16 years
One more thing we already debated in this forum:
The "soul" of a place is very much determined by what sorts of people run a hostel. There are some fast-growing chains (like A & O) and I guess they hire hostel managers from outside their own company. These will usually be people who have managed hotels before and may not quite understand how a hostel should be different from a hotel.
Fortunately, we aren´t going ahead at that wild pace here. All our hostel managers (including myself) are former receptionists. I think that makes a huge difference.
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