Downtown hostel to be sold Not enough income to sustain backpacker inn
By: Bartley Kives Posted: 1:00 AM
The HI Winnipeg Downtowner helped improve area, residents say.
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The HI Winnipeg Downtowner helped improve area, residents say.
Hostel conditions in the Winnipeg hospitality market have forced The Forks-North Portage Partnership to put one of its downtown properties up for sale.
Within weeks, a for-sale sign will appear on the HI Winnipeg Downtowner, a 120-bed Ellice Avenue hostel that's served as Hostelling International's only Manitoba operation for the past four years.
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