EUROPEAN HOSTEL COOPERATION NEWSLETTER – FEBRUARY 2008

Welcome to the EHC Newsletter for February 2008. All of us here are looking forward to Barcelona and the European Hostel Meeting, about which you can read below. Remember, if there is anything you would like to see in future editions of the EHC Newsletter, or you would like to respond to anything you read, please do not hesitate to drop us a note at info@gomio.com.

Regular readers of the European Hostel Cooperation Newsletters will know that the time for the next instalment of the European Hostel Meeting is almost upon us. Taking place in Barcelona on the 2^nd and 3^rd March, the 2008 edition of the Hostel Meeting is the seventh, and we are all really excited about what promises to be a great weekend.

For those of you who are interested in joining us in Barcelona, but have not yet registered, there is still time! You can find all the information you need on the Hostel Meeting homepage, at: Hostel Meeting Registration

For those of you who would like to know more about the Hostel Meeting, and what will be happening on the 2nd and 3rd March, here’s a brief run down:

Day One – March 2nd

Daytime: Information-sharing and exchange through a series of presentations and interactive workshops at the Casa Convalescència in the Hospital San Pau.

Evening: The chance to put on your dancing shoes and let your hair down at the legendary Saturday night European Hostel Party

Day Two – March 3rd

Daytime: We return to the Casa Convalescència in the Hospital San Pau for the tradeshow, including free flyer exchange for all participants, and the chance for hostels and other hostel-related businesses to set up stands to promote their services and products and meet others in the field, focusing on potential partnerships and sales opportunities.

Welcome Drinks – March 1st

For those who want to arrive in Barcelona the day before the meeting, the Kabul Hostel has kindly invited the participants of the 7th European Hostel Meeting for welcome drinks on the evening of March 1st.

The following hostels are pleased to offer you special deals with advance bookings. All theses hostels offer you a bed in a dormitory for 12 Euro per person per night. If you’d like to stay in a private room, please get in touch with the hostel directly and check availabilities and prices. The contact details are as follows:

Kabul Hostel www.kabul.es contact Manuel: manuelharb@kabul.es
Be Hostels www.behostels.com contact Valia: valia@behostels.com
Hello BCN www.hellobcnhostel.com contact Danielle: danielle@hellobcnhostel.com
Equity Point www.equity-point.com contact Clara:clara@equity-point.com Pere Tarres www.peretarres.org/alberg/ contact:aalvarez@peretarres.org

For help with booking flights, check out some recommendations here: Accomodation and Transport

A more detailed rundown of what is going on in Barcelona can be found online at www.europeanhostels.org, and if you have any questions at all regarding the 7th European Hostel Meeting, please do not hesitate to get in touch with our meeting coordinators Susann at susann.koschmieder@gomio.com or Clara at clara@equity-point.com, or give us a call in the EHC Head Office at +49 30 2462 8500.

The European Hostel Cooperation is extremely proud to present a new service for hostels, the GOMIO.COM Phonecard. Hostels now have the opportunity to provide for their guests a phonecard that offers cheap calls around the world for travellers, whilst giving excellent conditions for the resellers.

The GOMIO.COM phonecard is an International Phone Card, which means it can be used in any country to call any country. Wherever the phone call is made the rates remain the same, which means the traveller knows how much they are paying regardless of where they might be. For example, calls to Europe or North America cost 6 cents a minute from anywhere in the world, which compares favourably with other phonecard providers…the GOMIO.COM Phonecard really is cheap!

If you would like to get an overview of the cost of calls using the GOMIO.COM Phonecard, then check out: GOMIO.COM Phonecard - Rates.

Hostels can buy a minimum of ten cards from GOMIO.COM for €8 per card. The value of each card once it is activated is €10 (the recommended retail price). Once hostels have received their order of cards they inform GOMIO.COM of the fact and the cards will be activated and are then ready to be sold.

Shipping costs between €2.50 and €4.50 to Europe, although anyone who orders 100 cards or more will get their shipping for free.

If you would like to learn more about the GOMIO.COM Phonecard, and get an overview of the rates, terms and conditions, and other information, visit GOMIO.COM Phonecard Website.

If you are a hostel in Switzerland there is a special GOMIO.COM Phonecard page just for you, check out: Swiss GOMIO.COM Website

For those of you who have apartments in your hostels, and would like to make them available on GOMIO.COM, well you now can. A new feature has been added to the management system, which allows hostels to add apartments as well as dorms and private rooms. You can do this under “Rooms” on the GOMIO.COM Management System, when you click on “Add Private Room”. You will find three options: shared, en suite, and apartment. Availability and prices are set exactly like the other categories.

Not far from the EHC Office, we welcome to Berlin another new hostel. The Wombats have landed in the German capital, opening their doors to travellers to the city on February 15th. For more information, take a look at http://www.wombats-hostels.com/berlin/.

Remember, if you are opening a new hostel, or re-opening after renovation, or just have something you want to tell the hostel scene about, drop us a line so we can include your news in a future edition of the EHC Newsletter.

We love to hear from you, and if you want to get in touch with us at the EHC for any reason at all, here’s how to do it:

European Hostel Cooperation
Schwedter Str. 227
10435 Berlin
Germany

Telephone: +49 (0) 30 2462 8500
Email: info@gomio.com.

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