News / Youth hostel can’t stop winning
FOR THE second year in a row, Lerwick’s youth hostel has walked away with the highly coveted title ‘Best Hostel in the World’.
The announcement was made on Tuesday during a Hostelling International Hostel Awards ceremony in Cologne, Germany.
This comes right on the back of the Islesburgh House Hostel comfortably holding on to its VisitScotland five-star status.
The ‘Best Hostel in the World’ title is reserved for the establishment with the highest overall customer satisfaction rating on the Hostelling International website, www.hihostels.com.
The winning score achieved by Islesburgh House Hostel was an overall customer satisfaction rating of 97 per cent for 2012.
Hostel manager Dale Smith said: “I’m absolutely delighted that we have won this award again and I emphasise the word ‘we’ as it wouldn’t have happened without the support of the great team of people who work with me and consistently deliver the highest standards of service.”
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