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Youth Hostels Association (England
Youth Hostels Association may refer to: * YHA Australia * Youth Hostels Association (England & Wales) * Scottish Youth Hostels Association * Youth Hostels Association of India * Youth Hostel Association of New Zealand * Hostelling International, an international federation of national youth hostel associations {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YHA Australia
YHA Ltd, trading as YHA Australia, is a non-profit organization, not-for-profit of members trading corporation providing hostel and other accommodation, travel and associated service in Australia. It is a member organisation of Hostelling International. YHA Ltd became a management and director controlled corporation with managers and directors now controlling the selection of successive directors and directors being able to appoint a least one-third of their number without election Directors may profit from payments but ordinary members are not entitled to a share of profits or assets. Profits are not necessarily spent or re-invested in the network of hostels or the provision of accommodation and services to members. The founder of the youth hostel movement, Richard Schirrmann, took youths away from the conditions of factories and cities to experience the countryside on foot and by bicycle and, in winter, on skis and skates, finding accommodation in barns, houses, school buildin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Youth Hostels Association (England & Wales)
The Youth Hostels Association (England & Wales) is a charitable organisation, registered with the Charity Commission, providing youth hostel accommodation in England and Wales. It is a member of the Hostelling International federation. History Formation The concept of youth hostels originated in Germany in 1909 with Richard Schirrmann and it took 20 years for the ideas to reach fruition in the United Kingdom. In 1929/30, several groups almost simultaneously formed to investigate establishing youth hostels in the UK. Foremost among these was the Merseyside Centre of the British Youth Hostels Association. On 10 April 1930, representatives of these bodies met and agreed to form the British Youth Hostels Association. Shortly afterwards, it became YHA (England & Wales), with separate associations for Scotland ( Hostelling Scotland) and Northern Ireland ( Hostelling International Northern Ireland). YHA's charitable objective is stated as: To help all, especially young people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Youth Hostels Association
Hostelling Scotland (SYHA; Gaelic: ''Comann Osdailean Òigridh na h-Alba'') is part of Hostelling International and provides youth hostel accommodation in Scotland. the organisation represents 58 hostels: 31 run by Hostelling Scotland and 27 affiliates. History The organisation was founded in 1931 as the Scottish Youth Hostels Association (SYHA). The first youth hostel in Scotland was a converted row of four cottages in Broadmeadows and opened on 2 May 1931. In 1938, there were more than 60 hostels and membership was approaching 20,000. At its peak, the SYHA had 99 hostels; by 1995 this had reduced to 85. In 2013, around 60% of guests came from outwith Scotland. As of 2016, the hostel guide and website lists over 60 hostels, 28 of which are independently owned affiliate hostels such as those of the Gatliff Hebridean Hostel Trust and various local communities and authorities. Hostels vary from modern purpose-built premises to historic buildings and country cottages, sited in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Youth Hostels Association Of India
The Youth Hostels Association of India (YHAI) is an organization that provides youth hostel accommodation in India. It is a member of the Hostelling International federation. History Formation The whole concept of youth hostels was started in Germany in 1909 by Richard Schirrmann and it took 40 years for the ideas to reach fruition in the India. The Youth Hostel Movement had found its way into India before the partition of the country in 1947. The idea was introduced in early forties by the Boy Scouts and Girls Guides of India, Punjab Circle and the first Youth Hostel was formally opened at Tara Devi near Shimla on 9 June 1945 by H E Sir Bertrand Glancy, Chief Scout and Governor of the Punjab. In 1949, some enthusiasts in Mysore set up a Committee for promotion of the Movement. Three years later the Indian Association received Associate membership of IYHF. The first National Conference of the Youth Hostels Association of India (YHAI) was held in 1956 in Delhi which marked the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Youth Hostel Association Of New Zealand
The Youth Hostel Association of New Zealand (YHA New Zealand or YHA NZ) was a youth hostelling association in New Zealand. It owned some hostels, with others privately owned by Franchising, franchise partners or associate partners. The national office was in Christchurch. With the impact of the world-wide COVID-19 pandemic, which started in 2020, many of the franchisees and associates stepped back from operating hostels, including some who sold their properties. In November 2021, YHA NZ said it would close the remaining 11 hostels it owned on 15 December, due largely to COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand, COVID pandemic-related financial losses, but 23 individually owned hostels would continue to operate – these included Ahipara, Paihia, Bay of Islands, National Park, New Zealand, National Park, Taupō, Waitomo, Whanganui, Whangārei, Arthur's Pass, Golden Bay / Mohua, Golden Bay, Hanmer Springs, Kinloch, New Zealand, Kinloch, Nelson, New Zealand, Nelson, Picton, New Zealand, Pic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
