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Top Hostels of 2008
Announced
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Chase The Wild Goose Hostel
- recently voted
NUMBER
8
in the top 10 of ALL the UK
hostels at the recent
'Hoscars' award in
Dublin.
Click here for the UK top
10. Below are the
top 10 in the
World:
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 The
red carpet was
rolled out in
Dublin last
night for one
of the budget
travel
industrys most
anticipated
events of the
year as the
HOSCARS
(HOStelworld
Customer
Annual
Ratings) took
place to
recognise the
best hostels
in the world.
The
Portuguese city of
Lisbon was the top
location for hostels
with Travellers House
winning the coveted
prize of number one
hostel in the world
while Rossio Hostel and
Lisbon Lounge hostel
giving the popular
backpacking destination
an impressive one, two,
three. The Riverside
BP, Cardiff secured
fourth place and was
also voted No.1 in the
world for best
staff.
Watch
the video from the
night!
More
than 20,000 properties
from across the globe,
all featured on
Hostelworld.com, were
eligible for the
awards. The winners
were voted for by over
800,000 customers
worldwide who booked
their accommodation
online and rated and
reviewed the hostel on
six criteria -
character, security,
location, staff, fun
and cleanliness.
Gonzalo
Figueira, co-owner of
the hostel was
delighted with the
award, saying, "We are
very happy. It's been a
successful year for us,
so we thought we had a
good chance of winning
a HOSCAR"
Manager
of the hostel, Adriano
Cardoso, said he
believed the hostel was
popular because guests
were treated the way
they would like to be
treated when staying in
a hostel. He said, "You
have to be there for
travellers and take
care of them – know
your guests and offer
the things you know
they need."
Alongside those
mentioned above,
HOSCARs were also
awarded for the top
three hostels on each
continent, and
categories including
"Best location", "Most
fun", "Best character"
and "Most improved". In
a new category for this
year, and proving that
a backpacker's
favourite pastime
hasn't changed, the
backpacker pub crawl in
Dublin won the award
for "Best tour".
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The
winners of the
coveted Hoscars
were:
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Top Hostels by
Continent:
North
America
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Latin
America
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Africa
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Asia
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Oceania
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Special Category
Awards were also
given to the
following hostels:
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Best Hostel Chain
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Wombats Austria
and Germany
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Hatters
Hostels,
England
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St Christophers
Hostels -
Belgium,
England,
France,
Netherlands,
Scotland
By: Colm
Hanratty
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