel occupancy skyrocketed in July, well above comparable hotel occupancy and significantly better than the past several months’ performance.
COVID-19 impacts on hostel performance: April update
April marked the first full month of COVID-19-related lockdowns, and hostel and hotel data declined accordingly.
COVID-19 impacts on hostel performance
COVID-19 has wreaked havoc upon the travel industry, and the hostel sector is no exception. The abrupt halt of travel, and in many markets lockdown orders that temporarily closed hostel doors.
COVID-19 and European accommodations performance
Kelsey Fennerty, STR January data for hostels and most hotel markets in Europe was not impacted by the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19). While...
Clink Hostels Acquires Amsterdam Hostel Chain
European hostel chain Clink Hostels has recently purchased the very successful Ecomama and Cocomama boutique concept hostels located in the heart of Amsterdam city.
2019 Trends in Hostel Performance
2019 was a fairly tumultuous year for the European hostel markets that STR tracks. Performance varied widely across markets, as markets battled tourist troubles, worried about Brexit or ended the year with seemingly no concerns.
Winning China’s youth travellers
Visitors from China take over 168 million trips per year and this figure is growing, making youth travellers from...
Four steps to selling on social media
At STAY WYSE Amsterdam 2020, Generator’s former Chief Marketing Officer, Jason Rieff, spoke to us about the art of selling on social media via a paid media strategy.
Interpreting Performance across Different Time Aggregations
When presenting data, STR analysts frequently switch between four different time aggregations: monthly, running three month, running 12 month and year-to-date. These can produce different results and lead to confusion about which is best to use.
In search of the aging backpacker
We’ve been tracking the quintessential youth traveller since 2002 – the backpacker. In 2017, data from WYSE Travel Confederation’s New Horizons Survey of youth and student traveller indicated the trend of a long and slow decline of the backpacker travel identity.
