Hostels Connections's philosophical approach has been designed to offer youth from all over the world the opportunity to make new friendships, appreciate cultural similarities, and learn to respect their differences in a neutral environment. We at Hostels Connections believe that the world's largest travel and tourism market source would be the world's first global peace industry, and that every young traveler has the potential to become an "Ambassador for Peace" representing his or her country. A dramatic surge in the increasing number of students and youth travelers worldwide has served as the catalyst for one of the travel industry's most successful traveller demographics. The hostel travel market is one of the rare success stories in today's global travel climate, booming in both supply of hostels and demand for accommodation. While staying in one of the hostels in our network, our goal is to make certain that every young traveler is provided the opportunity to have a shared, life-changing experience with other youth travelers from all the cultures of the world. In carrying out our mission, Hostels Connections works collaboratively with a global network of highly respected, innovative, and independent organizations - each deeply rooted in addressing youth issues at the local level. These Hostels Connections locations, our world-wide partners, are widely recognized as leaders in youth development and are united by certain core strategies and objectives. Together, we strengthen effective programs, advocate for improved policies benefiting youth, and increase philanthropy for young people at the local and international level. Hostel Connections is committed to offering an informative, user-friendly reservation website with competitive rates; we seek to provide young travelers with an online interface that gives them access to our accommodations wherever they wish to go. Our goal is to provide business and leisure travellers worldwide with a pleasant, efficient and cost-effective way to book a budget accommodations. Our multilingual customer-service team and call centre provide dedicated assistance to all our customers. Thousands of room nights are booked through our website every day: Hostelsconnections.com provides a cost-effective, commission-based model, a network of over 7,500 distribution partners and a personalised account management service. Travelers can use Hostelsconnections.com to meet other travellers, manage and review their bookings, upload videos and photos and much more. Hostelsconnections.com Happy Network is the part of the site that lets you connect with people like you who love to travel. Join our growing network today and you can: 1) Connect with like-minded backpackers 2) Upload your travel photos 3) View your Hostels Connections bookings and 4) Review hostels and hotels. Hostels Connections also incorporates a leading Asian-specialized hotel guide and reservations service to accommodate travelers from outside Europe and the Americas. Hostels Connections is made up of a team of professionals from the travel, finance, product development and IT industries. Together we provide online hotel reservation information and service for hotels in more than 7,600 cities worldwide. The customer-service team of Hostels Connections also employs dedicated, multilingual reservation consultants who are trained to provide the most personal and efficient service to all our customers. Hostels Connections is a leading provider of consumer-direct travel services for the leisure and business traveler. It markets and distributes travel-related products and services directly to individuals through Hostels Connections and its various brand Web sites and contact centers, and Web sites owned by its supplier and distribution partners. Hostels Connections customers can access offerings, pricing information about hotels, backpackers,hostels,resorts, and privately-owned accommodations. We look forward to serving you in all your travel accommodation needs--thank you for your time, and bon voyage!