Creative hostel?
How creative are you? And your staff? Hostel guests are primed for gaining new experiences. They have to be actively approached by the hostel staff. Creativity is a very important trait to have for...
View ArticleTakes on eventing for hostels
Thoughts on time and perception Creativity in hostels is not just important for your guest-experience, it also enhances the quality of life in general. Literature has moved away from objective...
View ArticleVolunteering abroad: New tourist or passers by?
Changing travellers and work Tweet Whether be it from loving to travel. doing things for others, having a cheap alternative to travel and stay in another country, having something to do for the summer...
View ArticleServicedesign and guest citisenship
Recovering poor service on the workfloor As could be read in earlier blogs, even if you are a small hostel, a familiy-run bed and breakfast, a low-budget accommodation: It is inexcusable not to think...
View ArticleNarratives of travel: Telling it to the self
When does an experience become a story? Anyone travelling loves to tell stories. During travel, after the journey, whenever resting around a campfire. But these stories are more connected than you...
View ArticleCreative gastronomy in your hostel
Gastronomic events? The consumers’ attention has to be captured by the development of experiences. When you’re planning something special on the gastronomic level, make sure your guests actively...
View ArticleYour place isn’t just anywhere
And neither are you It takes understanding your customer, their movement and expectations, but also the pacing of their day and time and their perception of “homeness” . In that respect, the locations...
View ArticleKeepers of souvenirs as meaningmakers
Carrying ‘m home In grannies cupboard, lies an old pen with mountainview and a fluid, in which a little ship goes up and down if you hold the pen upside down. The pen never really worked properly and...
View ArticleTest your hostelmanagement skills and apply to testdrive a course for free!
Hostelmanager or aspiring to be? Hotelmanager, front-of-house? Leisure professional? Test your knowledge and skills below. After the quiz you can apply to be a testdriver for one of the courses,...
View ArticleThunderclap hostelknowledge into the world and share!
Win a course as testdriver, completely free! Hostelmanager or aspiring to be? Hotelmanager, front-of-house? Leisure professional? Test your knowledge and skills below. By having done the mini-quiz,...
View ArticleStaging the tour-location for groups: Event-space and perception
Download as PDF Staging the tour-location for groups: Event-space and perception Free course excerpt When staging a tour-location, we use several techniques, deriving from different research- and...
View ArticleProject Integrations
Project Integrations Get it all! With project-integration you literally get all the good stuff: Knowledge, Local presence; A poject-based organisation, without losing any of your brand image;...
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