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As well announcing the purchase of two backpackers hostels today, Nomads also announced that they will be taking over operational and marketing duties for Koalas Fraser Island Tours. This Fraser Island Tours product will now be known as Mad Fraser Island Tours and all tours depart from the new Nomads Hervey Bay Backpackers Hostel (formerly Koala Backpackers Hervey Bay).

To find out more about Mad Fraser Island 4WD Tours visit http://frasermyway.com

Nomads announced today that they have purchased the leases of two backpackers hostels. Koalas Backpackers Beach Resort in Hervey Bay and Koalas Backpackers Noosa are now both Nomads Hostels to be known as Nomads Hervey Bay Backpackers Hostel and Nomads Noosa Backpackers Hostel. You can read the full press release here:

The purchase of these two East Coast Hostels makes traveling from Sydney to Cairns or Cairns to Sydney even easier for backpackers, especially those with a Nomads Mad Backpacker Discount Card!

Useful Links to find out more:

• Nomads Hervey Bay Backpackers Hostel - webpage
• Nomads Noosa Backpackers Hostel - webpage
• Destination Hervey Bay - Travel Guide for Hervey Bay
• Destination Noosa - Travel Guide for Noosa
  

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Nomads Byron Bay are pleased to share the news that they are one of Hostelworlds top rated hostels for 2009 and they were even sent the logo to prove it!.

Nomads Byron Bay is a purpose built hostel that opened earlier this year and hostelworld customers have rated the hostel at an average of over 80% for 2009. Facilities at Nomads Byron Bay Backpackers include a rooftop spa and a cinema lounge in addition to all the facilities a backpacker expects such as a communal kitchen, internet etc.

Last month Nomads Byron Bay was voted the Best Hostel in NSW at this years Golden Backpack Awards run by TNT.

Come and stay at Nomads Byron Bay Backpackers Hostel and see if you agree with the top rating backpackers have given this hostel.

How to run a backpackers hostel | Australasian backpackers business Nomads opens up its intellectual property to share with the industry

Nomads newest addition to their website is a free resource for anyone who is thinking about how to run a backpackers hostel, or anyone currently within the tourism and hospitality sector who wishes to gain further knowledge to help improve their business practices.

http://nomadshostels.com/biz

Nomads has been in the tourism business for over 20 years and the aim of this is for the backpacking sector of the travel and tourism industry to collaborate and work together so that backpacking may become a viable option for travellers who may not have considered backpackers hostels as a place to stay before.

Nomads will be regularly blogging their operational procedures, checklists, HR procedures, marketing ideas and even their opinion on the industry as a whole.

Read the media release about Nomads opening up its intellectual property

Read more about why Nomads has launched its Knowledge and Learning Centre for the tourism industry