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Apr 28, 2009
Hostelworld.com nominated for a prestigious Webby Award
Only Irish nominee in the “Best Travel Video” category
Hostelworld.com announced today that their city guide videos have been nominated in the ‘Best Travel Video’ category at this year’s prestigious Webby Awards. Hailed as the ‘Internet’s highest honour’ by the New York Times, the Webby Awards are the leading international award awards honouring excellence on the internet. Presented by Hostelworld.com’s Editor Colm Hanratty, the videos are the only Irish nominee in the category.
As part of Hostelworld.com’s continued effort to provide their savvy customer base with the freshest type of content, Hostelworld.com now has 4 city guide videos live, for Dublin, New York, London and Prague. A further six for cities such as Rome and Paris are to be added over the coming months. Hostelworld.com also has over 200 hostel walk through videos of the site’s top properties worldwide, with hostels themselves also given the opportunity to upload their own hostel video’s giving customers a unique offering in the budget travel sector. In addition to their videos, the site now boasts extensive user-generated content with over two million reviews from travellers across the globe, ensuring Hostelworld.com continues to be the market leader of online reservations to the budget, independent and youth travel market.
“When we found out about the nomination we were over the moon as the videos were only launched last August”, Hostelworld.com Editor and presenter of the videos Colm Hanratty said. “Being nominated for this award is a testament to the efforts of all at Hostelworld.com to ensure that we are the number one resource for backpackers and independent travellers around the world”, he added. “Our customers are often ahead of the trends so it is essential that we continuously provide them with up-to-date content, giving them an opportunity to see and explore the world through our video content, as well as through our user-generated content”.
As a nominee, Hostelworld.com is also eligible to win a Webby People's Voice Award, which is voted online by the global Web community. From now until April 30th, Hostelworld.com fans can cast their votes in The Webby People's Voice Awards at http://pv.webbyawards.com .
Winners will be announced on May 5th, 2009 and honored at a star-studded ceremony in New York City on June 8th hosted by Seth Meyers. Winners will be able to share one of the Webby's famous five-word speeches with the world. Past Webby Award winners - and their speeches - include Al Gore ("Please don't recount this vote."), Beastie Boys ("Can anyone fix my computer?"), and Stephen Colbert ("Me. Me. Me. Me. Me.").
The Webby Awards are presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a 650-person judging academy whose members include Internet co-inventor Vinton Cerf, R/GA's Chief Bob Greenberg, "Simpson's" creator Matt Groening, Arianna Huffington, and Harvey Weinstein.
About Hostelworld.com
Hostelworld.com is the leading provider of online reservations to the budget, independent and youth travel market. It offers confirmed online reservations for over 20,000 hostels and budget hotels in 170 countries worldwide. The site also offers budget travelers over 2 million user reviews, free podcasts, customized city guides, a travel social network and more. Hostelworld.com is headquartered in Dublin and is fully owned and operated by Web Reservations International Ltd (WRI).
About The Webby Awards
Hailed as the "Internet's highest honor" by the New York Times, The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet, including Websites, interactive advertising, online film and video, and mobile web sites. Established in 1996, the 13th Annual Webby Awards received nearly 10,000 entries from all 50 states and over 60 countries worldwide. The Webby Awards is presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. Sponsors and Partners of The Webby Awards include: Microsoft Silverlight; The Creative Group; .ORG; Getty Images; The Barbarian Group; Digital Kitchen; Wired; IDG; PricewaterhouseCoopers; 2advanced.Net; KobeMail and Museum of the Moving Image.
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