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This page lists organisations that are members of Hostelling International. Pages in category "Hostelling International member associations" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
Canada was slightly ahead of the United States, and the Canadian Youth Hostels Association was founded in 1933 [1] (the American Youth Hostels Inc was not formed until 1934 [2]). The Ottawa hostel is located in a former jail. Canada's (and North America's) first hostel was opened in 1933 at Bragg Creek near Calgary, Alberta, by Mary Belle ...
The National Association of Youth Hostel Wardens was a trade union representing workers at youth hostels in England and Wales. The union was founded in 1948 as the National Federation of Wardens' Associations. In 1965, it became the "National Association of Youth Hostel Wardens".
When Hostelling International was founded, representatives agreed on the introduction of an international membership card and established minimum standards for hostels. Memberships are still required today and can be purchased either online, at a hostel, or at a National Youth Hostel Association office or membership-selling outlet. [9]
By 1940, there were "various enterprises adopting the name youth hostels for their accommodation." [8] In 1940, the Government of New South Wales National Fitness Council established a Youth Hostel Planning Committee and subsequently operated youth hostels which were made available to the YHA NSW organisation after it was formed in 1942. [8]
Baker Hostel is a government hostel located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. The hostel was founded in 1910 during the rule of the British Raj by Edward Norman Baker, the then Lieutenant Governor of Bengal. [1] The hostel is located at 8 Smith Lane in Taltala. It is for the male students of Maulana Azad College.
Aroop Biswas is an Indian politician and the present Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs, Power, and Housing in the Government of West Bengal. [1] He is the member of National Working Committee of All India Trinamool Congress. He is also an MLA, elected from the Tollyganj in the 2006, 2011, 2016 and 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election.
The Youth Hostels Association of Northern Ireland was formed in 1931, [2] around the same time as the Youth Hostels Association (England & Wales) YHA(E&W) and the Scottish Youth Hostels Association (SYHA). All three arose from a slightly earlier proposal to form the Youth Hostel Association of Great Britain.