18th September 2024 For Sale / HostelsThe former Base Queenstown Discovery Lodge backpackers is back on the market.
19th August 2024 BYATA / HostelsThe backpacker and youth market has been slow to recover from the pandemic, so what can industry do?
9th May 2024 Drifter / HostelsThe Australian operator will take on Lylo and Haka Houses in New Zealand and Australia’s premium backpacker market.
15th August 2023 Hostels / LyLoThe creators behind LyLo Auckland have been nominated as a finalist in three categories at the Designers Institute of New Zealand’s Best Design Awards.
31st August 2022 BYATA / HostelsBut cost pressures and corporate competition could shape the recovery for operators.
22nd June 2022 Hostels / JucyThe operator reopens its hostels tomorrow, with strong demand and new patterns of bookings coming through.
1st June 2022 BYATA / HostelsNew Zealand tourism needs to step up and fight for overseas markets, says the association’s inaugural president.
16th February 2022 Borders / HostelsAccommodation with shared facilities will not be permitted to host visitors once the border eases.
10th February 2022 For Sale / Hostels / YHAThere has been good interest among both domestic and international parties for the group of YHA-managed hostels that closed doors in December, says the agent charged with selling the properties.
1st December 2021 Hostels / NZHAMore than a third of businesses have shut with another 22% hibernating, says the New Zealand Hostels Association.
25th November 2021 Hostels / YHAIn a “sad day for YHA and for tourism in NZ” the closures will end 89 years of operations.
30th March 2021 Hostels / YHANew hostel portfolio owner Wolf Herwegh Vonk on his $30m deal with YHA.
