AFTER THE STORM... PART I
Introducing RockYourHostel.com!
Dear friends,
Welcome to our first post! I’m so glad to introduce our project:
RockYourHostel.com get started! Welcome to our Community!
All gets started in mid-March 2020; Italy has been hit hard by Covid19, a violent as unexpected cataclysm, that would radically change the world we have so far lived and imagined for the near future, turning upside down lives, projects, ambitions and dreams . While I am writing, we are at the end of April 2020 and the infections trend is slowly improving worldwide, after every country has more or less rigidly adopted a series of measures aimed at containing the spreading of the virus, buying time to study this new enemy and its effects on humans and to give some breathing space to intensive care units. In some countries, such as Italy (or Spain and USA), the virus has hit so hard that governments have imposed very tight restrictions to the freedom of everyone, adopting the so-called lockdown, confining within their homes millions of citizens, who suddenly found themselves forced to abandon their everyday life. At first, the normal flow of existence seems to crystallize, then almost to vanish like a dream in the light of dawn. Some of us begin singing on balconies to show support to each others, some continue working in home office, others enjoy the family, while some hate having one, others face alone a thousand uncertainties. There are those who discover new hobbies, those who practice yoga, those who play the guitar , those who would mourn a loved one or those who rediscover emotional closeness despite physical distance, those who go on, day after day, trying to imagine the world to come.
Dear friends,
This is our first post and I’m so glad to introduce our project:
RockYourHostel.com get started! Welcome to our Community!
All gets started in mid-March 2020; Italy has been hit hard by Covid19, a violent as unexpected cataclysm, that would radically change the world we have so far lived and imagined for the near future, turning upside down lives, projects, ambitions and dreams . While I am writing, we are at the end of April 2020 and the infections trend is slowly improving worldwide, after every country has more or less rigidly adopted a series of measures aimed at containing the spreading of the virus, buying time to study this new enemy and its effects on humans and to give some breathing space to intensive care units. In some countries, such as Italy (or Spain and USA), the virus has hit so hard that governments have imposed very tight restrictions to the freedom of everyone, adopting the so-called lockdown, confining within their homes millions of citizens, who suddenly found themselves forced to abandon their everyday life. At first, the normal flow of existence seems to crystallize, then almost to vanish like a dream in the light of dawn. Some of us begin singing on balconies to show support to each others, some continue working in home office, others enjoy the family, while some hate having one, others face alone a thousand uncertainties. There are those who discover new hobbies, those who practice yoga, those who play the guitar , those who would mourn a loved one or those who rediscover emotional closeness despite physical distance, those who go on, day after day, trying to imagine the world to come.
Before this global crisis, our team, born in 2017, is actively busy with cool projects, having made the start up of the Babila Hostel & Bistrot in Milan, the re-launch of the Boutique Hotel I Portici in Arezzo (Tuscany) and the management of both the businesses; and begins to define two new adventures, while creating networks and interesting collaborations, developing skills and living every day on a constant enthusiasm, in contact with guests from all over the world, organizing events, sharing experiences and receiving priceless positive vibrations in return. The violent spread of the virus in Italy, the second outbreak in the world after Wuhan, China, entails the drastic decision to suspend the activites for Babila Hostel and I Portici Boutique Hotel, although at least in Milan there is still some occupation. However, health comes first.
Before this global crisis, our team, born in 2017, is actively busy with cool projects, having made the start up of the Babila Hostel & Bistrot in Milan, the re-launch of the Boutique Hotel I Portici in Arezzo (Tuscany) and the management of both the businesses; and begins to define two new adventures, while creating networks and interesting collaborations, developing skills and living every day on a constant enthusiasm, in contact with guests from all over the world, organizing events, sharing experiences and receiving priceless positive vibrations in return. The violent spread of the virus in Italy, the second outbreak in the world after Wuhan, China, entails the drastic decision to suspend the activites for Babila Hostel and I Portici Boutique Hotel, although at least in Milan there is still some occupation. However, health comes first.
It is in this period that we stop and hit pause on the normal flow of a hectic life. Fear of the future gives way to survival instincts and then to rationalization. It is at this moment that, constantly in touch with call conferences, whatsapp and emails, we decide to still believe in the future. This is how RockYourHostel.com is born, from the desire to give shape to the knowledge acquired so far thanks to personal experiences and working together as a team, to share our point of view on strategic and operational issues pertaining to our sector, to grow a network and get to know intrepid companies’ captains and create a space to share best practices, to provide our expertise to support new projects and the restyling of existing projects.
I hope you will enjoy being part of our community and you will find inspiration and good vibes with the content we will be sharing.
Hugs
and see you soon with new articles.
Mick
It is in this period that we stop and hit pause on the normal flow of a hectic life. Fear of the future gives way to survival instincts and then to rationalization. It is at this moment that, constantly in touch with call conferences, whatsapp and emails, we decide to still believe in the future. This is how RockYourHostel.com is born, from the desire to give shape to the knowledge acquired so far thanks to personal experiences and working together as a team, to share our point of view on strategic and operational issues pertaining to our sector, to grow a network and get to know intrepid companies’ captains and create a space to share best practices, to provide our expertise to support new projects and the restyling of existing projects.
I hope you will enjoy being part of our community and you will find inspiration and good vibes with the content we will be sharing.
Hugs
and see you soon with new articles.
Mick
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