NewsletterJanuary 2006 - Hostel in Europe -- Info Hostels- Hostels around the World

With the new year coming up we would like to give you a present - the
completely redesigned HostelinEurope.com! We wish you all a happy new
year celebration and wish that 2006 will be even better than 2005.

Buon anno nuovo!

1. New beta version of HostelinEurope.com
2. New Top Hostels
3. Info request
4. Numbers
5. Happy New Year
6. Coming soon: Network Launch

1. New beta version of HostelinEurope

We have now put online the new beta version of HostelinEurope.com. For
the last two months we have redesigned the page, and now everything is
clean and easy to find. You can now also search the database with a text
phrase, city, country or hostel name. And we are of course still Easy
Fast & Free

NB! This version is still a beta. This means that you can still encounter
some minor errors, links not working, spelling mistakes etc. If you see
something that is not working, please tell us and we will take care of it.
We are working on the site daily!

2. New Top Hostels

This December we welcome the following additions to the Top Hostel section:

Nathans Villa, Krakow
Nathans Villa, Warsaw (Poland)
Nathans Villa Sighisoara (Romania)
Jetpak Hostel, Berlin (Germany)
Hostel Center, Krakow (Poland)
Fat Salmon Backpackers, Port Alberni (Canada)
The St. Petersburg Traveller Hostel, St. Petersburg (Russia)
Lazy Duck Hostel, Nethy Bridge (UK- Scotland)
Balmers Herberge, Interlaken (Switzerland)
Basel Backpack, Basel (Switzerland)
Palace Hostel, Vienna (Austria)
Hštteldorf, Vienna (Austria)
Belgrade Eye, Belgrade (Serbia and Montenegro)
The Cordial House, Istanbul (Turkey)
Hostel Mostel, Sofia (Bulgaria)
Jaegers Hostel, Munich (Germany)
Nest Youth Hostel, Valencia (Spain)

Follow this link to see all our Top Hostels:

http://www.hostelineurope.com/tophostel/elenco.php

Once again, thanks to everybody who have added our links to their site,
and also a special thanks to our friends at Gomio.com for adding us.

Be aware that the new version of HostelinEurope.com provides highly
improved visibility for the Top Hostels, so be your own sponsor now and
link us! Go to

http://www.hostelineurope.com/logos.htm

where you will find all the logos and code to do so.
Give us a notice when you have added the links, and we will make sure that
all arrangements are taken care of

3. Hostel info request

In the new version we will be able to show text information about the
hostels. So if you like your information displayed, feel free to send
us your text. Take a look at the listing of M&J Place Hostel for an example

4. Numbers

We still keep on growing, and we are happy to see a big growth of hostels clicked in December! This tells us that we give the travellers a
good service, and that we send people to our over 5000 partner hostels.

Dec 05 350 new hostels added

Dec 05 Hostels showed: 90215 Hostels clicked: 26657
Nov 05 Hostels showed: 99592 Hostels clicked: 16754
Oct 05 Hostels showed: 42001 Hostels clicked: 6213
Sep 05 Hostels showed: 11381 Hostels clicked: 2405

Most searched cities in December 2005
Top 10 Cities Showed
Rome	-
Paris	-
Florence	+5
Barcelona	-1
Prague	-1
London	-
Berlin	-2
Amsterdam	+1
Krakow	new entry
Madrid	new entry

5. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Our wishes to you that 2006 will be peacefull and happy year with lots of
travelling and general madness. Remember that you are all always welcome
to the magnificent city of Rome!

Hostelineurope.com Merry Christmass
HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM THE HOSTELINEUROPE.COM STAFF

Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo.

Cheers for a future collaboration!