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From the perspectives of a youth travel blogger, volunteer programme organiser, accommodation provider, youth tour operator and youth travel agent we offer a look into the age of youth travel and decipher if youth travel is getting younger, or is it just a state of mind? We spoke to some of the winners of the…

Aileen Adalid is the author behind the 2015 Global Youth Travel Award winning blog iAmAileen.com. We recently caught up with her for a chat about life after winning the Best Youth Travel Blogger category, and what’s trending with travel bloggers this year. How do you plan to promote your 2015 Global Youth Travel Award throughout the coming…

  Now is your chance to win one of this year’s 14 awards. The Global Youth Travel Awards formally recognise outstanding performers in fourteen areas of youth travel for their extraordinary contributions to our global industry. This year’s awards include ten nominated and four consumer-voted categories. Nominated awards Best Education Abroad Provider Best Green Accommodation Initiative Best…

Tell us, how was Brazil chosen as the host country for the very first World Youth and Student Travel Conference (WYSTC) in 1992? At the time Brazil was an emerging ‘power house’ due to STB’s active involvement in FIYTO and ISTC and its phenomenal growth (student tickets, cards, insurance). We already had a few smaller…

Named one of Folio’s Top Women in Media in 2015, Paula Froelich, former Editor in Chief of Yahoo Travel, is the Founder of A Broad Abroad, the first female-hosted travel adventure series of its kind. A proponent of ‘badass solo travel’, Paula’s travels and storytelling inspire people to ‘get up off their butts, get out…

International youth travel is very important for Serbia, and in particular the city of Belgrade. Lonely Planet ranked Belgrade fifth in its ‘Top ten best places to be in 2015’ list and the number of hostels in Belgrade has increased dramatically in the last few years, reflecting the rapid growth in youth tourism demand. WYSE…